K-pop idol group BTS member Jin said he is entrusting the issue of his military service to HYBE, which manages the group. Jin, 29, the oldest member of BTS, is the first in line in the group to enlist in the military and needs to enlist by December this year if no new law is passed, according to...
Yes, you read it right. Korean actor Park Bo Gum, who has been in the military (particularly in the navy) as part of the citizen requirements, has a barber license exam. Park Bo Gum Since he left for this post last Aug. 31, 2020, he has done a lot, including passing the National Technical...
Student leaders from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) have expressed their opposition to Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte's proposal to make military service mandatory for Filipinos turning 18 and instead pushed for mandatory history subjects in high school. University of Santo Tomas (Photo from...
If elected, presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said he will appoint his running mate and vice presidential candidate Sara Duterte-Carpio to the Department of National Defense (DND). During One PH's Sa Totoo Lang interview on Monday, Jan. 24 Marcos Jr. said that is what the...
Cebu 1st District Rep. Eduardo Gullas has backed aspiring vice president Sara Duterte-Carpio's plan to make military service mandatory for those 18 years old as he believed "is it good for nation building." Gullas, who authored House Bill 1788 to reinstate the Reserve Officers' Training Corps in...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said that vice presidential aspirant Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio’s mandatory military service proposal shows her “lack of understanding” about security matters. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (Czar Dancel / MANILA BULLETIN) The former senator,...
Aspiring vice president Sara Duterte-Carpio on Wednesday night, Jan. 19 hit her fellow vice presidential candidate Walden Bello after the latter accused her of teaching the people "to kill" through mandating those 18 years old to serve in the Philippine military. Duterte-Carpio said "only the likes...
Vice presidential candidate Sara Duterte-Carpio will push for mandatory service in the military for those 18 years old should she win in the upcoming elections. During her virtual "caravan" streamed on her Facebook page on Wednesday night, Duterte-Carpio said she would use the Office of the Vice...
K-pop boy band SHINee’s Taemin, 28, who is serving his military service, has been transferred to become a public service worker due to depression and panic disorder. Taemin enlisted in the military on May 31, 2021 and joined as a member of the Korean Army’s military band. Before his enlistment,...
“D.P.,” the compelling Korean drama that brought spotlight on the abuse, bullying and violence in Korea’s military service, is returning for a second season, Netflix announced. Starring Jung Hae-in and Koo Kyo-hwan, season 1 was released on Netflix on Aug. 27. It resonated with viewers...
All seven members of Grammy nominees and K-pop superstars BTS have applied to postpone their military service until age 30. Their basis is the so-called “BTS Military Service Act,” which took effect in South Korea on June 23 this year, six months after it was promulgated by the government on...
K-pop boy band EXO member Chen, who is currently doing his military service, will become a father of two. "Chen's wife is pregnant with their second child," said SM Entertainment, EXO’s agency, on Nov. 17. EXO's Chen (SM Entertainment) His wife became pregnant again while Chen has been serving as...
