Why is Yoo Seung-joon avoiding military service popular? It was hard to succeed. I was lonely and depressed behind the stage
Mar 24, 2025
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Yoo Seung-joon wrote on his account on the 23rd that `There were many things that I used to value so much that were meaningless to me now, and the hard things that happened to me in the past became a turning point for me to get things that were truly precious to me. Not all of the things I thought were cool and sharp in my standards were that, and not all of the things I thought were good were that complete. I saw many people who were never happy in their lives who were not jealous of others, and I also saw people who seemed insignificant to the eyes of the world enjoy a much happier life. A person who can be a villain to someone can be a hero to someone, and a person who believes and loves me can be the person who hurts and struggles me the most" he said.
Then "The popularity I enjoyed when I was young? Wow, fame? Success? was more difficult for me, and people's praise and attention sometimes came to me as a burden that prevented me from being free. Like the back of a coin, a sense of superiority and depression came together, and great success was accompanied by a fear of great failure. I was awake a lot while sleeping, and I was sick and laughing a lot. The more colorful the lighting on the stage, the more lonely and dark the backstage was."
Yoo Seung-joon said "I still look forward to and dream. No matter how hard the situation is and how hopeless it seems... I will finish this road till the end...!!!," he said, adding, `I hope to see you again someday.'
Yoo Seung-joon was banned from entering the country in 2002 after giving up his Korean nationality and obtaining U.S. citizenship ahead of his service as a public service worker. However, in 2015, Yoo Seung-joon applied for an overseas Korean visa (F-4) to the Consulate General in Los Angeles, the U.S., and when the Consulate General refused to do so, he filed a lawsuit to cancel the denial of visa issuance. Yoo Seung-joon won the case after going to the Supreme Court, but was again denied visa issuance, and filed a second lawsuit. Yoo Seung-joon also won the second lawsuit, but his visa was rejected. In response, Yoo Seung-joon filed a third lawsuit against the Consulate General of LA and the Minister of Justice in September last year.
At the first hearing of the Seoul Administrative Court on the 20th, Yoo Seung-joon insisted that the decision to ban entry be nullified, but the Ministry of Justice stressed the need to ban entry, saying, `If Yoo Seung-joon enters the country, it could affect national interests and public welfare.'
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