Leeteuk finally enters the military in October

The leader of one of the most popular K-pop boy bands will be enlisting in the Korean military next month. It was announced that Leeteuk, leader of Super Junior, will be enlisting in the army on October 30. He will enter the 306 Support Group at an army camp in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi province in South Korea. There he will receive five weeks of basic military training after which he will start completing his 21-month military service. He will be discharged in 2014.

Leeteuk opted to be in the active duty service despite that he sustained a herniated disc in a car accident in 2007. With his enlistment, he will be leaving his tv shows Strong Heart and Star King. He recently finished the reality tv show We Got Married where he was paired with actress Kang Sora.

The eternal leader, as fans call him, will be the third member of Super Junior to enlist in the military. In 2010, Kangin was the first to start his military conscription following his hiatus from Super Junior in 2009 after he got involved in controversies. He was discharged from the army April of this year. He was followed by Heechul who is now a public service personnel owing to his injury and will be discharged next year.

Super Junior recently performed at the SMTown Live World Tour III held last September 22 in Jakarta, Indonesia, along with fellow SM Entertainment artists Girls Generation, SHINee, f(x), EXO, Kangta, TVXQ and BoA with an estimated 50,000 fans in attendance. With his military service, Leeteuk will be absent in the next SMTown tours in Singapore on November 23 and in Thailand on November 25. 

Manila Bulletin