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...
Banned Korean-American singer Steve Yoo’s F-4 visa application was rejected again by the Korean consulate general in Los Angeles despite a Supreme Court ruling in his favor last March. Yoo, whose real name is Yoo Seung-jun, has been banned from entering Korea for 18 years when he acquired...
Korean actor Park Bogum, 27, finished six weeks of basic military training in the Navy after enlisting in August. A completion ceremony for all 1,297 recruits belonging to the 669th Navy group including Park Bogum who enlisted on Aug. 31 was held on Oct. 8 at the Naval Education and Training...
K-pop superstars BTS have stated early this year that they were ready to fulfill their military service but Korean politicians are wrangling over the issue since the idol group topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart last month. The future of Big Hit Entertainment, BTS’ agency, also relies on the...
A petition has been filed to grant K-pop superstars BTS exemption from military service and for them to do their basic military training in the disputed Dokdo Island in South Korea. Since BTS became the first Korean act to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart, there is a renewed interest in the...
