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WINNER's Song Min-Ho Gets Suspended Prison Term for Negligence in Mandatory Service

Summary by The Korea Times
A Seoul court sentenced Song Min-ho, a member of K-pop boy band WINNER, to a suspended prison term Thursday on charges of repeatedly failing to show up to work during his alternative mandatory service. The Seoul Western District Court handed down a one-year prison term, suspended for two years, for Song after finding him guilty of violating the Military Service Act. Song faced charges of failing to appear at his duty station for 102 days, incons…

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Song Min-ho (33), a member of the idol group Winner, who was indicted on charges of performing his duties poorly during his social service duty, was sentenced to a suspended prison sentence in the first trial. On the morning of the 1st, Judge Seong Jun-gyu of the 10th Criminal Division of the Seoul Western District Court sentenced Song to one year in prison, suspended for two years, for violating the Military Service Act. Song...

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Winner member Song Mino was sentenced to one year in prison, suspended for two years, for violating the Military Service Act by being absent without permission for 102 days while serving as a social service agent. The court emphasized the sincerity of the service obligations but delivered the first-instance verdict considering the defendant's remorseful attitude, while the prosecution conducted supplementary investigations, including confirming …

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Song Min-ho (33), a member of the group Winner, who was brought to trial on charges of unauthorized absence while serving as a social service agent, was found guilty in the first trial. On the 1st, Judge Seong Jun-gyu of the 10th Criminal Division of the Seoul Western District Court sentenced Song, who was indicted on charges including violation of the Military Service Act, to one year in prison.

Song Mino of the boy group WINNER was sentenced to one year in prison, suspended for two years, in the first trial for failing to properly fulfill his alternative service as a social service worker during his mandatory military service. As a result, he avoided imprisonment and being required to serve again.

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연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency broke the news in Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) on Thursday, October 1, 2026.
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