Service members in the U.S. military will get a rude awakening in the new year when they see their taxes increase over four months to pay back a deferment given to them back in September.
02.12.2020 - 13:00 / variety.com
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefKorea lawmakers on Tuesday completed passage of an amendment to existing legislation and will allow some K-pop stars exemption from military service until they are 30.
The significance was not lost on fans of BTS, currently one of the biggest music acts in the world, but whose band members would have soon been forced to enlist.The bill revising the Military Service Act was introduced in September, after BTS became the first-ever South Korean group to top the U.S.
.Service members in the U.S. military will get a rude awakening in the new year when they see their taxes increase over four months to pay back a deferment given to them back in September.
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Iggy Pop, Jermaine Dupri, and Lily Tomlin will be honored with animal rights trophies at PETA’s 40th-anniversary celebration this weekend (December 12, 2020).The virtual party, hosted by Alan Cumming, will feature appearances by Mariah Carey, Dolly Parton, Chrissie Hynde, Paul McCartney, Gillian Anderson, Alec Baldwin, Anjelica Huston, James Cromwell, Belinda Carlisle, Casey Affleck, and Pamela Anderson, among others.Dupri, Tomlin, and Iggy Pop will all receive humanitarian awards for their
Iggy Pop, Jermaine Dupri and Lily Tomlin will be honoured with animal rights trophies at PETA's 40th anniversary celebration this weekend. The virtual party, hosted by Alan Cumming, will feature appearances by Mariah Carey, Dolly Parton, Chrissie Hynde, Paul McCartney, Gillian Anderson, Alec Baldwin, Anjelica Huston, James Cromwell, Belinda Carlisle, Casey Affleck, and Pamela Anderson, among others.
There was good news this week for BTS K-Pop fans, as the Korean government has decided they’re not breaking up the group.
BTS to defer military service until they are 30, extending the K-Pop group’s global dominance for at least two more years.South Korean men are required to perform compulsory military service once they turn 28, if they have not undertaken the duty already.
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