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...
State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has launched a loan facility that offers low interest, enhanced loan consolidation feature, longer payment term and one-time waiver of surcharges. Rolando Ledesma Macasaet, GSIS president and general manager, said the new loan program gives...
State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) announced the reopening of its COVID-19 Emergency Loan program to members and pensioners. In a statement, Rolando Ledesma Macasaet, GSIS president and general manager, said the COVID-19 Emergency Loan program is accepting applications beginning...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is about to issue revised guidelines on virtual currency exchanges (VCEs) and electronic money issuers (EMIs) to plug the regulatory gaps of the existing virtual asset service providers (VASP) rules. MB File “Once issued (the revised) circular will address...
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...
The country’s largest organization of real estate and housing industry players expressed its support for the immediate passage of House Bills 3541 and 3837, which seek to create a Comprehensive Home Financing Program (CHFP) that will make all income-earning Filipinos entitled to fixed,...
What’s Your Baon is the food delivery service you didn’t know you needed Images by JOY CONCEPCION If there is one thing we can agree on, it is that, in this especially difficult time, we are finding joy and solace in food. The act of preparing a meal—even a simple one—can bring great...
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...
