YONGIN, South Korea: Fans of K-pop boyband Big Bang gathered on Saturday to see band leader G-Dragon return to civilian life after his discharge from military service. G-Dragon, 31, whose real name is Kwon Ji-yong, completed almost two years of mandatory military service and was discharged at the headquarters of South Korean Army’s Ground Operations Command in Yongin, southeast of Seoul. He had served about a year and eight months of mandatory military service applicable to all men in South Korea, which is still technically at war with North Korea. Fans of the leader of South Korean K-pop boyband BIGBANG G-Dragon gather outside an army base as they wait for him being discharged from army in Yongin, South Korea, October 26, 2019. Originally a five-member band, Big Bang, after debuting in 2006, often topped the South Korean music charts and gained a huge following before members began to enter mandatory military service in 2017.

Source: New Strait Times October 26, 2019 01:41 UTC