Big Bang Update: Daesung Set To Be Enlisted This Month, Announces YG Entertainment
After G-Dragon, another Big Bang member is about to be enlisted. Daesung is set to start his mandatory military service on March 13 as announced by the group's music label, YG Entertainment, on Monday, March 5.
Daesung already applied for enlistment since 2017; in hopes to start his mobilization the same his other group mates will enter the military. Taeyang is about to be enlisted on March 12 after he got married with his longtime girlfriend Min Hyo-Rin in an old-fashioned ceremony.
T.O.P. went in January of the previous year, but he was pulled out after being indicted on drug charges. However, he has resumed his mobilization after the court proceedings in the middle of the said month. Lastly, G-Dragon has been recently enlisted this February.
Hence, Seungri is the only Big Bang member who hasn't started his service yet, the Jakarta Post reported. But before he proceeds with his recruitment, the 27-year-old star has to release his solo album first in the first half of 2018, YG Entertainment confirmed.
YG Entertainment has yet to reveal the official release date of Seungri's new album. To recall, the Big Bang member disclosed that he has been working on it at the end of January. This will be his comeback LP after he released his first solo outing in 2013.
It was followed by his second mini album, titled Let's Talk About Love. Seungri is also currently promoting his first Chinese acting project, Love Only, which premiered last week.
According to Comic Book, it has been known that all able-bodied men in South Korea, in ages 19 to 35, have to be enlisted for about two years. The minimum period of enlistment is 21 months.
Guys that will be in Army and Marine Corps can serve for the shortest time possible. In Navy and Air Force, on the other hand, they have to work out until 24 months. The non-active duty works require 24 and 26 months of service.
So, Big Bang fans have to wait for a couple of years more to finally see their favorite South Korean boy band get reunited on stage again.