Of course it’s come up in conversation again, even though Rain himself hasn’t said another thing about it yet. *rolling our eyes*
The LAST thing out of Rain’s own mouth in his interview late last year was planning to go into the military in the latter half of 2011, Red Muffler, releasing an album, working on a concert tour. So when some media (who obviously needed something to write about) declared J.Tune said Rain is going in the summer a few days ago, we just looked the other way.
Wow. 
At least this follow-up was published.
— Stephe ^@@^
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Newsen 2/26/2011 — [brief translation by rain bird @rain-eu.]
Exactly when will Rain join the army?
The issue of singer Rain’s joining the army has come up in conversation again.
During the phone call with Newsen on February 25th, an official from Rain’s agent expressed, “Rain is thinking of joining the army in late 2011. If he receives formal notification from the Military Manpower Administration, he plans to follow it.”
But, there is recently a groundless rumor going round that he’ll join the army this summer, which surprises everyone. The official defended that report, saying, “The information on what he could join the army after this summer has been miscommunicated as if he will this summer.”
He added, “Rain is planning to shoot movie ‘Red Muffler’ and to do his album before he joins the army. So it is in a state of flux now as the plan on when to join the army is subject to change.”
Cloud USA 
And Our 15,000th Comment Prizewinner is…Drumroll, Please…
•February 24, 2011 • 17 CommentsMUDARE!
Yep! Congrats to Mudare, who had this to say on this week’s (2/22-2/28) Open Thread:
Mudare, we sure do hope you find that pen pal you’re searching for. But in the meantime, to show our heartfelt thanks for your active participation in Cloud USA’s community, we’d like you to choose of ONE of these three prizes from YesAsia: (Click on the prizes to see them in greater detail on YesAsia)
1. A Love to Kill – Rain Photos (Set of 6) OR
2. Rain Vol. 5 – Rainism Poster OR
3. Rain Special Album – Back To The Basic Poster
Once you’ve decided on your prize, please e-mail your choice and your snail mail address to letitrain@cloudusa.org, so we can ship your prize to you.
Who ALMOST won? Well…
Comment number 14,999 was made by BiAlamode, on the [scans] And even MORE fresh Rain from Esquire March 2011 post:
The same post, [scans] And even MORE fresh Rain from Esquire March 2011 led raindasy to make the 15,001st comment:
Awww. SO CLOSE!
Keep on commenting, and maybe next time it will be YOU who walks away with a little something to enrich your Rain stash. (By the way…ya’ll must have really liked those Esquire pics, because the comments were blazing on those posts. :-} ^@@^)
So, what’s next up, Clouds? Well…you never know what we might be planning behind our wizard’s curtain. So, we suggest you just stay tuned and watch to find out!
— Terri :-} and Stephe ^@@^
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