Ji Seok-jin, Yoon Jong-shin, and Lee Dong-guk also reported delay… 500 hidden one-man agencies ‘registered in droves’

Former soccer player Lee Dong-guk only registered ‘Daebak Dreams’, which he founded in 2021, on December 30 last year. Singer Yoon Jong-shin also recently reported ‘Monthly Yoon Jong-shin’, which he had run since 2011, and Hong Seok-cheon also registered ‘MyS Entertainment’, established in 2014, in November last year. Actors including Song Kang-ho, Choi Soo-jong, Song Yoon-ah, Park Jung-min, Pyo Ye-jin, and Sang-hoon Jeong, as well as broadcasters Nam Hee-seok, Ji Seok-jin, and Park Seong-gwang, were also issued registration certificates between October and December of last year. Broadcaster chef Lee Yeon-bok, instructor Kim Chang-ok, and show host Dong Ji-hyeon also completed registration. Many of them had been operating unregistered for several months to up to 10 years, but belatedly began the process as public criticism and the possibility of crackdowns arose.

Actor Yoo Ah-in (real name Eom Hong-sik), who was sentenced to probation on drug use charges, registered ‘Yu Company Limited’ in Suseong-gu, Daegu on the 22nd of last month, 9 days before the end of the probation period. The legal community sees this as typical judicial risk management. This is because if you are punished by a fine or more for operating an illegal business without registration during the probation period, the suspended sentence will lapse and you will have to serve a prison sentence.

Culture critic Kim Heon-sik pointed out, “”One-person agencies are virtually family-run, so it is difficult for internal checks and surveillance mechanisms to function,” and “The rush to register only after judicial risks is proof that the purpose of incorporation into the system is not to secure transparency, but to avoid immunity.”

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