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The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has welcomed more than 2,000 newly-appointed applicants on Friday, Sept. 3, as it continuously push for modernization to effectively enforce maritime laws of the country. During a joint donning and oath-taking ceremonies, over 2,000 newly-appointed applicants took...

Taemin (2nd from left) sporting short hair before his enlistment. With him are (from left) SHINee's Key, Onew and Minho (Instagram)  K-pop boy band SHINee’s youngest member, Taemin, started his military service on May 31, becoming the last member of the group to enlist.  Taemin, 27,...

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,...

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...