SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The government on Tuesday promulgated a revised law that allows pop culture celebrities credited with contributing to improving the country’s image to postpone their mandatory military service, the defense ministry said. The revised Military Service Act — which passed the National Assembly early this month and was approved by [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Assembly passed a bill Tuesday that would allow globally recognized male pop culture artists to postpone their mandatory military duties. The assembly’s plenary session gave the nod to the bill on revising the Military Service Act to grant an exceptional right to defer national defense duties to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Assembly’s defense committee on Friday approved a bill that would allow distinguished male pop culture artists to postpone their mandatory military duties. The committee gave its nod to the bill to revise the Military Service Act to grant an exceptional right to defer military duties of acclaimed [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Chen, a member of K-pop boy band EXO, will join the military later this month to fulfill his mandatory military service, his agency said Friday. The 28-year-old, whose legal name is Kim Jong-dae, is set to enlist on Oct. 26, according to SM Entertainment. The agency did not elaborate [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The fate of K-pop superband BTS’ roaring global music career with the full seven-member lineup is up in the air as the South Korean government is in the final stage of revising the country’s controversial military duty exemption system. Jin, BTS’ eldest member whose legal name is Kim Seok-jin, [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Yoon Ji-sung, a member of the disbanded boy band Wanna One, is set to begin his mandatory 21-month military service Tuesday, his management agency said. The 28-year-old will work as an active-duty soldier after finishing four weeks of basic military training, according to LM Entertainment. The singer announced on [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Xiumin, a member of K-pop boy band EXO, has uploaded on his SNS account a selfie showing his new military-style haircut, hours before officially starting his military service Tuesday. The 29-year-old, whose real name is Kim Min-seok, is set to enter a military boot camp in Gangwon Province in [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Kim Sung-kyu, leader of the popular boy band INFINITE, will begin his military duty next week, his management agency said Tuesday. “Sungkyu will join the Army as an active-duty soldier on May 14,” Woollim Entertainment said in a release, using his stage name. “He will receive basic training at [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop artist G-Dragon will start his mandatory military service Tuesday, his agency said. The leader and main songwriter of boy band BIGBANG will begin his five-week basic Army training session in Cheorwon, Gangwon Province, later in the day, according to YG Entertainment. He will later be assigned to an [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — G-Dragon, leader of K-pop group BIGBANG, will begin his military duty on Feb. 27, the group’s agency said. “G-Dragon recently received a notification for enlistment and thus will enlist in the Army as an active-duty soldier,” YG Entertainment said Wednesday. “He will quietly enter a boot camp without making [...]