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His suspended sentence became final with no appeal, and the manpower agency will now decide how long the new stint lasts and where he serves.
WINNER's Song Min-ho has to go back into military service after a court convicted him of skipping work during his alternative service, the Military Manpower Administration said on Oct. 16, Yonhap reports.
The Seoul Western District Court ruled on Oct. 1. It sentenced Song to one year in prison, suspended for two years. Defendants have two weeks to appeal. Song did not, so the verdict is now final.
The case dates to his time as a social service agent, which ran from March 2023 to December 2024. Over that stretch he failed to report to his duty station for a total of 102 days, which is a violation of the Military Service Act.
Song apologized when he appeared at a hearing in the case on Oct. 1.
Because the ruling stood without an appeal, the agency said, his reenlistment is confirmed. The length of the new stint and the place he will serve are still to be decided.
An official at the agency described what comes next:
"We plan to comprehensively review the exact period of the reenlistment and his next duty station based on the ruling, and notify Song of the results."
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