Rain - Ji Hoon Jung (비) joined the Korean Military Service

There's sunshine after the Rain's gone.

The South Korean singer-actor, whose real name is Ji hoon Jung (Rain), began his two-year mandatory military service on Tuesday (October 11, 2011). News photographs showed the 29-year-old pop star, sporting uncharacteristically short hair, saluting hundreds of fans (many of them sobbing) as he prepared to enter an army base near Seoul.

"Thank you for coming. ... Thank I'll see later," He said smiling brightly and bowing politely to about 1,000 Journalists and HIS Fans Gathering in front of the main Gate of the boot Camp in Euijeongbu, twenty-three kilometers North of Seoul, to see him.

Some of the Fans, Including Hundreds from Japan, Taiwan and China and other Asian Nations, burst into the singer walked into Tears When Bidding Farewell after the Camp.

The singer is scheduled to go through weeks of Basic Training at Eight about the boot Camp and Finish remaining His twenty-two-month-long period of Military service in another place.

All Korean men are required to serve in the military by the age of 35, although most fulfill their duty in their early 20s. Rain (비) said recently that he wished he had completed his service at an earlier age.

His career took off nearly a decade ago, and he quickly became one of Asia's biggest entertainers, playing to sold-out concerts across the region. He made his film debut in 2006 as a young man confined to a mental hospital in the off-beat Korean comedy-drama "I'm a Cyborg, but That's Okay."

He appeared in two Hollywood action films: "Speed Racer" in 2008 and "Ninja Assassin" in 2009. The latter won him an MTV Movie Award, and in a further sign of his clout in the U.S., Megan Fox called him a "Korean Justin Timberlake."

Rain made a handful of high-profile public appearances in the days leading up to his conscription. He appeared at the Busan International Film Festival late last week to promote his film "Soar into the Sun," which is scheduled for release next year. He partied late into the night with other celebrities at the Asia Pacific Actors Network bash in the Haeundae Grand Hotel.

On Sunday, more than 20,000 fans showed up to see him sing at an outdoor festival, according to news reports, a final performance until his military duty is complete.

Just this year, it's not only Rain join the military service but there are also few famous Korean actors join the compulsory 2 year military Service.

Last March 7, 2011, a Korean Actor Hyun Bin, 28 year old also joined the Marines for his military service in South Korea. He will take part in a five-week training in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, before being posted to a unit where he will serve for the next 21 months.

In the past years there are several Korean actors have joined their military service. Most of them have decided to join after the peak of their career which usually didn't have a good comeback for their acting career such as Rae Won Kim (August 2009), Gong Yoo (January 14, 2008), Jae Hee (August 4, 2008) Jae Won Kim (March 23, 2009) Jo In sung (April 6, 2009) Jung Hoon Kim (April 28, 2009)

Next year, another South Korean Actors planned to start their military service but not yet confirmed. 

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NKorean leader's grandson arrives to study in Bosnia‎

KIM: A grandson of reclusive North Korean leader Jong IL Kim arrived in Bosnia on Wednesday 12^th October 2011 to study in an international school for the next two years, a police source said.

A border police spokeswoman said 16-year-old Han Sol Kim entered the country at Sarajevo airport Wednesday afternoon on a regular flight from Vienna."A North Korean national arrived at 2.20 pm (1220 GMT)," according to local border police spokeswoman Sanela Dujkovic.

Dujkovic said the "passenger had a valid visa and passport," thus satisfying all conditions to enter the country.

Bosnia-Herzegovina - Officials in Bosnia said North Korean leader Jong IL Kim's grandson has arrived in the country to enroll at a private high school made up of international students.

He will be the first student from North Korea to attend the United World College's branch in the southern city of Mostar, school spokeswoman Meri Musa said last week. In some nations, a college is equivalent to a high school.

Mostar is 60 miles (100 kilometers) south of Sarajevo and the school, opened in 2006, has 124 students from 34 countries, including Iraq, Israel and the Palestinian territories

Musa said that Han Sol Kim will be treated like all other students and will be living in a dormitory.

The United World Colleges (UWC) in the Bosnian town of Mostar said last month it had accepted Han Sol Kim as a student.

According to the school, the enrollment of the grandson of the leader of one of the most secluded countries in the world was the result of a special outreach program for North Korea the UWC network has.

Media reported that the 16-year-old's father is Jong Nam Kim, the North Korean leader's exiled eldest son. The couple is said to have lived in Macau since the father fell out of favor with Jung IL Kim 2 years ago.

Jong Nam Kim the father of Han Sol Kim is said to be weak as he tried to oppose his father's decision Jong Il Kim in ruling the communist state. Jong Nam preferred to rule the North Korea with democracy opposite to his father's want for a total authoritarian system.

Analysts said if Jong Nam will be the successor of Jong IL Kim then it could be the end of communist country as He wants to give more freedom to the North Korean people than controlling them.

Jong Nam Kim is understood to have once been the one to beat to succeed the North Korean leader. But the youngest son Jong Un Kim is now being groomed to take over one of the world's most isolated countries. 

The UWC is a network of school and colleges throughout the world, attended notably by pupils from war-affected areas, and aimed at promoting international and intercultural understanding.

The southern Bosnian town of Mostar was the scene of violent clashes between the country's Croats, Muslims and Serbs during its 1992-1995 war.

Sixteen years since the end of the war it still remains a symbol of inter-ethnic divisions in the Balkan country.

Many people are concern about the security of the young boy (Han Sol Kim) in Bosnia as several activists around the world hates the government of Jong IL Kim.

Many are worry that the innocent boy would be a victim of discrimination or abuse as his grandfather is known of his communist government.

Even though Han Sol Kim is a grandson of the communist leader in the North Korea, it doesn't mean that he has a reclusive attitude as even his father was exiled to Macau for opposing his father's system of government.  

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