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Singer and actor Rain (his real name, Jung Ji-Hoon) has been the public information services support soldier with the highest seniority on the public information support services of the Defense Media Agency. Sergeant ‘Jung Ji-Hoon’ will leave the army upcoming July 10th.

Rain served as a teaching assistant at the 5th division recruiting training center after joining the army in October, 2011, and he has traveled to different military bases and put on various events and shows since he was transferred to the public information support services in March of last year.

To attend the ‘World Peace Festival Arirang’ to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the alliance between Korea and the United States, Rain left for Washington D.C. via Incheon International Airport on the 6th.

Since ‘Sleepy’ (his real name, Kim Sung-Won) and ‘the Action’ (Park Kyung-Wook) who are Untouchable’s members left the army last 1st, Rain has been the soldier with the highest seniority on the public information support services. He is a sergeant who is expected to be separated from the army in a couple of months.

Currently, ‘Lee Teuk’, ‘KCM’, ‘Jung Joon-Yl’, ‘Kim Moo-Yeol’, ‘Sangchu‘, ’Lee Suk-Hoon’, etc. including Rain, are serving in the public information support services. KCM will leave the army following the discharge of Rain. KCM will return to society upcoming July 31st.

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Singer Rain’s fans send a contribution of ₩ 11,370,000 to UNICEF to celebrate his debut 11th anniversary

Rain who is currently serving in the army, made his debut on April 28th. 
To arrange a meaningful event in celebration of the day, Rain’s fans from 17 countries including Canada, Chile, China, France, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Peru, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the USA, Vietnam, etc., raised funds to help underprivileged children through UNICEF under the name of the coalition of Rain fans.

Rain’s fans have taken part in an international fundraising campaign organized by UNICEF to help children in need and to celebrate their favorite singer’s debut anniversary by emulating the virtuous actions of Rain who is also known for his efforts to help children in need (he donated wells to children suffering from water shortages in Cambodia.)

‘The coalition of Rain fans’ said, “We’ve come to send our humble contribution to less privileged children all over the world through UNICEF. 
Especially, considering that this year is the year of World Water and that April 25th specified around the same time as April 28th (Rain’s debut day), is a day of eliminating malaria, we hope that this donation will be used to provide clean drinking water, anti-malaria drugs, and insecticide-treated mosquito nets which help prevent malaria to them.”

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As the day draws near that has been set for him to leave the army, every move by Rain is drawing the attention of the entertainment world.

In October, 2011, Rain’s exclusive contract with JYP Entertainment expired, and at the same time he joined the army. And, as he and his management team whom he had been working with since his debut, have decided to go their separate way, he has become a free agent (FA) as they speak. Not surprisingly, the underhanded competition among entertainment agents to get a contract with Rain who is to separate from the army on July 10th, is getting fierce.

Rain’s military service has left a vacuum of two years in his career, but he is a major singer representing Korea and actor who is highly regarded in Hollywood.

He became the first Korean to have a concert at Madison Square Garden in New York in 2006, and to star alone in Hollywood major film ‘Ninja Assassin’ released in 2009. Particularly, because of a scheduling conflict between his enlistment and appearance in films, he had to give up his appearance in several films before his enlistment. He is known to still receive attention from Hollywood.

According to many entertainers and staff of management firms, Rain seems most likely to form a partnership with a major entertainment agent which builds systematic management system, not operating company under his own power.

Rain established his own company JTune Entertainment after he got independence from JYP Entertainment in 2007, but he found operating company a very difficult experience. In addition, even though he runs his own company, singer Psy has been on a roll as an international singer since he belonged to YG Entertainment, that is likely to have an impact on Rain’s decision to team up with a major agent. 

Currently, several major agents which are likely to team up with Rain, are named, but they are very unforthcoming about what happens, “Rain is still serving in the army.”

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He will be discharged from military service, soon!

Wonder what his next step will be

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Singer Rain will meet U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House next month, according to an exclusive local media report.

Rain and other Korean celebrities who are serving their military duty as entertainment soldiers will attend a fashion show for the hanbok, a traditional Korean garment. It is said to be one of the events scheduled during Korean President Park Geun-hye’s first official visit to the U.S.

President Park, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations and other high-level officials are going to attend along with President Obama.

The report says that the hanbok fashion show is one of many events the government is considering to promote the beauty of Korean culture.

One of the officials was quoted as saying that they are planning to have Barack and Michelle Obama try on hanbok at the event.

By Lee Sun-min

Source + images: hancinema.net , Ohkpop,com

Rain and Sangchu will be heading to the United States in order to attend a festival commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Korean War.

Ten celebrity recruits, including Rain and Sangchu, will be attending the ‘World Peace Arirang Festival on May 7 in Washington, D.C. Rain will be MC’ing the first half of the festival and will be putting on a special performance in the 2nd half. Sangchu will also take over as MC for the second half of the festival.

‘World Peace Arirang Festival’ will also hold a ‘Hanbok Fashion’ event along with a special commemoration of the 21 different countries of the Korean War to the United Nations.

Also on May 7, Korean president Park Geun Hye will be meeting the President of the United States, Barack Obama, for the first time.

Rain is scheduled to be discharged from the army in July.

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