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Thu, July 7, 2022 | 15:53
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Entertainer Lee Seung-gi enters military
이승기 입소..한중일 소녀팬ㆍ취재진 인산인해
Posted : 2016-02-01 16:56
Updated : 2016-02-01 17:11
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Singer/actor Lee Seung-gi will begin 21 months of military service as of Monday.


"I didn't plan to speak to the press but thank you anyway for coming here," Lee, 28, said before entering the training center at about noon.

Hundreds of fans from Korea, China and Japan gathered at the entrance of Korea Army Training Center in Nonsan, South Chungcheong province, this morning, to cheer the star. Some fans reportedly cried. Fans held placards, one of which read "Lee Guards Korea, and We Guard Him," according to online daily OSEN.

Lee Seung-gi / Yonhap
Hundreds of fans came to Korea Army Training Center in Monday morning to see the star starting his mandatory military service.

On Jan. 21, Lee released a single "I'm Joining the Military" to inform his fans and people he could not tell in person that he had enlisted.


"I would like to thank the fans for the overwhelming love they have given me, and I promise to return as a full-fledged ‘real man," Lee said after releasing the single.

Lee debuted as a singer in 2004, but has also been busy as an actor in various TV dramas, films and variety shows, including "One Night, Two Days" on KBS.


이승기 입소..한중일 소녀팬ㆍ취재진 인산인해

가수 겸 배우 이승기가 1일 충남 논산 육군훈련소에 입소했다. 

이날 오후 1시께 검은색 바지와 검은색 점퍼 차림으로 논산훈련소 연무역에 도착한 이승기는 팬들과 짧은 작별인사를 나눴다.

그는 짧은 머리를 만지며 '생각보다 짧게 자른 머리가 잘 어울린다는 말을 들었다'며 '2004년 데뷔 후 과분한 사랑을 주신 데 감사하고, 군 복무 열심히 하고 돌아오겠다'며 팬들의 사랑에 고마움을 전했다.

한국은 물론 중국, 일본에서 온 팬 200여명은 '기다리겠다'는 응원을 보냈고, 일부는 눈물을 보이기도 했다.

이승기는 21일 정오에 음원 사이트를 통해 '나 군대간다'는 노래를 발표하며 입대 사실을 알렸다.

현역으로 입대한 이승기는 5주간의 기초군사훈련을 마치고 나서 자대에 배치된다. (연합뉴스)
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