The Ministry of Defense had announced that Rain cannot be forced to re-enlist because he actually submitted all of the necessary documents. 

The Ministry of Defense reasoned that although it is true that there were some documents that were not included when bringing Rain in as a celebrity recruit, this was due to different interpretations on the regulations about what documents were necessary for the celebrity soldier qualification process. In other words, they claimed that Rain had actually submitted everything he needed, and it was just that the documents he needed weren't as much as what others' needed.

However, media outlet Sports Seoul was able to get their hands on a report on the celebrity recruit's inspection, which clearly stated that the Ministry of Defense had "accepted soldiers who had not submitted the necessary documents and omitted the confirmation and recommendation documents". 

Assemblyman Kim Kwang Jin, who had originally pointed the problem out, said, "I reconfirmed that Rain hadn't submitted his documents. I checked the inspection results report once again. After checking the original report, I checked the 10 names who had been accepted as celebrity recruits, including Rain."

Even the Ministry of Defense is inconsistent with their comments. One branch said, "There are no documents lacking", while another said, "The celebrity recruits' documents are incomplete, but it's not a big problem."