J-Hope, a member of Grammy-nominated K-pop boy band BTS, began his mandatory military service in South Korea on Tuesday, the second member of the group to do so.
The singer kept a low profile as a van carrying him entered the venue for his military enlistment ceremony in the city of Wonju, some 87 kilometres (54 miles) away from Seoul, news agency Yonhap reported.
“I’ll be back later,” the singer whose real name is Jung Ho-seok said on Monday in a post on fan platform Weverse, alongside a picture of his shaved head.
J-Hope, 29, is the second member of the popular septet to enlist following Jin, the oldest, who joined the military in December.
All able-bodied men in South Korea between the ages of 18 and 28 must serve in the military for 18 to 21 months.
