Topic: South Korea

Korean pop star Rain reports for military service

AFP Global Edition - 123 days ago
South Korean pop star Rain entered a boot camp Tuesday to begin mandatory military service, bidding farewell to weeping fans."Thank you for coming... I'll see you later," he said, beaming and bowing to about 1,000 people including journalists and fans outside the ...
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S.Korea pop star Rain sets date for military service

AFP Asian Edition - 141 days ago
South Korean pop star Rain announced a new engagement Friday -- national military service of around two years starting October.Rain, whose real name is Jung Ji-Hoon, said on his webpage that he would undergo basic training at Uijeongbu north of Seoul before ...
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Lin, Lee in Asiad final, China cricket debut fails

AFP Global Edition - 447 days ago
The Asian Games athletics program fires up Sunday with the 100m heats as China made a losing start to its international cricket debut.Day 9 of the biggest multi-sports event after the Olympics also witnessed women's rugby and boxing for the first time.But ...
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Jolie raises concern at plight of repatriated N.Koreans

AFP Global Edition - 563 days ago
Actress Angelina Jolie took time out Wednesday from her promotional movie tour of South Korea to investigate the fate of repatriated North Korean refugees.Jolie, goodwill ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, told reporters she met local UNHCR representatives to talk ...
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Kim and Asada - Asia's golden girls

AFP Global Edition - 720 days ago
But no-one will be banking more on South Korean starlet Kim Yu-Na and Japanese rival Mao Asada in Vancouver than their sponsors.Not since Peggy Fleming in 1968 has there been a bigger Olympic gold-medal favourite than Kim.In South Korea, where Kim needs ...
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US skater Kwan to visit South Korea

AFP American Edition - 772 days ago
US figure-skating superstar Michelle Kwan will visit South Korea next week in her role as public diplomacy envoy for the US government, the State Department said Thursday.Kwan, who will visit Seoul, Pyeongchang and Goyang from January 3-9, is making her fifth overseas ...
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