Good times w/ @official_junsu & @quincy #junsu #xiajunsu #jyj #quincy #incredible #xia #mrok #kpop #frequincy
Note: the man on the left is music manager Matt Mrok, A&R of MrokManagement.
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XIA (JUNSU) & I at the music video shoot 🙂 #xia #junsu #xiajunsu #jyj #kimjunsu #1215thexiahtic #kpop #mattmrok #mrok
JYJ3’s Note:
Conscription, or mandatory military service or compulsory national service, is legislated in South Korea, with military service stated as one of the Four Constitutional Duties (along with taxes, education, and labor) for all citizens. The current Conscription Law, however, applies only to males. (Read more here)
Because JYJ will do their military service in the next years, we have decided to share the following news.
After completing their investigation into the issues raised regarding celebrity recruits in the military, the Ministry of Defense held a press conference to announced their decision.
The most pressing question on hand was whether the celebrity recruit department would be abolished as it had been in place for the past 16 years. The Ministry of Defense announced today that they will indeed abolish the system.
“After the investigation on the promotional department of the military, we have decided to abolish the ‘promotional support brigade’ [which the celebrity recruits are under],” said the spokesperson.
On why they decided to make this decision, the rep said, “The promotional support brigade was set up to promote the military and raise the morale of soldiers, but due to the unpleasant issues that have occurred, the military’s image has only been tarnished… It has also brought down the morale of other soldiers who have been diligently serving… As the purpose of the celebrity soldier branch is to promote the military, the public’s faith is important, but due to various problems, we have only lost the public’s faith.”
As for the punishment of celebrity soldiers they’ve found to have performed problematic acts, the Ministry of Defense revealed that 8 will be receiving punishment following the regulations laid out in their department. All 15 celebrity soldiers in the current ‘promotional support brigade’ will be reassigned to different units on August 1st.
For the 3 celebrity soldiers who have 3 months or less until their discharge, they will be reassigned to an active duty unit to carry out the same tasks that ordinary soldiers are asked to do.
The celebrity soldiers receiving punishment will be reassigned to a new unit after they’ve carried out their punishment.
The spokesperson said in conclusion, “We are sorry for causing concern to the citizens on the matters regarding celebrity soldiers. We fully realize the need to take responsibility for the insufficient management.”
Source: Star Today, Star News
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Click HERE to watch Teaser #1: JYJ learns the Australian phrase ‘G-day!’
Note: the episode will air on SBS Australia’s program ‘SBS PopAsia’, Sunday July 21st at 4pm AEST on channel SBS2.
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JYJ will be saying hello to fans in Australia through Australian TV.
The Australian channel SBS (Special Broadcasting Service) will be interviewing JYJ for SBS Pop Asia.
SBS is owned by the Australian government, and 8 million Australians, or 40 percent of the entire population, has access to the channel.
SBS Pop Asia is Australia′s first program dedicated to K-Pop, and has been garnering high ratings since it first started airing in 2011.
A rep from the show told enews through C-JeS Entertainment on July 17, “We introduce singers from Asia every Saturday and Sunday for about an hour, and we came to visit Korea to interview JYJ because we′ve been receiving so many requests to do so by fans.”
The episode will air on July 21. In it, the JYJ members will say hello to fans in Australia and talk about how it felt about its world tour.
More information can be found at the SBS Pop Asia webpage.
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