Actor Ji-soo to enlist in the army as a public service worker after tanking his career in the span of a week

Actor Ji-soo has acknowledged the suspicions of abuse and plans to fulfill his military service.

According to media outlets on the 5th, Ji-soo will enlist in mid-October. After completing 4 weeks of basic military training, he will be assigned to social worker division since active duty is impossible due to his acute osteomyelitis surgery in 2016.

In the meantime, following aftermath of his bullying and assault scandal, he has been removed from KBS' 'River Where the Moon Rises' drama and drama officials are currently discussing his successor.

[+6,180, -35] Is the army a place of refuge? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Why is a bully even allowed to enlist in public service? The military needs to investigate the corruption going on there. Is he going to deceive the public to the end? There's no one as shameless as him ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[+2,358, -13] But he's playing the role of a general in his drama right now. So he was ok flying around filming for that but all of a sudden he's too sick to the point he has to selectively enlist as a service worker?
[+2,016, -23] Even the military doesn't want him to come ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[+641, -8] It's always public service ㅋㅋㅋㅋ. Seriously their must be a broker in the military
[+334, -2] Huh?? He should be going to prison...not the army? and definitely not public service...
[+236, -4] He was strong enough to beat up kids and fly around as a general in his drama but he's too weak to do active service ㅋㅋ
[+170, -0] ?? He should be in jail, what's with public service?? It wasn't just bullying but he sexually assaulted them ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ there's a red line you shouldn't cross as a human being. Don't even bother with the army ㅋ
[+140, -0] Should he be in jail?

Additional source: Chosun Ilbo

From Daily Naver Blog

Article: Ji Soo to enlist in the army in public service in October

Source: Chosun via Naver

1. [+4,819, -27] Is the army a place to run away to? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Why is a school bully even serving in public service? The military should investigate whether he's even qualified. There's no one as shameless as him ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

2. [+1,691, -9] But he's playing a general in his current drama. So he's physically okay when he's shooting dramas but suddenly ill when he has to serve in the army?

3. [+1,658, -15] So he's not even serving properly too ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

4. [+510, -7] It's always public service ㅋㅋㅋ I really think there's an army broker out there doing all this

5. [+261, -1] He should be going to jail.. not the army... and especially not in public service...

6. [+195, -1] Even in the midst of all this, he's serving public service too... What a way to be hated until the end. He's really just doing the most, isn't he.

7. [+184, -2] So he was strong enough to beat up kids but he's suddenly too weak to serve?

8. [+115, -0] He should be going to jail, what's with the public service??? Not only did he bully other students but he s*xually assaulted them ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Don't even bother with the army, that's where actual human beings go ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

9. [+96, -0] This guy should be going to jail

Article: KBS on Ji Soo's bullying controversy, "We will be swapping him out with another actor and re-filming everything"

Source: Media Today via Naver

1. [+216, -0] This drama was pre-filmed so I heard that they were basically almost done with the filming.. ㅠ.ㅠ oh no. The poor cast, director, and staff who suffered for this ㅠ.ㅠ Each minute of a drama doesn't just come out of no where. We really need to start including contract clauses that hold actors responsible for events like this.

2. [+135, -0] We should not condone a world where criminals get to live happily. All trash must be found and kicked out.

3. [+82, -6] Sure, I can understand the argument that these kids were young and immature and didn't know better... but not celebrities. They don't get to be celebrities. If they truly feel remorseful, they should volunteer at charities for the rest of their lives and live a life of reflection...

4. [+74, -1] Please start including cases of school bullying in education coursebooks~ Use anonymous names if you have to, just start detailing what happens to people with their jobs if they're found to be school bullies. Then students will never be able to grow up to make excuses like "we were young and didn't know".

5. [+21, -0] Trash like Ji Soo will never reflect. There's no saving him. Even in this moment, he's probably thinking that all these pigs got him in trouble.

6. [+18, -0] This is a good example to show the entire nation that if you bully others in school, it will come back to hold you back in life

7. [+17, -0] If agencies want to debut celebrities from now on, they need to make sure that there is zero history of school violence

8. [+14, -0] This is good on KBS. We need to send a strong message that school bullies will not be tolerated in our society. We must make sure that our schools are violence free.

Article: 'The warning of school bullying', All it took was four days for Ji Soo to be kicked out of both dramas and CF deals

Source: Everyday Econ via Naver

1. [+793, -5] Go to jail, not the army...

2. [+336, -2] This is a good thing. We must make sure to create a society that criminals are never allowed to spread their wings.

3. [+252, -3] Since when did we call public service 'the army'? So he had no problem using his strength to hurt others but is now choosing to serve public service in the army? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

4. [+169, -5] I can't believe faces like his are trendy these days. The adults were always weary of such physiognomy.

5. [+69, -0] The celebrity industry can prevent this from happening again by including clauses in their contracts saying celebrities will be responsible for 100 times the contract fee if it's found that they have a history of school bullying.

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