Modified May 05, 2023 17:43 GMT

On May 3, SM Entertainment launched an announcement saying the sudden information of EXO Kai’s navy enlistment. They acknowledged that the artist will likely be starting his service interval on May 11, and for the reason that course of felt fairly hurried and rushed, followers had been confused about the identical.

SM Entertainment then defined that this was as a result of current modifications within the navy service legal guidelines. As per allkpop, they mentioned:

“Kai was preparing for EXO’s comeback for this year, but because of a recent change in regulations by the Military Manpower Administration, he’s set to enter the army recruit training center on May 11. He’ll receive basic military training, and he will then serve as a public service worker.”

However, Star News reported that as per a workers member of the Military Manpower Administration, there have not been any modifications within the navy service legal guidelines as talked about by SM Entertainment of their assertion. Additionally, the workers member additionally talked about that the rationale for Kai’s enlistment was as a result of exhaustion of all 5 postponement requests.

Upon listening to the opposite aspect of the story, followers have been angered in regards to the company’s poor dealing with of EXO Kai’s navy service.

Fans criticize SM Entertainment for poor and rushed dealing with of EXO Kai’s navy enlistment

When SM Entertainment initially revealed that EXO Kai will likely be enlisting in lower than per week, the information took social media by storm. Given that Kai was preparing for EXO’s comeback, followers anticipated him to not enlist for one more yr or so.

Additionally, for the reason that announcement mentioned that it was as a result of sudden modifications within the navy legislation service, followers felt that it was solely proper to respect the identical. However, with workers members stepping ahead to disclose that there have not been any modifications in South Korea’s navy legislation providers, it angered followers. They believed that the scenario was a results of the company’s poor administration and dealing with of the idol’s enlistment providers.

Under the legal guidelines of South Korea necessary navy service legal guidelines, a person can postpone their service as much as 5 instances, out of which solely two requests might be labeled for miscellaneous causes. Fans believed that every one of EXO Kai’s postponement requests had been exhausted by SM Entertainment with out his information and this broke their hearts.

It has additionally been speculated that Kai was not solely unaware of his postponements being exhausted but additionally realized about his sudden enlistment after the company’s official announcement. Soon after the information broke, the idol went dwell on Instagram to speak about his departure to his followers.

EXO-Ls could see that Kai was visibly unhappy and upset to depart each EXO and his followers immediately amidst the much-awaited comeback. The idol even shed just a few tears whereas speaking about how heartbreaking it’s for him to depart all the things behind hastily with little time to arrange for a similar.

However, followers are excited in regards to the free fan meeting that EXO Kai is organizing on May 9, at 7 pm KST, at YES 24 Live Hall in Seoul. Given that it is solely two days earlier than his enlistment, this would be the final time followers see him in actual life till his return subsequent yr.