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| ▲ This photo shows, actor O Yeong-su. (Yonhap) |
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| ▲ This photo, provided by Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism shows, advertisement featuring actor O Yeong-su. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
SEOUL November 26 (Yonhap) -- Government regulatory innovation commercial featuring South Korean actor O Yeong-su who has been indicted for alleged sexual misconduct and numbers of shows expected to feature the actor has been canceled.
Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism has addressed on Saturday that they have officially stopped broadcasting the advertisement featuring actor O Yeong-su.
“Starting in October 14 we were planning on taking a break with actor O Yeong-su’s advertisement, however we have asked all of the companies with the copy of the advertisement to stop the usage immediately,” adding “We will look through the current progress and the contract we have signed with the actor carefully, and later on decide what measures needs to be taken with the situation, such as refund of payment or such.” addressed official from the Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism.
Until recently the Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism selected actor O Yeong-su who has rose to the stardom after his appearance in Netflix series “Squid Game” as a model for their advertisement through various platforms such as internet, TV, billboards and more.
Due to the government’s decision to stop the broadcast of advertisements featuring actor O Yeong-su, audience will not be able to see the advertisement anymore.
Plays and appearances scheduled for actor O Yeong-su has all been confirmed canceled.
Actor O Yeong-su who has appeared on the play “Love Letter” with actor Park Jeong-ja was expected to participated in the performance at the Sori Arts Center of North Jeolla province on January 14, however, after reports related to actor O Yeong-su, Jeonju MBC requested switch of cast member.
Production company Park Company of the play “Love Letter” addressed “We are currently under a negotiation after receiving a request regarding such incident.”
Therefore the show which was supposed to featuring actor O Yeong-su on January 14, has been switch to undecided cast member.
According to those who work on the field of law, actor O Yeong-su who has been accused of sexual misconduct for his action back in 2017 where he touched her inappropriately denied all the accusation filed against such incident throughout the investigation.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Joonha Yoo)
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