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Korean pop icon Rain confined to barracks to 'repent' for dating actress

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At least they're treating him like everyone else, more or less.

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to be fair, he should be made to serve from jump.

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" “He breached regulations against having private meetings while on official duty,” the ministry spokesman said."

Sounds like the south mimics the north.

Conscription is Slavery.

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After tabloid pictures of his dates with Kim emerged, the defense ministry’s website was bombarded with messages calling for him to be disciplined.

That says more about the South Korean people than anything else. I wonder if they have prizes for reporting family members and friends?

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Conscription is Slavery.

Not when everyone does it.

I wonder if they have prizes for reporting family members and friends?

Actually they get rewards for turning people in who commit crimes. It's big business over there.

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I would take the same risk if the date is like that babe !!

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""Conscription is Slavery."

Not when everyone does it."

It's slavery, whether part or all the "eligible " population is conscripted.

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"confined to barracks to repent for dating actress"

There won't be any repenting being done.

"pop singer Steve Yoo gave up his Korean nationality and became a naturalised U.S. citizen. The South Korean government considered it an act of desertion and he was deported and banned from returning for life"

You can't desert if you've never served. He simply avoided military service.

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oberstJan. I would take the same risk if the date is like that babe !!

That's the same babe who's been banned from Japan for being a Dokdo activist.

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That's the same babe who's been banned from Japan for being a Dokdo activist.

Sorry - she is still a BABE in every hetero, red-blooded male's mind!

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Gosh, Korea makes Japan look so liberal. Amazing.

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Yubaru,

Have you been conscripted? Many of those of us who HAVE been conscripted under threat of violent punishment or death would attest that it is slavery.

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ave you been conscripted? Many of those of us who HAVE been conscripted under threat of violent punishment or death would attest that it is slavery.

You've never conscripted so shut up.

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