Since the end of September this year, SUGA has enlisted as a community service officer. During the past 5 months, SUGA almost disappeared from social networks and the last time ARMYs could see him was when he saw RM, V, Jimin and Jungkook enlist in the army.
From that time until now, fans have finally updated the latest news about him through the owner of a restaurant. Finally, after a long time without any news, fans received the first news of SUGA and couldn't help but be excited about it.
Even if it's not a detail story, just knowing that SUGA is living well makes fans feel happy:
SUGA officially enlisted in the army on September 22 and he is the third member of BTS to perform m̷i̷l̷i̷t̷a̷r̷y̷ service after Jin and j-hope. SUGA was appointed as a community service officer due to a traffic äċċïďệńẗ in 2012 that resulted in a shoulder injury. After being medically examined by m̴i̴l̴i̴t̴a̴r̴y̴, he was not qualified to work as a solďïệr at the m̴i̴l̴i̴t̴a̴r̴y̴ base.
Since then, just like what SUGA wrote in the letter "see you again in 2025", he has not updated any more news for fans. This is said to be because celebrities like SUGA who enlist as public service workers will try to avoid attracting attention during this time and do not want their enlistment to become a controversial topic of discussion.
According to a source, performing m̴i̴l̴i̴t̴a̴r̴y̴ service as a public service worker also means that celebrities like SUGA will often not update anything on SNS for 21 months. He will really have to live separately from the famous world and from his fans to avoid unnecessary scandals.In fact, in the past there have been many cases where celebrities used their freedom as an excuse to earn extra income outside of m̴i̴l̴i̴t̴a̴r̴y̴ service time. Some were even accused of faking their illnesses to be able to perform their duty outside the barracks and enjoy a comfortable life at home.
Therefore, it would be very troublesome, especially for someone as famous as SUGA, to update SNS during his m̴i̴l̴i̴t̴a̴r̴y̴ service. That is also the reason why Jin and j-hope have updated photos on The Camp's website or can freely post photos or travel freely on their vacation even though they are performing m̴i̴l̴i̴t̴a̴r̴y̴ service but SUGA can't do the same.
The last time fans saw SUGA's appearance after enlisting was last December. He went with j-hope and Jin to see off the last 4 members of BTS who enlisted in the army. But SUGA only appeared in two photos taken with the group members and after that, fans couldn't update anything more from him.
Luckily, a few hours ago, ARMYs discovered traces of SUGA in recent days. Specifically, ARMYs discovered in an Instagram Story of Mat Thagoras, who ever appears in an episode of Epik High's show, there is the familiar autograhp of SUGA. It seems SUGA having visited the restaurant to enjoy the food and he gave the store owner an autograph afterward.
Although there aren't any details about SUGA's news, fans are happy to be able to "meet" him this way. Fans also expressed great nostalgia for SUGA and hope to hear more news about him in the future:
- I'm taking whatever scr̾a̾p̾e ̾s I get about Yoongi. I'm so proud of him. I miss him so so much
- We got an update at least. I miss him so much
- Yoongi update finally is here!!!!!!!!!
- we got an update he's doing well I'm so proud of him
- FINALLY WE GOT AN UPDATE!!! YOONGI WE MISSED YOU
- I know he's doing good in everything, Yoongi my man
- OMG finally I miss you so much yoongi
- Finally yoongi, even looking at his autograph made my heart feel calm
- just a crumb of news, still I will devour it with gratefulness.
- Finally got some update but I really was like ℓσѕт my yoongi
- I wanna see him why is it sooo hard
- I MISS HIM SO MUCH AAAAAAAAAAA
