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The 30-year-old had begun his mandatory military service on May 6, 2021.
Music

K-pop boy band Exo’s Baekhyun completes military service

Song Joong-ki's wife Katy Louise Saunders (right) in a Nespresso ad with George Clooney 15 years ago.
Movies

Song Joong-ki’s British wife appeared in 2008 ad with George Clooney

Lisa signed the contract for the house in July 2022 and used cash to pay for the property, with the final instalment paid in January.
Music

Blackpink’s Lisa buys luxury home in Seoul for $8m

Health workers guide travellers arriving from China in front of a Covid-19 testing centre at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul on January 3, 2023.
World

South Korea may lift visa curbs on travellers from China earlier

Song Joong-ki announced that he is married to Katy Louise Saunders and that they are expecting a baby together.
TV

Song Joong-ki is married, expecting baby with British wife

Squid Game actor Oh Young-soo has been removed from ads by the South Korean government following his indictment for indecent assault.
TV

Squid Game actor Oh Young-soo, 78, goes on sex crime trial

Starting Monday, people can visit most places, including schools, kindergartens and gyms, without masks.
World

South Korea lifts indoor mask mandate

The lifting of the face-covering rules will take effect on Jan 30, in the country’s latest step to ease Covid-19 rules.
World

South Korea to lift indoor mask mandate this month

The driver slammed the car into the store in Geoje city, then rushed in and assaulted the owner.
World

Man rams car into store after owner refuses to give plastic bag

    Missing girls in Pakistan actually ran away to meet BTS in South Korea
    World

    Missing girls in Pakistan actually ran away to meet BTS in South Korea

    Single's Inferno contestants Choi Jong-woo and Shin Seul-ki have gone Instagram official.
    TV

    Single’s Inferno 2 couple go Instagram official

    Family of S'porean pastor hospitalised in South Korea raise funds to bring him home
    Singapore

    Family raises funds for pastor hospitalised in S.Korea

    The driver slammed the car into the store in Geoje city, then rushed in and assaulted the owner.
    World

    Man rams car into store after owner refuses to give plastic bag

    Missing girls in Pakistan actually ran away to meet BTS in South Korea
    World

    Missing girls in Pakistan actually ran away to meet BTS in South Korea

    Single's Inferno contestants Choi Jong-woo and Shin Seul-ki have gone Instagram official.
    TV

    Single’s Inferno 2 couple go Instagram official

    Family of S'porean pastor hospitalised in South Korea raise funds to bring him home
    Singapore

    Family raises funds for pastor hospitalised in S.Korea

    The Singapore passport allows visa-free entry to 192 destinations.
    Travel

    S'pore passport remains second-most powerful in the world

    Nearly 9.6 million Chinese visited Japan in 2019, the biggest group of foreign tourists by far.
    Travel

    'More the merrier': Asia tourist hubs ready for China influx

    Health workers guiding travellers arriving from China at a Covid-19 testing centre at Seoul's Incheon International Airport.
    World

    S Korea seeks Chinese national missing from quarantine

    Travellers to South Korea from Hong Kong and Macau would be required to submit a negative result from a PCR test from Jan 7, 2023.
    World

    S Korea to require Covid tests for Hong Kong, Macau visitors

    Blackpink will be managed by The Black Label, which is headed by Teddy Park, a creative director and songwriter who has worked with the girl group since their debut.
    Music

    Will Blackpink leave YG to join affiliate The Black Label?

    Lee Seung-gi visited Seoul National University Children’s Hospital and saw up to 14 people in one hospital room.
    TV

    K-actor Lee Seung-gi donates $2.1m to children’s hospital