{"id":873779,"date":"2026-10-07T09:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/873779\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T09:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:36:12","slug":"former-produce-x-101-contestant-kang-hyun-soo-starts-new-career-as-civil-servant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/873779\/","title":{"rendered":"Former ‘Produce X 101’ contestant Kang Hyun-soo starts new career as civil servant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kang Hyun-soo \/ Captured from YouTube<\/p>\n

Kang Hyun-soo, a former contestant on Mnet\u2019s “Produce X 101”, has embarked on a new career as a civil servant.<\/p>\n

A recent TJB News report featured newly appointed civil servants in Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province, drawing attention to Kang, who previously pursued a career as an idol singer.<\/p>\n

While looking for a stable career, Kang studied electrical engineering under the influence of his family and decided to pursue a position in public service. He currently works in the Waterworks Division at Boryeong City Hall, where he is learning the ropes of his new job.<\/p>\n

In an interview, Kang expressed satisfaction with his new workplace. <\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone kindly explains everything to me, and I feel like I have reliable colleagues by my side. It feels like I\u2019ve found a place where I belong,” he said. \u201cI really like having a clear sense of belonging.”<\/p>\n

Born in 1996, Kang has made three debut attempts throughout his career. He first debuted in 2013 as a member of boy band LC9, then redebuted with BLK in 2017. The group disbanded in 2018.<\/p>\n

In 2019, he appeared on Mnet\u2019s survival audition show “Produce X 101”, finishing 26th and gaining wider public recognition.<\/p>\n

Kang later auditioned for the Japanese survival program “G-EGG” and was selected as a member of NIK, a joint Korean-Japanese boy band. The group officially debuted in 2021 and continued activities until 2023.<\/p>\n

Following the end of NIK\u2019s activities, Kang pursued a new career path, beginning the next chapter of his life as a civil servant.<\/p>\n

This article from the Hankook Ilbo, the sister publication of The Korea Times, is translated by a generative AI system and edited by The Korea Times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kang Hyun-soo \/ Captured from YouTube Kang Hyun-soo, a former contestant on Mnet\u2019s “Produce X 101”, has embarked…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":873780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216],"class_list":["post-873779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=873779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/873780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}