Back on civvy street: Three K-pop stars discharged from military

[waves-of-light.livejournal.com]

SHINee's Key, 2AM's Jinwoon and VIXX's N returned to civilian life on Wednesday after completing their mandatory military service. The three were discharged after enjoying their final leave and did not return to their base due to coronavirus concerns.

"I am back in good condition as I promised," Key wrote on SHINee's online fan community Wednesday. "Thank you for waiting for me. Please look forward to my future plans."

Jinwoon said through his agency MYSTIC STORY: "I truly appreciate my fans for waiting for me and I hope we can meet up soon."

"I learned a lot of things during my service," N said on his Instagram. "I give my support to those who are still fulfilling their duties. Thank you for waiting and supporting."

The three enlisted in March 2019 and joined the military band.





source: The Korea Times

Comments

[snowphone.livejournal.com]

honestly it's hard to believe, it feels to me like it hasn't been that long since key enlisted....

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

N is back!

[gathyou.livejournal.com]

Welcome back guys!

[greasetastic-x.livejournal.com]

I AM SO PUMPED FOR KEY and N'S RETURN OMG

[au9042.livejournal.com]

Welcome Back boys!!
*whispers* (almost all) Shinee is back!

[lightframes.livejournal.com]

YES, finally!!!

[citzera.livejournal.com]

Key posting 10 photos, having an open chat on Lysn, announcing a Vlive, hinting about an InstaLive and also revealing that he will record an episode for Amazing Saturday within 24h of his discharge is exactly what I was expecting from him!
(Also teasing Taemin on Lysn, of course!)

[thebloomroom.livejournal.com]

Hakyeonnieeee 😭

[dull-and-wicked.livejournal.com]

hakyeon is BACCCCcck! also key being out all of 48 hours and posting more than the rest of shinee has in the past year is so on brand for him lol

[aures.livejournal.com]

time really flies! so happy N is back

[dio-elaclaire.livejournal.com]

lol it's so very HIM. i bet he was counting second till getting discharged :D

[blck-ink.livejournal.com]

welcome back! time flies!!!

[babyjenkski.livejournal.com]

Welcome back!

I mentioned it before that I really hope that Key and Changsub will continue to be good friends after they serve. And woah Key's guest on his comeback vlive was Changsub!

[sweetestbliss1.livejournal.com]

I'm glad Key is back! Now we just need Minho.

Did anyone see the article about celebs getting special treatment in the military (again) with regards to vacation days? Key and Onew were mentioned. Seems like they're getting a few weeks more of vacation than the average soldier gets...some of them being "emergency" vacation days, too.

[fritterish.livejournal.com]

Would you have the link for the article? I just vaguely remember this topic showing up on my Twitter feed a while back but the fans were defending Onew and saying he had to be hospitalized for sometime during his stint in the military. I don’t know if that’s been actually verified though, I noticed the fandom has been very defensive about Onew so I learned to take what they’re saying with a grain of salt

[sweetestbliss1.livejournal.com]

Sure. Here it is: https://www.allkpop.com/article/2020/10/kbss-news9-claims-celebrity-soldiers-are-given-opportunities-to-receive-longer-vacations-than-regular-soldiers.

To be fair, a bunch of other idols were mentioned too, but I only mentioned Key and Onew since this post was about SHINee. The article mentions how idols are given extra days because they do events/musicals/whatever, which I know they do quite a few of, but am wondering if the other ordinary soldiers who also participate in these extra activities also get extra days?