Actor Nam Joo-hyuk enlists in military police task force

▲ This file photo shows actor Nam Joo-hyuk. (Yonhap)

SEOUL, Mar. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean actor Nam Joo-hyuk enlisted in the military for mandatory service on Monday.

The model-turned-actor entered the Army Training Center to kick off basic military training for five weeks. After the training, he will start serving as a member of the military police corps’ task force.

Nam is known to have previously applied to enlist in the military police task force and was then notified of his acceptance.

The 29-tear-old actor made his screen debut by appearing in tvN’s television series “The Idle Mermaid” and since then plucked to stardom by starring in multiple hit drama series, including “Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo,” “The Light in Your Eyes,” “Start-Up,” “Twenty-Five Twenty-One,” as well as the period film “The Great Battle.”

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Ha eun Lee)

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