{"id":2215325,"date":"2025-12-29T09:12:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T09:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2215325"},"modified":"2025-12-29T09:12:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T09:12:04","slug":"entertainment-association-to-urge-government-to-take-legal-action-against-nonregistered-agencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/entertainment-association-to-urge-government-to-take-legal-action-against-nonregistered-agencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Entertainment association to urge government to take legal action against nonregistered agencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ab_photo photo_center ab_zoom\" style=\"width: 820px;\">\n<div class=\"image\">                              <span class=\"mask\"\/>                  <\/div>\n<p class=\"caption\">From left: Singer Sung Si-kyung, singer CL from girl group 2NE1 and actor Gang Dong-won [NEWS1]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        \u00a0  <br \/>   The Korea Entertainment Management Association\u2019s disciplinary and ethics body said on Monday that it would urge the government to take action against celebrities who operate independent labels without registering their agencies, following reports of multiple high-profile cases.  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   At least 17 celebrities have run management agencies either registered under their names or their families, with the longest running agencies operating for over a decade without adhering to current legislation, the Korea Entertainment Management Association said in a statement.  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   According to the association, celebrities who allegedly have not followed legal guidelines include\u00a0actors Gang Dong-won, Song Kang-ho and Lee Ha-nee; entertainers Park Na-rae and Nam Hee-seok; and singers Sung Si-kyung, Ok Joo-hyun and CL, a member of the girl group 2NE1.  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   Such actions violate the Popular Culture and Arts Industry Development Act.  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   Under the law, celebrities and talent agencies operating as corporations or sole proprietorships with more than one individual are required to register as arts management businesses with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism through their local government offices.\u00a0  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   The system, which\u00a0requires company representatives to complete training in ethics and management practices, was introduced in the wake of exclusive contract disputes and fatal accidents involving entertainers in 2009 and has been enforced since 2014.  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   \u201cCelebrities [&#8230;] must face severe punishment for operating without registering as popular culture and arts agencies,\u201d the\u00a0Korea Entertainment Management Association said.  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   \u201cEven if they later registered, that does not excuse years of [&#8230;]\u00a0sidestepping regulatory oversight. That kind of behavior disrupts order across the industry and constitutes a clear violation of the law, warranting strict punishment without leniency.\u201d  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   The association said it would continue to accept tip-offs, file complaints and petition for strict punishment with relevant agencies.   <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   The Korea Entertainment Management Association&#8217;s Reward and Punishment Coordinating Committee, founded in 2009, works to promote sound industry practices and resolve conflicts through self-policing efforts.  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   Its statement comes after local media outlets reported that celebrities evaded taxes by incorrectly filing them at their self-run agencies. Singers Sung and Ok admitted to operating their agencies without registering but denied committing tax evasion.  <\/p>\n<p>BY KIM JU-YEON [<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/koreajoongangdaily.joins.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"80ebe9edaeeaf5f9e5efeeb2c0eaefefeee7e1eee7aee3efaeebf2\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/ko_KR\/all.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source koreajoongangdaily.joins.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From left: Singer Sung Si-kyung, singer CL from girl group 2NE1 and actor Gang Dong-won [NEWS1] \u00a0 The Korea Entertainment Management Association\u2019s disciplinary and ethics body said on Monday that it would urge the government to take action against celebrities who operate independent labels without registering their agencies, following reports of multiple high-profile cases. \u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2215326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2215325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Entertainment-association-to-urge-government-to-take-legal-action-against.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2215325"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2215327,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215325\/revisions\/2215327"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2215326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2215325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2215325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2215325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}