Actor Hong Jong-hyun to complete military service on June 17

Hong Jong-hyun [ILGAN SPORTS]

Actor Hong Jong-hyun will be discharged from his mandatory military service next week.

“Hong is using his last vacation days from his military service,” his agency C-Jes Entertainment said Thursday. “Due to preventive measures taken against the spread of Covid-19, he will be discharged from service without going back to his base camp on June 17.”

Hong began his duty in February 2019.

After debuting as a model in 2007, Hong turned to acting and appeared in films such as “A Frozen Flower” (2008), “Boy from Wonderland” (2015) and television series such as “Wild Romance” (2012), “Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo” (2016) on SBS and “The King in Love” (2017) on MBC.

BY LEE JAE-LIM [lee.jaelim@joongang.cokr]