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Crime
Sen. Mazie Hirono holds roundtable on needs of Native Hawaiian survivors of gender-based violence
Before you read: Senate passes bill to support Native Hawaiian survivors of sexual violence Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) held a roundtable d...
Iris Jung
Military
BTS’ Jin shares first photos from his military service
Before You Read: BTS’s Jin officially enlists in South Korean military BTS’ Jin shares video message about his military enlistment: ‘I’ll be...
Taiwan’s military to allow women in reservist training for first time amid China threat
Before you read: China threatens Taiwan with ‘demise’ after Taipei lawmaker warns of missiles that can reach Beijing War game simulations fi...
Michelle De Pacina
VIXX’s Ravi accused of using broker to dodge military duty
Ravi, a rapper and member of the South Korean boy band VIXX, has been accused of using a broker to evade his mandatory military service. T...
Daniel Anderson
China
War game simulations find China failing to invade Taiwan at a huge cost to all, including US and Japan
Before you read: Taiwan says full invasion by China would be very difficult China threatens Taiwan with ‘demise’ after Taipei lawmaker warns...
Carl Samson
Entertainment
BTS’ Jin shares video message about his military enlistment: ‘I’ll be back soon’
Before you read: BTS’s Jin officially enlists in South Korean military A sweet message from BTS member Jin was shared with his fans on Sunda...
Feature
California post office renamed after Korean American veteran killed in Iraq
A post office in Placentia, California, has been renamed after U.S. Army Private First Class Jang Ho Kim, a fallen Korean American soldier....
BTS’s Jin officially enlists in South Korean military
BTS’ oldest member Jin has become the first of the group to start his mandatory military enlistment. On Tuesday, Jin posted a message to S...
Culture
Military enlistment date for BTS’s Jin revealed
BTS’s Jin has confirmed he will start his military enlistment on Dec. 13. South Korean news outlets reported on Thursday that he would beg...
Music
Male K-pop idols enlisted in military go viral for dance cover of NewJeans’ ‘Hype Boy’
K-pop rookie girl group NewJeans, who recently debuted in July, already have many K-pop idols dancing to their hit songs “Hype Boy” and “At...
‘Twenty-Five Twenty-One’ star Nam Joo-hyuk to enlist in military in December
South Korean actor Nam Joo-hyuk will enlist in the military this December. Nam’s agency, Management SOOP, shared on Monday that the “Start...
Isa Peralta
Government
South Korean defense minister calls BTS fulfilling military service ‘desirable’
South Korean defense minister Lee Jong-sup said it is “desirable that members of BTS carry out their mandatory military service” during the...
S. Korean lawmaker proposes bill to allow BTS to serve alternative to military duty
Lawmaker Kim Young-bae of the Democratic Party of Korea has proposed a bill for K-pop superstars BTS to be granted an alternative to their ...
Philippines to allow US access to military bases if China-Taiwan tensions escalate
Jose Manuel Romualdez, the Philippine ambassador to the United States, told Nikkei Asia that the Philippines will allow U.S. forces to acce...
Bryan Ke
Busan mayor floats alternative to military service for K-pop mega group BTS
Park Heong-joon, mayor of Busan, South Korea, has issued a formal proposal to the president’s office asking for K-pop superstars BTS to be ...
White House condemns Chinese missile launches near Taiwan, postpones own scheduled ICBM test
National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby criticized China for launching five ballistic missiles near T...
Ryan General
US Marine veteran Grady Kurpasi is third American to go missing in Ukraine this week
Former U.S. Marine Corps officer Grady Kurpasi, 49, who has not been heard from since April 23, is the third American to be reported missin...
Jane Nam
News
US formally recognizes Myanmar military violence against Rohingya as genocide
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken officially declared that Myanmar’s military junta has committed genocide and crimes against humanity...
Korean ex-Navy SEAL and YouTuber Rhee Ken says he is in Ukraine ‘to fight in the frontlines’
YouTuber Rhee Ken, a former Korean Navy SEAL lieutenant, posted that he and his team would be fighting on Ukraine’s ‘frontlines.’ On March ...
Videos
TikTok of sleep hack developed by the military to make you fall asleep in under 2 minutes goes viral
Justin Agustin, a Filipino fitness trainer from Montreal, received millions of views for his viral TikTok in which he demonstrates a milita...
South Korea
US Army recruitment video showcases life for military workers in South Korea
A recruitment video released by the U.S. Army Installation Management Command-Pacific (IMCOM-Pacific) advertises life at a U.S. Army Garris...
Sarah Yukiko
Myanmar
Myanmar military reportedly kills dozens of fleeing civilians in Christmas Eve massacre
U.K.-based aid group Save the Children has condemned the recent attack of the Myanmar military on Christmas Eve, which left 38 people dead a...
Asia
Shirtless North Korean soldiers break bricks with their heads, lay on glass and nails for Kim Jong-un
A video of North Korean soldiers — some of them shirtless — performing extreme martial arts for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has gone vir...
Indonesia’s Military to Kick Out Soldiers Discovered to Be Gay
Indonesia’s military is set to sanction soldiers found to be members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transsexual or Transgender (LGBT) co...
Mass Shooting in Thailand Leaves 29 People Dead, 58 Wounded
Thailand is mourning the victims of a recent mass shooting, which has been called the worst in the country’s history. A disgruntled soldier...
South Korea’s First Transgender Soldier Discharged After Sex Change Surgery
South Korean military officials have confirmed that they discharged their first known transgender soldier after she underwent gender reassig...
He Escaped Saigon After His Family Was Killed, Now He’s the Navy’s First Vietnamese American Admiral
Huan Nguyen has become the first Vietnamese American to achieve the rank of rear admiral in a ceremony at the Navy Memorial in Washington, D...
Khier Casino
China’s ‘Most Beautiful Soldier’ is Also a Former Lingerie Model
The Chinese government unintentionally sent millions of hearts aflutter when it announced that it would hold its largest military parade on ...
Sikh American Becomes the First Airman Allowed to Keep Beard, Turban on Duty
For the first time, a Sikh American man was granted religious accommodation to keep his beard, turban and unshorn hair while serving in the ...
U.S. Military in Okinawa Asks Soldiers to Keep Quiet After Sailor Kills Japanese Woman Then Himself
Service people stationed at a U.S. military base in Okinawa, Japan have reportedly been asked by their Marines Commander to keep quiet about...
China Wishes Taiwan a ‘Happy Lunar New Year’ With Video of Bombers and Jets
In welcoming the Lunar New Year, China released a video message for Taiwan depicting moments of daily life in the island before shifting to ...
U.S. Army Member Wanted for Murdering Wife, Fleeing to Thailand
A member of the U.S. Army stationed in Fort Carson, Colorado is wanted for allegedly murdering his wife Khuang Par during the holidays ...
Politics
Okinawans Call on Donald Trump to Stop Building Military Bases on Their Island
Despite strong opposition from locals, Japan’s central government initiated main reclamation work Friday at a United States military base re...
China Recruits Their Brightest Children to Help Develop ‘Killer Robots’
A group composed of China’s brightest students will soon begin their training to build weapons that harness artificial intelligence. The stu...
South Korea Apologizes for Rape, Torture of Protesters in 1980 Pro-Democracy Uprising
South Korea apologized for the atrocities its military had committed against civilians during a pro-democracy uprising nearly four decades ...
Japan
Honor Guard Demo at Japan’s National Defense Academy is Very Satisfying to Watch
The Honor Guard at the National Defense Academy in Japan just held a demonstration of their gun twirling skill in a sequence that will trans...