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 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop singer Jung Yong-hwa of boy band CNBLUE will join the military in March, his agency said Friday, amid allegations that the star received undue favors when entering graduate school. Earlier this month, the 28-year-old singer was accused of having received preferential treatment in his admission to the applied [...]