Park Seo-jin Explains Controversy Over Military Exemption..."Confession of mental illness. I was afraid of disruption".

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Singer Park Seo-jin opened up about the controversy over his military exemption lie.

Park Seo-jin posted a lengthy post on the fan cafe today (2nd), saying, "I am carefully talking about the recent news."

He said, "In November 2014, he was judged to be a seventh-grade reexamination in a military service examination at the age of 20, and after several reexaminations, he was finally judged as a fifth-grade wartime worker in 2018." For this reason, he confessed that he has been receiving related treatment at the hospital from 10 years ago to the present.

"If I was exempted from the military due to mental illness, my gaze toward me would turn negative, and there would be no places to visit me, such as broadcasts and events, which would disrupt my activities as a singer," he said.

When asked in an interview in the past, "I'm about to join the military soon, and my goal in the future, it was difficult to say that I had already been exempted from military service," he said. "So, my goal is to make a hit song." I didn't expect this answer to be this big," he explained.

On the 28th of last month, Park Seo-jin's agency, Ostrich Entertainment, said Park Seo-jin was exempted from military service in his early 20s in the aftermath of mental illness caused by family death. It is known that Park Seo-jin left his two older brothers in the past, and even his mother had a hard time fighting cancer.

However, after the news broke, some netizens expressed doubts about Park Seo-jin's military exemption, which was belatedly known. "Park Seo-jin, who had already been exempted from the military in his early 20s, said in a later interview that he would definitely join the military," and "he said he wanted to join the military after releasing only one hit song."

On the KBS viewer petition board, there were also posts asking him not to appear on the show.

Park Seo-jin made his name as a trot prodigy by appearing in "Stocking" and "Human Theater" even before his debut. He made his official debut in July 2013 with his single "Dream," and gained popularity through "I'm a trot singer" in 2020 and "Mr. Trot 2" in 2022. He is currently appearing on KBS's "Salim Nam 2" and MBN's "Hyun Station King 2."

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