After Rain and Kim Tae Hee revealed that they have been spending time together and have gotten into a relationship, the South Korean military has begun an investigation on Rain's activities while granted leave from his duties.
Rain has been granted leave 25 times in the past year to work on recordings and rehearsals as part of his role in the military's PR Support Team. Earlier this year, Rain was criticized for being allow to take over 60 days off, 22 days more than average, calling into question whether or not the singer has been abusing his position in the PR Support Team to spend personal time with Kim Tae Hee.
While the investigation is still fresh and no wrong doing has been proven, many have already condemned Rain for getting special treatment, presumably for being a celebrity. Many believe that he should be treated like any other soldier while enlisted in the military, feeling that his treatment is unfair.
| Real name | Jung Ji Hoon |
| Gender | male |
| Birthday | 25 June, 1982 |
| Main occupation | singer (active) |
| Official website | http://www.rain-jihoon.c... |
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hehe, happens every where! home, school, work, military...working with the president.. lol, luv always gets the best out of you, xd.
wow,, what an confusing news..
Well if he had it easy before than now I doubt it. I think that fellow soldiers aren't so happy he has "special treatment." So they can give him a hard time...
some of these comments are talking about Rain like he's stupid or something. even if someone came up to him like "Hey, here's a bunch of extra free days, have fun!", it's still Rain's fault because he knows he's doing something wrong. for anyone to believe that he's innocent in this is so typically naive.
i agree with you
I'm just a fan of Rain and of course I agree with everyone saying that he shouldn't get special treatment because of his status but still it is proven that his outingswere justified by the militery! I want to believe that Rain wouldn't missuse these days off...
Just shaking my head. : /
I'm a really big fan of Rain, but it's still unfair if he gets extra days off and other guys don't. It doesn't matter if he is a celebrity he still should have to serve the exact same time with the same restrictions as every other man in the South Korean military. :/
I couldn't agree more!
If the person giving him leave was given the reason that his leave was for outside civilian/work related reasons and he was approved FOR THAT REASON then it isn't the fault of the person permitting the leave. Yes, there is a chain of command, and if Rain did not use the permission for leave granted to him for the reasons intended then he is solely at fault. It is his responsibility as a soldier to be one, no matter what he is doing or where he is. Until he's out of the military that is his job. I think people who have never served in a military anywhere don't fully understand that. It is assumed, especially when you're an honored soldier, that the reasons you give are to be trusted. I have a feeling that he will have a harder time gaining leave outside that generally permitted to everyone at his rank.
It's sad, but fair...
I think they're being to hard on Rain. I mean, they shouldn't blame it on his relationship. Maybe he's using the breaks for other stuff too.
Then again getting more breaks than you're allowed isn't really a good thing.
I agree with some comments. Someone granted him those extra 20+ days off and he is at fault. Rain accepted those days and didnt think about the non-celebrity soliders who arent as privileged . He is also at fault. I dont even care what he did during those days.
It definitely isnt fair for him to get so many extra days off or for him to accept them.
Well, I hope he wasn't using all of those extra days to see her. It is the responsibility of the military not to give extra days just like it's his responsibility to serve in the military properly. Only time will tell what's going to happen. I'm a Rain fan but this scandal has got to stop. It might be nothing...
This is getting outta control now >.>
I like Rain, but this is unfair. What about the other man? :/
Sure it's unfair, but why blame it on his girlfriend? Haha
Tsk tsk tsk. Poor Rain. After the award, new criticism.
I think Chiaki0978 has a point. It's unclear at this time whether he used his time off to see Tae Hee, and for the general time off someone had to approve it. Isn't it at least half that person's responsibility for approving those extra days? I'm neither for nor against Rain since I don't really follow him, but usually the subordinate shouldn't be taking all of the blame. That's why their's a chain of command.
they gave him leave probably thinking it's for work? or he coould easily say it's for work. we don't know that for sure.