Lee Jun-ki salutes fans on birthday

Actor Lee Jun-ki [Lee Jun-ki's Twitter account]

Actor Lee Jun-ki, currently serving Korea's two-year mandatory military duties, has thanked fans for congratulating him on his birthday.

Out on a brief leave from the Defense Media Agency, Lee, on his Twitter account on Sunday, posted a photograph of himself in uniform while saluting his fans.

He then added a message, saying, "Hello, this is private Lee Jun-ki who will be promoted to corporal in May! How have you been? I'm enjoying my last leave as a private for the first time in a very long while. I can't adjust to the real world because it's been such a long time."

He also said, "Yes, today was my birthday.. Since I'm a soldier, there was not a single thing I could show to you guys properly and all I did was receive so I feel very bad...... Thank you so much for congratulating me through the video meeting this year, even those of you from around the world who sent messages."

Lee, who turned 29, entered the military last May and is a DJ for a segment of the military's Friends-FM whose title is translated to “What I Want to Give and Stories I Want to Hear.”

He became a household name throughout Asia after playing a woman-like clown in the 2005 hit film "The King and the Clown" and starred in many notable television dramas including "My Girl" (SBS, 2005), "Time Between Dog And Wolf" (MBC, 2007), "Iljimae" (SBS, 2008)" and most recently "Hero" (MBC, 2009).

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