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...
BTS (Twitter) The Korean government and politicians are working together to help K-pop superstars BTS postpone their military service until age 30. This came after BTS topped the Billboard Hot 100 on Sept. 1 through their new single “Dynamite,” earning the distinction of being the first...
Park Bogum in 'Record of Youth' (Twitter) Korean star Park Bogum will be enlisting in the Korean Navy on Aug. 31 and he is appealing to fans not to send him off due to the surge in the number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in South Korea. Blossom Entertainment, the 27-year-old...
Park Bogum’s photo for his album (Twitter) Korean actor Park Bogum released the song “All My Love” as a gift to his fans ahead of his military enlistment at the end of this month. The song was released on Aug. 10 (KST), the date of Park Bogum’s showbiz debut back in 2011, and is included...
(Left) Woo Do-hwan and Lee Min Ho (Instagram) Actor Woo Do-hwan, 27, who starred in the K-drama “The King: Eternal Monarch,” enlisted today (July 6) in the Korean military. A day before his enlistment, co-star Lee Min Ho met him to bid farewell. Photos uploaded by Woo Do-hwan on Instagram on...
