IVE Jang Wonyoung’s Military Challenge Sparks Glove Debate

By Jieun, Baek

Aug 31, 2025

IVE Jang Wonyoung’s Military Challenge Sparks Glove Debate



Group I've Jang Won-young is embroiled in a controversy over wearing gloves.

On the 27th, a special episode of the season 6 vacation of 'Otb Studio' was released on the YouTube channel 'oot studio'. The released video showed Jang Won-young making a surprise appearance as a guest and experiencing military science and barracks with EXO Kai.

Jang Won-young said she wanted to join the military with a pledge of 2 million views of "(' Jeonja') but she couldn't wait, so she said she wanted to come out. My heart is in a flower field. He even challenged himself to climb three mountain lines and trained passionately. After finishing Doha, he confessed, `As the instructor keeps getting angry, there is a voice (shouting of anger) that I didn't know comes out.' However, in the process, Jang Won-young was seen wearing work gloves upside down, sparking controversy.




IVE Jang Wonyoung’s Military Challenge Sparks Glove Debate
Some netizens covered it up as a mistake by Jang Won-young, who had never been in the military, while others speculated that he intentionally wore gloves upside down to protect his hands as he was an ambassador for a luxury jewelry brand.

However, the entire video shows not only Jang Won-young but also all trainees, including Kai, wearing the same gloves upside down. The production team explained 'To reduce friction, the gloves were worn with non-slip coating surfaces on the back of the hand.'

Jang Won-young said on the fan platform on the 29th, `I thought the real shortstop was shooting. After filming the music video the previous day, I slept only 50 minutes and went straight to the army. In addition, it was a day when a heat wave warning was issued. In fact, I just thought of it lightly like Kidzania (children's theme park), but when I went there, it was different."




This is not the first time that Jang Won-young has been controversial about her outfit. Jang Won-young started the game with the Ives members in the first round of the '2025 Coupang Play Series' held at Suwon World Cup Stadium on the 30th of last month. However, some netizens pointed out that his one-piece-style uniform was inappropriate. In fact, however, Jang Won-young secured her activity by wearing hot pants along with her uniform, and she perfectly performed performances and poetry. In other words, Jang Won-young's costume controversy was a meaningless war of attrition by professional inconveniences. In response, Jang Won-young posted the controversial costume directly on her account, revealing the face of an imposing MZ icon, receiving a lot of applause.

As Jang Won-young is so hot, every move is drawing attention. Expectations and attention are focused on Jang Won-young's move, which is the icon of the century.





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