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WENEE, the time has arrived. South Korean singer Wonho is embarking on his mandatory military service and will be enlisting as a public service worker this December.

In case you didn't know, South Korea has a mandatory 18-month military service for almost all of its able-bodied males. K-pop idols aren't exempted from the law but were given until the age of 30 to defer their service.

In an announcement made by his agency Highline Entertainment, they shared, “WONHO will enlist as a public service worker on December 5th 2022 to fulfill his duty as a Korean citizen. WONHO will diligently fulfill his military duty and we ask for your warm love and support until the day he finishes his service and returns in good health.”

Source: Highline Entertainment

Apart from the agency's confirmation, Wonho personally wrote a letter to his fans and shared it on his official fan cafe. He assured them and said, “To WENEE, I will be fulfilling my military duty! Each and every day that I've spent together with WENEE up until now, we've made so many memories together that if I just spent one day thinking back on each one of those days, it would already be time for us to meet again.”

The so-called 'Captain Korea' promised to keep his fans entertained even as he enlists and said, “I'll prepare lots of things so that WENEE won't get bored, and I hope WENEE will spend that time happily, freely catching up on the things that you haven't been able to do up until now while waiting for the day that we'll meet again! WENEE, will you wait just a little while for me?”

“WENEE will be spending their first Christmas without me since we met. After winter passes and spring comes, after the seasons come and go, in summer of next year, on the day when I first sang for WENEE. On that same day, I will come find WENEE again, just as cool as I was that day. I will return again to the doorstep of WENEE, the place where I belong, my home, my everything,” he further shared.

Although fans are melancholic about this news, they wish nothing but the best for their favorite K-pop idol. Here are some of their reactions to the news.

wonho I'll miss u so much but I'll be waiting and cheering on with all ur songs pic.twitter.com/E31FQzIMSJ

-- olivia ✩ (@olivfarie) November 15, 2022

We already knew it was coming but this announcement hurts. The letter he wrote is sooo beautiful. Its giving Monsta X Find you feelings all over again. Wonho..we will wait for you. No matter how long you are gone.

-- J_love88 (@Love88J) November 15, 2022

그래 다녀와 🤧조심히 가 👋🏼난 여기서 기다릴게💙💙

As much as i know u try to sound happy & not sad is bcuse u dont want us wenee to be sad while reading it thats why u try to sound as happy as possible🥺 the wholesome cutie that u are 🥹 do your service well & come back soon!💙

-- daesangbebe 대상베베 ♡̆̈ 🐰 (@7Naaddy) November 15, 2022

Wonho is a sweetheart. I am always rooting for him. Fighting Wonho!

-- jen 🧑‍🚀 ⟭⟬⁷ (@jlb00101) November 15, 2022

Knowing that this was his last stage for the next two years where he got to sing the song he made especially for us and pour out all his feelings, makes it so much more devastating now 😭#원호 #WONHO pic.twitter.com/tx5AoaRYOK

-- Wonho's⁷ (@wongust_d) November 15, 2022

Good luck Wonho, we're all rooting for you!

TAKE A LOOK AT THE MANY TIMES WONHO PROVED TO HIS WENEE THAT HE'S THE CAPTAIN KOREA.