BTS member Jin bid goodbye to fans ahead of his enlistment in the Korean military today (Dec. 13), a mandatory duty for all Korean men. “Now it is time for curtain call,” Jin posted on the Weverse app at 7:52 a.m. on Dec. 13. BTS' Jin in an Instagram post on March 13 this year (left) and...
Big Hit Music and HYBE announced on Dec. 12 that BTS member Jin, who will be starting his military service on Dec. 13, will enter the army training camp directly without greeting anyone as part of safety measures. The media and thousands of fans are expected to go to the camp of the 5th Infantry...
Two days before his enlistment, Grammy-nominated group BTS member Jin is ready for his military enlistment. On Dec. 11, Jin posted a photo of himself on the Weverse app, sporting a short hair for his military service. “It’s cuter than I thought,” he wrote. BTS' Jin in a photo for "The...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) reaffirmed its commitment to protect and promote human rights while fulfilling its duties to secure the country and the Filipino people. Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) personnel recite a pledge of commitment ro promote and protect human rights in the...
The proposed amendment to the newly-passed law prescribing a fixed three-year term for senior officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will mainly affect three-star generals, according to a military spokesperson. Col. Medel Aguilar is named as the acting spokesperson of the Armed...
Big Hit Music, the agency of K-pop superstars BTS, has confirmed member Jin’s military enlistment but pleaded with fans not to go to the site. “We want to thank you for your continued support of BTS and would like to update you on Jin’s upcoming enlistment into the military,” it said in a...
In the spirit of the Yuletide season, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) unveiled a giant Christmas tree at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Friday, Dec. 2. Photo by AFP Lt. Gen. Bartolome Vicente Bacarro, AFP Chief of Staff, led the lighting ceremony of the AFP Christmas tree and a...
Military Ordinariate of the Philippines Bishop Oscar Jaime Florencio plans to intensify pastoral visits to military camps to assure members of the military of its support, prayers, and assistance. Bishop Oscar Jaime Florencio (Manila Bulletin photo) Bishop Floencio said the pastoral visits also...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said he supports moves to revive the mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) in schools as the program can play a significant role in strengthening the country’s national security and crisis management efforts. Go, however, said there must be a...
QUEZON -- A cache of war materials of the New People's Army (NPA) was discovered by the military in Barangay Lalaguna in Gumaca town on Saturday morning, Dec. 3. The military discovered the arms cache based on the information given by a former rebel. The cache contained two M14 rifles, a Garand...
PALMDALE, United States -- The United States on Friday unveiled the B-21 Raider, a high-tech stealth bomber that can carry nuclear and conventional weapons and is designed to be able to fly without a crew on board. The B-21 Raider is unveiled during a ceremony at Northrop Grumman's Air Force Plant...
The bill seeking to revive the mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program is now a go, and will be applicable to all genders, both male and female, Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said on Tuesday, November 29. Dela Rosa disclosed this after the Senate Subcommittee on Higher,...
