Word on the street: Rain’s military enlistment postponed?
Asian source Yonhap News reported in its pages today that the Military Manpower Administration has announced that, due to his schooling and upcoming film [after his drama?], etc., Rain won’t have to report for active duty until early next year.
An MMA official made a statement that yes, Rain had submitted a request for an extension to his September 29th reporting date, and seeing as there was no real reason not to grant it with all the factors involved, that his request is being accepted and his service postponed.
[We paused for a moment upon reading this. This official’s actual statement was translated to say, “Since there is no reason why we should disapprove the proposal for the postponement, I think it’s been permitted.” However, seeing as in our experience, Korean-to-English conversion doesn’t always match exactly when it comes to past/present verb tense, we feel that he could just be speaking in a casual tone, the same way we use Sure, I think so in the States even when we know something has already come to pass.]
And in related news, the Defense Ministry’s PR department has plans itself for a large-scale movie, which Rain and other enlisted K-celebs will all take part in. The PR department’s manager is quoted as saying, “We plan to schedule the movie production at that point [when] Rain enters the army, but our movie is still in its conceptual stage and the details of the scenario have not yet [been] completed.”
(Thanks to rain bird and Rain Europe for this information.)
Well, fans, what do you think of that? Hopefully now some of you will relax a little and not be filled with so much depressing Doom & Gloom. We’re hoping to see something more official from J.Tune, but at the moment this Word on the Street feels awfully good.
Now do you see why I was posting those things about K-celebs serving their country and still staying in touch with their entertainment roots? The military would have to be crazy not to be chomping at the bit about having Rain’s talent at their disposal. Here’s your proof that they’re practically salivating over it already, as we speak. He won’t be completely deprived of what he loves to do best while he’s enlisted, folks. And he’s going to come back a lean, mean, fighting machine bursting with even more ideas and plans for all of us, his fans. Thirty isn’t old, nowhere near. Our best years with Rain are yet to come.
Let’s thoroughly enjoy the extra time we’ve been given with Ji-Hoon. And let’s concentrate on being a positive, supportive fan base for him, rather than dwelling on negatives that can’t be helped, when his time approaches in 2011.
— Stephe @cloudusa.wordpress.com ^@@^
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The man’s gotta do what the man’s gotta do…I’m glad for the deferral and glad he will not get special treatment, as as Korean citizen he has to do his duty as everyone else, I know he is special but also an inspiration to all Korean men, if he got special treatment I would be dissapointed in him as a person, therefore I have a lot more respect for him by not using his status as a reason not to do what the country expects of ALL it’s men…love you BI!!!
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GREAT comment, L.C.
As much as I want him to stay with us, I don’t feel Rain would want special treatment anyway–that’s just not him. And he might feel that preferential treatment would make him look like a slacker to his fans and peers and countrymen. I’m sure he ain’t havin’ that, ya know?
Stephe ^@@^
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My thoughts on this are, im a little sad i probably wont be able to see him perform live for 2 years. I really wanted to be able to see him live before his enlistment. But with this is also good news. I have 2 years to now plan a trip to Korea. And now i would make it around the time he gets out of his army duty, and do a comeback concert. I think i could even try to manage that much.
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Hey I like your positive thinking! I just might look into that as well. I would have to do some serious saving of the bucks, but it would so be worth it!
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Yea it would be some serious saving, but could you imagine the kind of performance he would do after being gone for 2 years. It would be unforgettable…
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THANK YOU! I just hoped and prayed they would give him a pass because of how special he truly is, I’m so very pleased! And baby in his 30’s shhh now that’s called (BiAlamode) a GROWN ASS! MAN! Hahahaha! And my sista’s OUCH! JiHoon is already fine as hell this will just make him OH MY LAWD! And maybe hopefully he will do 1 or 2 movies for the sista’s in the USA! I’m not being to greedy am I ? Wouldn’t it be amazing if they told him next year he was just to valuable to be in the military? Well a girl can dream can’t she.
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Great news of all of us I think…I still need lots of Rain….hope I geto to see him before he goes into the army….is he still doing the sequel to Ninja Assassin?
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Yey, Oh I am sooo happy!!!!!! Finally a wise decision. They should give him less time cause is bad for his career to be out for long periods of time. Regarding Rain in his 30’s ohhhh, gosh he is going to be magnificent. Soo hot and sexy that we are going to faint just seeing him enter the stage. I can’t wait to see him in a US movie again. I need to see another simmering, smoking, melt my socks kiss. Whahahaha!!!! I love Rain!!!
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So happy we will have another year to enjoy everything that Rain will do before he leaves, best news I have had all day!
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not another whole year, he has to go military in early next year, so probably additional 6 months from now.
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@bussybee & sephe
i have to agree he well be wiser hotter and sexyerrrrrrrrrrrrr then his 20 on top counting on the traing on he put some weight and muscular he well be EXTREMLY gian HOTERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR then ever oh man rain well kill the seath ahahhah and he well come make with totally different rain more SMOKING HOT i would love to say yesssssssssssss i with you too
u guy papare he coming back don”t drop death after all HE HE HE !! 🙂
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This is great news! I am so excited to see what Rain does next! And yeah, Rain in his 30’s is only going to make us cream more… Oops, did I actually say that? ^_^
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Y’all… in his 30s, Rain is gonna be smokin’ hot devastating. We’re going to be spazzing so hard that our heads will probably explode.
Mark my words. 😀
Stephe ^@@^
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You are SO right my sista! He is coming into his I’m A GROWN Man, SEXY DEVIL Years!………I can’t wait. I know it may be too much to hope for BI, but could you just maybe, sorta, kinda SQQUUEEEEZZE in another movie (U.S. preferably) before you enlist. I need another DVD of you to watch incessantly!!
This is GREAT news indeed!!!
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i’m so satisfied….so right, 30’s for Rain is gonna be HOTTER than his 20’s. just wait and see. he’s had some hard life lessions in his 20s and he is wiser for them. btw, those O Hui for men pics, stunning, just plain outstanding.
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“And he’s going to come back a lean, mean, fighting machine bursting with even more ideas and plans for all of us, his fans. Thirty isn’t old, nowhere near. Our best years with Rain are yet to come.” Well said again, Stephe! Totally agree with you and I think u can trust these articles as a final! I am happy for everyone, specially for our man Rain, so he doesn’t have to worry about to finish shooting ‘Fugitive’. have a break at leat. you must be exhausted mentally and physically by now… thanks again! ^__~
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THIS IS VERY GOOD NEWS
i am gald they understand rain and postponement his militairy service to next years and yes he well have to serve this no matter what at lease rain have got drop one shoulder down about the knowing it expan to until next year 2011 and i am so reveal about this at least no concering to much !! ‘
and fans member, family, firends well know what to do before rain ship off i hope during that time i well be in koren and see rain LAST DAY beofre he leeave i know something like this i am so sentive i well crying for sure knowing he been gone for 2 years it hit me !!
to his service i know rain well keep up his duty as a hardworker
worker training and keep in touch with us i also think rain well not going to have much actitveies much but at lease he have some ENTERTIANMENT , MOVIES his nre k-drama coming out and while he gone we keep him in mind and i well pull all the footage of rain while he absence for 2 years that still a sad new for me but, i am understandit totally a KOREAN LAW, that guy of age reach his 28th must jion the militairy. it so suck that a world star like rain been worked so much who humble to his workds and dicatedtion so many filed and ect…. SHOCK he have to serve no matter what i just hope they shouls understands that rain been work so much for his peoples
S. Korens should a lease shortted his duty instead full 2 years it hard for anybody to excepted but, as for rain he so different i hope by next years they will have this thought come to their mind and think what rain have been doen to much of this worlds. i honestly don”t wanted rain to leave but u have to face the true and just have to accept THJE FACT !!
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