South Korea's modern-day Elvis, Rain, joins army

Singer and actor receives tearful send-off from fans as he starts national service at ripe age of 29More than half a century after the US military draft put Elvis Presley's career on hold, his modern-day South Korean counterpart bade farewell to tearful fans this week as he prepared for two years' national service.Sporting closely cropped hair, Jung Ji-hoon, better known as Rain, gave his fans a military salute before starting life as a soldier at an army base in Uijeongbu, north of Seoul.At 29,...

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