South Korean bank to help soldiers dumped because of military service

Good Grief. A South Korean bank is offering to help heartbroken soldiers dumped by girlfriends while away on mandatory military service by providing special interest rates for stilted troops.

Soldiers who can show letters or e-mail proving their break-up to a bank clerk can receive a new deposit plan with better rates and waived service fees, said Nonghyup Bank official Gil Yoon-Jung on Tuesday. The offer began Monday and runs through September.

Troops will get as much as a 0.3 percentage point premium a year for proving they are no longer romantically attached.