The Boyz's Eric will temporarily take a hiatus due to health reasons.

The Boyz's agency IST Entertainment posted an official statement on March 4 explaining, "Member Eric recently complained of difficulties in continuing activities due to poor physical condition and health reasons. He will be taking sufficient rest and will get a health check-up to receive an accurate diagnosis."

The agency continued to elaborate, "After careful discussion with Eric and the members, we have decided that Eric will focus on recovering his health and receive treatment. Eric will be temporarily pausing all activities and The Boyz will continue as a ten-member group."

Below is the full statement from IST Entertainment:

"Hello.

This is IST ENTERTAINMENT.

This is an announcement regarding The Boyz member Eric's health condition and future activities.

The Boyz member Eric recently complained of difficulties in activities due to poor physical condition and health reasons and is taking sufficient rest and will get a health check-up to receive an accurate diagnosis.

We put the artist's health and stability as our top priority, so we decided that it would be impossible to continue for Eric to continue activities forcibly. Accordingly, we would like to inform you that Eric will temporarily halt his activities.

The Boyz activities will continue as a 10-member group, and we ask for your understanding of the decision to put the artist's health first.

Information on Eric's recovery status and schedule to rejoin activities will be announced at a later date.

Eric will focus on recovering his health without a separate schedule during the hiatus, and we will do our best to help the artist recover quickly.

We apologize for causing concern to fans with this sudden news, and we ask for your support and encouragement.

Thank you."