[article] Rain: “I would just serve on the front right now if I could.”
— Posted by: Stephe, Managing Editor ^@@^
We know you would, but don’t even bother yourself, JiHoon.
You already trained at one of the hardest boot camps in the military and served 5 months right at the Korean Demilitarized Zone, practically looking at the North Koreans, and did that earn you any respect? No. You’ve taken 27 vacation days, LESS than what regular soldiers get and only a third of what PR soldiers get, and does that earn you any compassion? No. All that it’s gotten you is crucifixion by the bottom-feeders in the Korean Media, persecution by netizens who depend on gossip rags, believe everything they are told, and have no interest in thinking for themselves, and no visual support that we can see from your friends or the Korean celebrity circles.
You’ve done enough. Don’t do anymore. You won’t get any credit for it anyway because apparently neither hard work nor the truth mean anything where you are, just what people “believe” and getting the “feel-good” opportunity to stick it to Rain. Just get your focus back, concentrate on the rest of your service, don’t make any more mistakes or get complacent (because one mistake for you is like 10 for anyone else) and never let your guard down.
Of course, when you’re successfully working in Hollywood, they’re all going to jump on the bandwagon and want to claim you again. And that’s when you show them your middle finger. *PLONK* *TOO LATE* Heh.
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News Naver / YonHap News 1/15/2013 — [English translation by 화니]
Rain, “I would just serve on the front right now if I could”
Singer Rain (his real name, Jung Ji Hoon. 31years old) serving in the army, is alleged to have had time for self-restraint and self-reflection by writing book reports on the books ‘The growing is Painful’ and ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’, and by writing a letter of apology during his probationary period.
According to a military official on the 15th, “Corporal ‘Jung Ji Hoon’ (in the military public information support service) read two books recommended by his unit and wrote book reports on those books and even wrote a letter of apology. His seven days’ probation period is successfully completed today.”
The book ‘The Growing is Painful’ comprised of 42 messages of encouragement, is still widely read especially by people in their 20s and 30s. ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’, an autobiographical novel of stock genius ‘Jordan Belfort’, is a classic tale of rags to riches, and the film version starring ‘Leonardo DiCaprio’ of the novel is being produced.
Corporal ‘Jung’ who violated the decree on military service in the process of dating with actress ‘Kim Tae Hee’ while off the base for official military duties last 8th, was placed under a period of probation of one week.
The officer said, Corporal Jung wrote a letter of apology, “I’m so sorry for other public information services support soldiers (entertainment soldiers), and I’m sorry if I’ve caused them and the whole unit any trouble. I’ll carry out my duties faithfully all the time for the remainder (7 months) of my military service by reflecting deeply on what I’ve done.”
Jung added, “I would just serve on the front right now if I could, but shifting my position won’t solve the problem. I will do my best not to squander chances given to me.” Following, “It is extremely regrettable what I’ve faithfully done for the past year has been ignored and completely angled by the media. This is not to be misunderstood as meaning that I’ve dated without serving.”
It is said world star Jung visited the army base to give a morale-boosting concert more often than other public information services support soldiers, which led to even a sore back.
Meanwhile, Defense Ministry is instituting a new special management policy to require the do’s and don’ts of the military service.▲They must be accompanied by a military officer while off the base for official military duties. ▲They must return to their unit no later than 10pm ▲ They must report to their commanding officer how things are going on, on a monthly basis. ▲ Too many vacation days are prohibited.
English translation by 화니
Cloud USA 
Did they let him read the book “Growing is painful”??? What the hell? He can write the book with same title himself.. I am really sick of this “scandal” – I still remember how comunist media in my country hunted “misbehaved” people and how the great majority of our “perfect citizens” trusted it without even try to use their own heads.. OMG, this looks the same! Every regime needs a public enemy.. It is good to take a focus off important problems and make citizens forgot the important problems. 😦 I am really disappointed..
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Great comment, Krysa.
I too, get the feeling that the individual is getting lost in the furor of the masses. Very sad indeed.
Terri :-}
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Well, this is disgraceful for the Korean media that keeps hounding him, I can’t believe how petty they’re making themselves look over NOTHING that they want to keep barking at until it becomes SOMETHING… Aigoo… Poor Jung…. Please stay off their radar, and be the “Good soldier boy” I know you can be 🙂
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Un-freaken believable!!! ( you know what word I really want to use) Are they for real. Rain is strong, real strong to put up with this. There is a real mean jealous demon around him. “He who endures to the end…” You will make it RainRain; hang in there
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This is some elementary, middle school Shi*t they have Jihoon doing, you know what Jihoon don’t give them the middle finger just turn around and pull your pants down so they can kiss your @ss goodbye.
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LOL //// cheeri
u got ma smail AND CAN I SECOND THAT !!!
dam right !! he might already that part inside his though already and as soon he get the hell out that ROK i hope he kick somebody ASS to curved and it well hard-core ONE TOO i mean it !!
serious it like somebody trying to hunt him down one after another and WON’T STOP like right now they state that RAIN want to goes FRONT-LINE which apparently it RUMOR he just still served his duty and finish his 7 Month to goes and that NOT STOPPING him from he at yet somebody in SEOUL…. would have hurt AND NO TASTE of feeling how he feel to do this job i wish this person WHO EVER did this to Rain WELL GET BURN up kill him seriously THEY need live him hell ALONE …. gosh…. RAIN…. just come to USA and let that country DIE COLD their kiss your @ss goodbye.
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Yahoo know dear I think they would let Jihoon put himself in harms way cause he hashish whole life and family to think about.
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I meant to say ya know instead of yahoo lol sorry dear
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Cherrie said:
“…..just turn around and pull your pants down so they can kiss your @ss goodbye.”
BiA says:
It’s funny…when this recent scandal first broke, I made this Very Same suggestion. Because I felt just as strongly about the situation as you do. Shortly thereafter, a comment was made to the effect that I should not say such things….although comical my “verbal car should be put in park.” The implication being that my statement was too harsh.
However, Cherrie I stand by my earlier comments and I 110%, Wholeheartedly agree with You. I’m of the mindset that home country or not, you don’t stay where you are being mentally and verbally abused. Because basically that’s what it boils down to. Korea is a “bi-polar” nation. One minute Bi is the best thing since sliced bread, then on a dime he’s public enemy #1. This country will simultaneously love and hate it’s celebs. Since Bi is the world star, he gets it the most and the harshest. He’s gotta be asking himself why should he stay and perform for such an ungrateful nation. At least if I were him, I would ask myself that.
He’s also at a point not only in his life, but his career where he CAN make the decision to stay or go. He’s got that option. Korea seems to not be getting that. I know where I’d be come August 2013.
(*….Ladies and gentleman, we will begin boarding all first class passengers on flight 001 on The-Hell-Out-Of-Korea airlines services to Los Angeles, CA….*)
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I will apologize for using such language…so sorry Terri and Stephe, I will watch what I say from now on.
Bia, I agree with you 110% on everything and if he does come to USA I would love for him to come to Florida and do a show, it seems like I’m the only person from Florida here lol.
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Cherrie, small world my hubby is from Florida (Tampa area). He doesn’t get home too often though….unfortunately.
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Cool I live in the west palm beach area.
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I swear to God. Someone over there in Korea hates Rain’s guts. What in the world???
The Korean media has somehow now misconstrued his saying he would serve at the front lines “if he could” as him saying that he had actually requested a transfer to the front line.
And NOW the headlines are saying that the rumors of his doing that aren’t “true.” Like he lied, like he wouldn’t really do that if someone would allow him to. Oh my God, I’d go kick something, but it would hurt my knee again.
Can’t ANYBODY in the Korean Media READ? Dammit, these people are stupid.
Rain. Go. PLEASE. Please beg for a bloody transfer and bloody go to the front. Do whatever you have to to make them let you serve the rest of your time peacefully. I swear to you….SWEAR TO YOU…that Cloud USA will still be here when you get out. I swear it to the heavens.
This vitriolic mistreatment of him makes me sad as hell. I’d rather not see him again at all until July 10, 2013 if this is what it is going to be like. :-\
Terri :-}
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A damned shame is what it is. I don’t think Bi ever saw this coming, not like this….the relentless-ness of it all. IMO, somebody’s getting some serious “scratch” to keep this sh_t going. Even after the apology. As I said before, he should catch the first thing out on it’s way to the U.S. when he’s discharged.
I think the media is being relentless because somebody wants to try as hard as they might to “sully” his reputation over here in the States, Before he gets to working good. I truly believe that. Also now that I think about it, Bi may have been a little too vocal about his desire to come here. He probably unknowingly stepped on some toes he didn’t realize he was stepping on or he did and just didn’t think it would be this big of a deal. This whole situation smacks of some serious “collusion” going on behind the scenes somewhere. Someone is going to a LOT of trouble just to try and ruin one man.
I mean, what’s the goal? To embarrass him to the point where he’ll hang his head in shame and not come to the U.S.? Is it to make him want to leave Korea altogether? I’m confused Korea…..what do you you all want to happen to him exactly? You want him to stay? You want him to go? What do you want?
Inquiring minds want to know……………………………………….
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BiA,
That is the way it has always been. If you look back at all of Rain’s so-called “scandals” over the years, they just look a little too manufactured. They always have.
All I can say is whoever you are, your tactics are failing miserably. Rain is ALREADY very well respected here in the U.S. and in Hollywood. And that’s that.
So there. Get over it.
Terri :-}
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I agree. It reminds me of several of his past “scandals.” They’re trying too hard. They are trying to beat this “dead horse” to death again. You hit this particular nail square on the head Terri. Bi hasn’t lost one Ounce of respect here, like Whoever, thought he would. In the U.S., we see this latest scandal as kind of pathetic really and certainly nothing that would taint a man’s reputation to the point where he could no longer expect to work here. This is why they are trying so hard…..Still.
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Well, whoever it is, they need to get a life. I mean good grief.
Terri :-}
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I hope even if he wanted to be transferred there they will not assign him there because of its delicate nature. And being an inexperienced soldier, he is not suppose to be assigned to a dangerous place esp the DMZ…Why should they transfer him to the Demilitarized Zone? The people that they should transfer there are the ones with enough experience to deal with the communists, ones who have psychological knowledge who will know what to do should an attack arises and yes Rain have to many CONDITION his Health and body they better NOT sent him if they smart to know it and if they are sending THAT EVEN MORE ridiculous to him their no to the Demilitarized Zone? The people that they should transfer there are the ones with enough experience to deal with the communists, ones who have psychological knowledge who will know what to do should an attack arises… and there weather is CRAZY i would SO MAD if they do to Rain
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Ah! Here we go, Reason #189 why he is the best man on earth…look at that! Apologizing with all that humbleness of his -even though when he didn’t have to-.
This is what I call Grace and Elegance.
Thanx, Ji Hoon for existing and beathing on this planet, in this century to be my/our inspiration.
Adri☆
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This punishment was stupid and he shouldnt have to apoligize for being human fallin in love and forgetting a hat serously people just want to find a reason for oppa to not be perfect. Well sorry people he is get over it and go back to your pitiful lives stop butting in to someone elses.
Im sorry but this is just how i feel and oppa is being soooooooo supper good about the criticizum. He is truly an angle with a good heart. Thank you Oppa may we all have our conposer when dealing with dificult hateful people.
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That’s why we love him cuz he’s not a whinner. Every bad situation he had to face he does with grace and he suck it up. He’s more like, oh really you are doing this to me!!! Wait until I get out and I’m going to make you regret everything was said about me. How????? by working harder and harder to be known all around the world!!! Good for you baby bi!!!
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Reading books and writing reports like he was in high school? Seriously? This “punishment” can’t be more ridiculous!! I bet JiHoon wanted to throw those damn books to his superior’s head! On the other hand, I’m glad they allowed him to write a letter apologizing for his “bad behavior”. It seems that apologies are really important for koreans, specially in the entertainment industry so there, the man made an apology, it should be the end for netizens’ complains. Also, I’m happy he got the chance to tell people that he worked really hard as entertainment soldier for a year and it was totally ignored just cuz he “dated” three or four times during military duty. Well, this should be the end of this nightmare at least for now cuz we all know that as soon as he’s out of military service, the media will bring it back. sighh -.-
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Mari says:
“Reading books and writing reports like he was in high school? Seriously? This “punishment” can’t be more ridiculous!!”
BiAlamode says:
Ditto!
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Seriously, I can’t even begin to tell you how funny I think that punishment was.
Book reports. I just can’t…LOL.
Terri :-}
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I can see that *blank stare* of his now, like……”Are you kidding me?”….when he was told he had to do a book report.
Hey, they may as well have said….”No supper for you tonight young man and brush your teeth before beddy-bye time.”
*Kekekekekekekeke*……..funny as hell if you ask me.
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My mind is racing. I see an article on this subject in my near future. LOL.
Terri :-}
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LOL! I completely get it. I’m starting to tap into that side of myself too more often now (the mind racing with words overflowing). *SMILES*
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Yeah, we can start with JiHoon wearing camo pajamas with a hat! We can’t forget the damn hat!! Good Lord!! ~.~
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This statement Rain made sums up how I feel about this whole stupid situation:
“It is extremely regrettable what I’ve faithfully done for the past year has been ignored and completely angled by the media. This is not to be misunderstood as meaning that I’ve dated without serving.”
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Stephe, Thank you for making such valid points. I too am very grateful that we have been able to view so many of his shows while serving.
I am hoping he has had a lot of support that we are not publicly hearing about.
Don’t know about you all but anytime I hear “With You” I can’t wait to hear “2013 I am Rain I am back”
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Question now that his one week stupid punishment period is over. Will Rain still have to perform and do his radio show? I wonder how he will be treated by his fellow soldiers now that the rules have gotten stricter because of this. I know others have probably done exactly what Rain did and even maybe was caught. But it was not made into a big public deal. But because he Rain this little mistake was just blown up like he was found out to be a traitor to his country. I mean good grief to me it is just so small of a mistake. I hope he does not get a lot of grief from his fellow soldiers. Poor baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Flower,
His time with the radio show is over, I think. DEMA has already removed both his and KCM’s characters from the Speeding Instinct website. They are still over on the Twitter, but I think that will go next.
As far as performances go, I’m sure he will perform somewhere again. I don’t think the Army is going to give him up that easily. Honestly, I think if the military had been given the choice, they would have swept this little problem under the rug. The problem was the treatment of the story in the Media and with the netizens blowing it up so big that they had to address the issue.
Which actually could be a good thing. AFter all they did have to change the rules somewhat about how and when they were going to use the entertainment soldiers. Now they HAVE to provide a proper escort for all of their men when they are off base, for example. So, I do think some good things may have come out of this fiasco, with regard to how the entertainment soldiers will be utilized. We will see.
Terri :-}
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This whole situation is just so crazy!!!!!! I feel so bad for Rain he does not deserve this!!!!! All he did was go on 3 dates while on duty and forget to put his hat on 1 time. If I understood it correctly he dated her after he finished doing what he was suppose complete those days. It was a date on the way back to the base correct? Can someone tell me if I got this correct. They act like he killed someone while on duty!!!!!!! Ok yes he got caught but damn is it that big of deal what he did. He should be able to do his punishment and move on. His excellent record of serving should still shine in everyones eyes. This was not a big enough mistake for people to just forget all of the excellent top notch military service that he has done so far. People are so jealous or want him so bad that he is always having to fight someone or something. I do hope that he comes to America and continue to make it big!!!!!!!! I will continue to pray for him!!!!!!
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The more I think about this the more irritated I get.
Sadly, I don’t think he could ever do enough for his home country. I seriously don’t think they will never ever ever have his back. Such a pity.
Terri :-}
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@terri thanks for the reply! Can you tell me if I got it correct about what rain did wrong? He did go on 3 dates after he had finished his duty for each day. Basically they dated while she drove him back to the base. One of those times he Forgot to put his hat back on correct?
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That is correct, Flower. He accepted a ride back to the military base after finished his work three times and one of those times, when they were switching cars (because they were trying to hide from the paparazzi NOT the military), he forgot to put his hat back on. LOL.
Sounds so stupid when it’s all spelled out, doesn’t it?
Terri :-}
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@Terri thanks for the clarification. Yes, it does sound stupid as hell. I still say if this was another soldier we would not be hearing about this. I am sure others have done this before. Also, I still really believe the military might have done nothing about this. If it had not been for the crazy fans and media going crazy!!!!!!!
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I am so completely discussed with the rok! And frankly just can’t think straight at the moment to make an intelligent reply.
JiHoon I bow to you my dear sweet friend. And I’m so sorry for they are so jealously envious of you that they felt the need to try and disgrace you publicly. However you are an honorable man who has been through much worse than this, yet you still are above them.
SO SCREW YOU ROK/NETIZEN ASSES! AND ANYONE ELSE WHO DISLIKES CORPORAL JUNG JIHOON/RAIN! B**CHES!!!!!!!!!!
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lotus
i agreed with GESSEEEEEEEEEE…… i am complete to even feel so DISCUSSED of this i wear i SLAP that ROK they give him hard time and now have write this .apologize letter how we felt about seriously he DON’T to still that county period they deserved him their what so honorable for that country NOTHING they have seen at all…i feel SICK….. so many hater & jealous of him and that netizen FORCES him to became like this IT ALL F*** MEDIA & report give wrong article i treat like rain HAVE been kill anybody or just over hat he forgive to wear and dating KTH they took BIG DEAL on him i don’t believed this apologize for what he DID DO ANYTHING BIG ? The more I learn about the Korean culture, i hate them even more and more and more …. and i put that in mind they way this culture treat Rain and a some who work so hard and been honorable many thing he do for Stupids country …@lotus
SO SCREW YOU ROK/NETIZEN ASSES!
E___x___ A____C_____T___L____y………EXACTLY !!!
I WANT THEM TO BOW to Rain … corpal JJH
and begging on his knee and SAID i am apologized and i want to him SLAP each one their face so bad ….. this NO FAIR to him and it SAD to even see him write this letter to do this ….. 😦
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Lotus says:
“….SO SCREW YOU ROK/NETIZEN ASSES! AND ANYONE ELSE WHO DISLIKES CORPORAL JUNG JIHOON/RAIN! B**CHES!!!!!!!!!!……”
BiAlamode says:
Ditto!
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When he went into the Army, he went in as JiHoon and had every intention of staying JiHoon. He wasn’t talking that “keeping a low profile” and “serving as an ordinary soldier” stuff for nothing. If only that was what had happened.
DEMA turned him back into Rain. “Rain” was on every ambassador’s sash he wore, in every press release, and on every poster for every show. They wouldn’t let him put his celebrity aside and here he is, vilified for being a celebrity soldier with so-called privilege.
Would this have happened if he’d stayed a grunt in the Infantry? NO. He would not have been sent off post unescorted to work on music for DEMA in the first place. Yeah, we wouldn’t have been able to see him perform for a while, but so what? I doubt anyone would have actually died from that or something. It’s not about us, it’s about JiHoon and watching his back and him not having to go through crap at other people’s expense.
I’m glad that he was able to bring a lot of joy into a lot of soldiers’ lives on the Consolatory Train. That was important. But I wish he’d never left the Infantry. I had a bad feeling when the PR Department snagged him, and here we are.
geeeeee thanks, DEMA. Poor JiHoon.
The good news is that he will live through it and go on to bigger and better things, as is his destiny. And the military will be forever changed because Jung JiHoon was in their house. Heh. That is why he was born — to change what was previously unchangeable. He’s made a career out of that already these ten years, hasn’t he? 🙂
Stephe ^@@^
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Geeze louise…he could write his own effing rags to riches books. How dare they make him do these things….apologize? for what? The more I learn about the Korean culture, the more pissed off I get. Come to the states Rain….they don’t deserve you!
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I know, right???
Stephe ^@@^
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I know, right? Seriously unbelievable. I really don’t know how he kept his cool.
Terri :-}
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