[News] Rain to enter military on October 11.

[News] Rain to enter military on October 11.
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Asian pop sensation Rain will enter the military on October 11 to fulfill his mandatory military duties required of all Korean men.

Rain, real name Jung Ji-hoon, delivered the message himself through his official website on Friday afternoon.

After saying the date got set this morning, he added that he will serve his time as an active-duty soldier in the army.

He then thanked his fans for the love and support they have shown him during the ten years of his singing career as well as apologizing for his late military entrance.

"I feel tremendously ashamed and embarrassed for going so late. But I'll work as hard and faithful as I can to make up for it," wrote the singer-actor.

Most Korean men enter the military in their early twenties and Rain, now 29, was supposed to take up his duties last year yet deferred to this year after he requested for a postponement, initially to study for his master's degree and then for career reasons.

Rain has been touring Korea for over a month starting mid-August and will wrap up the shows in Seoul this weekend.

He also recently finished filming his action movie "Take Off: Closer to the Sun" which is a remake of the 1964 Korean movie "Red Muffler," also starring actress Shin Se Kyung.