By Sunghee Hwang K-pop powerhouse BTS didn’t get one, star footballer Son Heung-min did: South Korea grants limited exemptions from military service and for the first time eSports players can earn one. For South Korean men, winning gold in any sport at the Asian Games opening on Saturday in Hangzhou comes with an automatic exemption from 18 months in the army. This year eSports is a medal event for the first time, meaning South Korea’s […]
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Galvez formally takes helm of 85,000-strong Armed Forces; Guerrero retires from military service
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Western Mindanao Command head Lieutenant General Carlito Galvez formally took the helm of the 85,000-strong military in change of command ceremonies in Camp Aguinaldo on Wednesday, April 18. Galvez, who was the overall commander of military operations during the Marawi siege, replaced General Rey Leonardo Guerrero, who bowed out of military service after 38 years. Guerrero reached his mandatory age of retirement on December 17 last year, but the […]





