BTS with their Order of Cultural Merit medals (Twitter) What will be the prospect of all the seven members of K-pop superstars BTS enlisting together next year? An analysis report of HYBE Corp. (formerly Big Hit Entertainment) published by Korea’s Leading Investments & Securities Co....
BTS members with their Order of Cultural Merit medals on Oct. 24, 2018 (Twitter) The Korea Music Content Association (KMCA) and other entertainment agencies have formally filed a complaint against the so-called BTS law, which will allow outstanding pop culture artists who contributed to improving...
A total of 2,290 military healthcare workers have already been inoculated with CoronaVac vaccine from China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd. since the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) began administering jabs against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the military has announced. A health worker...
At least 10 rockets slammed into a military base in western Iraq hosting US-led coalition troops on Wednesday, security sources said, leaving one civilian contractor dead. There has been a flurry of rocket attacks in the past three weeks on Iraqi bases used by US-led coalition troops, including...
Pentagon’s Hui sporting short hair for his military service (Instagram, Twitter) K-pop boy band Pentagon’s leader Hui, 27, has enlisted in the military to fulfill the mandatory duty of all able-bodied Korean men. Hui entered the Nonsan Army Training Center in South Chungcheong province, South...
Former action star Royette Padilla has died. He was 58. This was confirmed by her sister Rebecca Padilla on her Facebook account: “Please whisper a prayer for our brother Royette Padilla. A silent prayer for his eternal peace, please.” Reports showed that Royette died of a heart attack on...
Chansung with fellow 2PM members (left) and Park Hyung-sik. (Instagram) K-pop boy band 2PM member Chansung, 30, and actor Park Hyung-sik, 29, of boy band ZE:A, were officially discharged from the military. 2PM gathered together on Jan. 5 to welcome back Chansung who was officially discharged from...
BTS (Twitter) The Korea Music Content Association (KMCA) has questioned the fairness of a recently promulgated law in South Korea that will allow outstanding pop culture artists like BTS to postpone their military service until age 30. Last Dec. 22, the Korean government promulgated a law, called...
Yoon Ji-sung upon his official discharge from the military on Dec. 13 (Instagram) Yoon Ji-sung, the former leader of the defunct K-pop boy band Wanna One, was officially discharged from his military service on Dec. 13. The 29-year-old K-pop artist enlisted in the military on May 14, 2019 and served...
BTS (Twitter) South Korea’s National Assembly has passed a bill that will allow K-pop superstars and Grammy nominee BTS to postpone their military service until age 30. The bill was passed on Dec. 1 during the 13th plenary session of the National Assembly with 253 lawmakers voting in favor, two...
K-pop superstars BTS member Jin reiterated that all of them in the group will fulfill their military service when the time comes. He made the statement on Nov. 20, the same day when Korean lawmakers completed another important step that will eventually allow BTS to delay their military enlistment...
K-pop boy band EXO member Chen announced that he will be enlisting in the military on Oct. 26 through a letter he wrote to fans to say goodbye. “These days, the temperature difference in the day is quite high, are you all well? The scorching hot weather has gone and the warm autumn days have...
