Sexier after military service?

Beforeandafterarmy_080913 (source: Cosmopolitan Korea)

Every healthy male in Korea must serve 2 years of mandatory military service-and stars are no exception. While many of the stars seem to favor going to the military in their mid to late 20’s, perhaps thinking it would be easier, it’s not. The stress and physical hardship that they endure is the same as everyone else. So after being released from the army, some stars look worse for wear, while others become sexier than ever.

Who are those stars?

78 Responses to “Sexier after military service?”


  1. 1 Hero-JaeJoong September 14, 2008 at 2:57 am

    Def Won Bin for me :)
    although some of the guys actually look much younger and fresher after army,some look like they’ve grown alot older ><

    for won bin,he did’nt really change much.
    but he looks really good with shorter hair cut and he still look as young as he used to be !

  2. 2 fairy September 14, 2008 at 3:58 am

    @noire
    “The question is that if WB had his health check 2 years before , so why didn’t he join the army then, but waited until the scandal of those guys occured ? Also, who could say that they would avoid military service in interviews with miliraty issue involved???”

    Very simple, he has not yet received the enlistment notice. Normally they will be enlisted right after their 28th birthday. I think they can have the health checking few years before enlistment. I heard that Lee Jun Ki had his health checked more than a year ago. Won Bin received the enlistment notice in Oct 2005 to enter military in Nov 2005.

    p.s. About your last question, sorry, my wrong interpretation in previous post. What Won Bin said in interviews was “when the time comes, he will enter.”

    @noire
    “WB was so lucky that someone made mistake sooner and paid a price for that, so that WB himself could avoid it in his turn.”

    You still don’t get my point. From day one, he has already made it clear that it is every Korean male’s responsibility to take military duty. By the time he has to be enlisted, he will enter. Nearly every interview from 2001, he has to answer the same question being asked by reporters. If you are trying to escape from military duty like the other three, will you answer those questions like WB did? Instead, they would avoid talking anything related to military. Get my point now?

    Anyway, it’s good your star (SSH) has did his military duty. As for WB, I hope he will take it easy and move on.

  3. 3 Blahblahbon September 14, 2008 at 4:41 am

    Who honestly gives a fck?
    Quit with the lame catfight, and just pick who looks sexier. No on wants to hear your opinions. Honestly.

    I vote Wonbin, he looks amazing now.

  4. 4 rubylovefaith September 14, 2008 at 12:20 pm

    They are looking better than ever but no one hotter than Song Seung-Heon…..baby boy is…..YUM…YUM…..

  5. 5 measuringsummer September 14, 2008 at 1:07 pm

    Oh boy..Its a hard decision. Some were already hot before! Eg. ji sung, song seung heon and jang hyuk. But now they’re hotter. I still vote for won bin though, probably because between his before and after photos, the difference was the biggest. Anyway, i shall wait for jae hee!

  6. 6 727 September 14, 2008 at 1:10 pm

    I think it’s cause they look more mature or maybe the hardship in the military shows because the baby faces are gone.

  7. 7 hyungja September 14, 2008 at 5:42 pm

    i think that jisung and won bin look better after the millitary service..

  8. 8 ayumi!! September 14, 2008 at 9:37 pm

    i miss kim jong min he was so funny with his die smile!!

  9. 9 milangurl89 September 15, 2008 at 10:25 am

    jisub looks better after. :)
    seunghun looks better before.. xD
    wonbin looks better ANYTIME.. lmao
    jeonghun looks better after..
    jisung looks better after..
    jaesuk.. looks better after..
    kyesang.. idk, i’ve never seen his drama before.. hahaha xD
    jang hyuk too. lmao xD

  10. 10 Dottie September 15, 2008 at 11:01 am

    Maybe somehow after seeing naked comrades and God knows the kind of hazing and homosexual advances that go on at an army camp; one of two extremes will happen. Either they become so masculine to ensure their ‘dignity’ or they mellow to join the other side.

    XP My personal conclusion of course.

  11. 11 cove September 15, 2008 at 12:35 pm

    This kind of topic people will decide their choice base on the pictures you put (if not a fan). Better not put picture. I choose Won Bin. He always look so sexy to me! All of them looks fine. Two years your look will not change much, only changes in hair style.

  12. 12 Jang September 15, 2008 at 3:56 pm

    Won Bin is sexier than others.But why he doesn’t appear on any series.I am hoping.

  13. 13 s123 September 15, 2008 at 5:36 pm

    i have to pick all…

  14. 14 iNDiE September 15, 2008 at 11:53 pm

    i can’t believe Kim Jong Kook is not on the list.

  15. 15 popseoul September 15, 2008 at 11:59 pm

    indie- he’s not on the list because he had an office job

  16. 16 invisibelle September 16, 2008 at 1:04 am

    yoon kye sang <3

  17. 17 Alvina September 16, 2008 at 11:38 am

    Personally, I think It’d be easier on them to just leave for service in their early years…

    but I suppose they want to use their late teens early 20s for making their prime acting/singing career huh?

  18. 18 jicks September 16, 2008 at 10:33 pm

    i voted jang hyuk, i think he benefited most from 2yrs service to the country. his body post-military is like woah, plus his acting has really improved.

    song seung hun is also getting better w/ age XD

    won bin & so ji sub have always been hot hot hot.

  19. 19 CoCo September 18, 2008 at 11:27 pm

    so ji sub hot and hottie b for and after

  20. 20 Tonn~ September 18, 2008 at 11:28 pm

    So Ji Sub is super sexy as always, either before or after military. LOVE him ^^*

  21. 21 bemycha September 19, 2008 at 11:11 am

    Oh….jisub, you are sexiest for me and forever (><)

  22. 22 mzpakipot September 20, 2008 at 2:15 am

    WON BIN a hottie before and after–this guy never age..^^*
    Can’t wait for Jo In Sung to do his military and see his after look…hehehe…awwwww…i’m going to miss him terribly though..

  23. 23 Aki September 28, 2008 at 1:11 pm

    I agree, everyone of them!!!!

  24. 24 andrea October 9, 2008 at 6:06 am

    woooo OO_OO so absoluty so ji sub…won bin and son seung heon too

  25. 25 Sun October 25, 2008 at 12:49 am

    @Jang
    “Won Bin is sexier than others.But why he doesn’t appear on any series.I am hoping.”

    becos he was doing rehabilitation till July 2007. He needed to get a total rest that there’s no project for him. But wonbin will star in the movie “Mother”. The film shoots in fall and projects an early 2009 release.
    i dn’t know it’s true or not. I heard that,after that film, Won bin has to undergo an operation to remove the screws in his knee.0_O does that mean there’re screws in his knee now???
    my poor won bin :(
    wish all my heart that he’ll be totally recover and get over these ACL nightmares.
    (btw, my heart aches to read those comments about wonbin’s military service. Why on earth they think like that?? He’s not that type of guy. Absolutely Not. If he tried to run away from the service with excuse of “illness”, why do he has to suffer till now?? )

  26. 26 sonam yangzom October 27, 2008 at 3:26 am

    oh after army who looks hottest and sexiest…ofcourse its song seung heon………he looks very manly..he looks hot n sext afer and alwaz he will be.i really admire him a lot.n ma all vote goes to only my sweet song seung heon…….

  27. 27 Ebony November 1, 2008 at 5:13 am

    The only reason why they look sexier is because they got older. Everyone knows that men get sexier as they get older!!!!

  28. 28 Mad June 18, 2009 at 1:47 pm

    I dont care about sexyer,hotter and ext..
    Just for best in act,ji sub is the winner.


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