Rain misses a military audition due to a sore back

Singer Rain (Jung Ji Hoon), who is currently serving in the Army, was recently hospitalized due to back pain.

According to Army officials on September 24, Rain did not participate in the officers and men of the armed forces star audition ‘Be The Star,’ which was held on the same day in South Chungcheong province.

Rain was going to appear at the audition as a jury member but he was suddenly hospitalized on September 23 with a sore back.

A spokesperson for the Defense Media Agency says, “We announced that Rain would not attend the audition due to back pain. We have to check the details to see how he is doing.”

As a result, no one knows whether or not Rain will do his official schedules in the future. It’s not sure if he can attend the celebration for the Armed Forces Day on September 25. Army officials said, “We can’t grasp the exact situation. We will consider his health condition for his future schedules.”

Rain joined the Army in November of last year and is currently serving his duty at the Defense Media Agency.

Source: Starnews

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Rain to attend Yeosu Expo K-pop Festival

Singer and actor Rain (Jung Ji Hoon) will appear on the Yeosu Expo special stage.

On July 24, according to Defense Media Agency (DMA), Rain will give a powerful performance on July 28 at the ‘Defense Media Agency Special K-pop Concert.’

Besides Rain, star soldiers, including KCM and Untouchable’s Park Kyung Wook and Kim Sung Won, will appear at the concert.

Singer Jeok Woo will also give a special performance and entertain the visitors.

An official for Yeosu Expo says, “We prepared the K-pop Festival to receive more attention from the inside and outside of the country. DMA performed at the opening concert for the Expo in June and it was very successful. That’s why we prepared the second concert, in which Rain and KCM will appear.”

Source: Starnews

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Rain wins appeal against tenant

Singer Rain seems to be a winner, even when he is away fulfilling his compulsory military service. On May 31, Seoul Central District Court ruled in favor of the Hallyu singer for the second time against his tenant, a local designer who had not been paying any rent and failed to move out of Rain’s building after the lease had run out.

“We maintain our ruling from the first trial that the tenant should take the money deducted from his 100 million won ($84,700) deposit and leave the premises,” the court said, ordering the tenant to vacate the premise that he has been using as a gallery.

According to the court, the singer and the designer entered into a contract back in August of 2009 with a deposit of 100 million won and 4 million won rent as well as an additional 400,000 won in maintenance fees per month.
The contract was valid until March 2011 and although the designer used this space as a gallery, he failed to pay maintenance fees from December 2009 and then stopped paying rent altogether from September 2010.

Rain brought a suit against the designer back in January to kick him out but the designer said that because of leakage in the building, he was owed money from damages and failed to vacate the building. He felt that he was the victim and appealed for the case against Rain.
By Carla Sunwoo [carlasunwoo@joongang.co.kr]

Source: Korea Joongang Daily

World star Rain gets paid $70 a month?

The monthly salary of world star Rain who is currently serving in the army shocked many people. What surprised them more is that even with such little pay of 80,000 won($70.42) he confessed, “I have nowhere to use them.”

On April 8, Rain attended the 2012 Culture Festival for Army Recruits and had a talk with military personnel.

When military personnel went up the platform and asked, “I’m curious about how much money you have.” Rain wanted to be recognized as soldier Jung Ji Hoon rather than singer Rain, so he replied, “I’m sorry, but let us only talk about military related stories.” Entertainer soldier Lee Jin Ho, who emceed the event, asked Rain, “I heard that Rain is earning 80,000 won a month.”

Rain revealed, “I honestly have nowhere to spend my money. If I go back in I think I’ll be spending most of them on PX.” Rain who entered military in October of last year said, “I entered here exactly eight months ago. I now have a completely fresh viewpoint.”

The Culture Festival for Army Recruits is an event to express gratitude towards the young military soldiers and their parents.

Source: TV Report

Rain visits Vietnam as Korean culture diplomat

Singer Rain, who recently joined the entertainment regiment of the miliary, will take diplomatic action abroad.
Rain will sing his hit songs at a concert, which will be held on March 17 through 23 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and Vietnam.
Entertainment soldier Park Hyo Shin will also attend the concert. Korea National Military Symphony Orchestra will mainly perform and singers and Korea National Military Traditional Band will perform as well.
The Vietnamese government officially invited them to hold the concert and this is the first time they have performed abroad by invitation after the Korea National Military Symphony Orchestra was created 10 years ago.
Korea National Military Symphony Orchestra will hold a concert on March 19 and 21 for the Vietnamese government, military officials, Koreans, and local people.
They will also form several small bands and visit the Military Music College, Korean Culture Center, and Korean Schoos to perform concerts.
A military official says, “This will foster friendship between the two countries and inspire patriotism in the Korean people living in Vietnam.”
The Korea National Military Symphony Orchestra has held over 40 concerts and they visited the United States to hold concerts last year.
Source: TV Report