Yoo Seung-joon = Foreigners, do you need more money…President Lee's answer to his appeal for permission to enter the country 10 years ago

By Jieun, Baek

Aug 13, 2025

Yoo Seung-joon Foreigners, do you need more money…President Lee's answer to his appeal for permission to enter the country 10 years ago



While fans of singer-turned-singer Yoo Seung-joon appealed for permission to enter the country, President Lee Jae-myung's remarks 10 years ago are drawing attention again.

President Lee Jae-myung wrote in his account in 2015 when he was serving as mayor of Seongnam 'A man who abandoned his country to avoid the obligations of the people, what do you have to say now?I wrote an article titled '.

President Lee said, `Do you want to come back to Korea, a harsh country where young Koreans living a much more difficult life are dying from gun accidents today after fulfilling their military service obligations. Do you need more money from Koreans' pockets. Or did you suddenly become full of patriotism?"




Then "You, who sang in the language of the Republic of Korea and enjoyed all kinds of benefits and benefits as a Korean citizen, abandoned the Republic of Korea and chose to become a foreigner to avoid it when you had to fulfill your people's obligations. Should we give preferential treatment to foreigners and be hurt by the relative deprivation just because we look like Koreans. Relative deprivation and unfairness are sufficient for a high-ranking public official in this country who swears by dodging military service in various ways. I hope you will forget the Republic of Korea, which has been faithful to your country, betrayed, and abandoned."

Yoo Seung-joon Foreigners, do you need more money…President Lee's answer to his appeal for permission to enter the country 10 years ago
Yoo Seung-joon Gallery fans released a statement on the 9th, saying, `I hope that the will to integrate the people revealed in the case of amnesty for politicians such as Cho Kuk, former leader of the Cho Kuk Innovation Party, and Yoon Mi-hyang, will be applied to Yoo Seung-joon, the general public. We hope that President Lee Jae-myung's decision will serve as an opportunity to realize the constitutional values of equity and fairness."

Yoo Seung-joon abandoned his Korean nationality and obtained U.S. citizenship after leaving the country in 2002 ahead of his enlistment in the military, saying he would return from an overseas performance. In response, the Ministry of Justice placed Yoo Seung-joon on the list of prohibited entry, but Yoo filed a lawsuit in 2015 to cancel his visa issuance, saying he applied for a visa (F-4) for overseas Koreans, which is guaranteed to all profit-making activities, to the Consulate General of LA. Yoo won both administrative lawsuits, but was still denied a visa and eventually filed a third administrative lawsuit against the Consulate General of L.A. and the Justice Minister. Yoo Seung-joon is asking for permission to enter the country, saying there is no reason to refuse visa and that it violates the principle of proportional equality, but the Ministry of Justice maintains its stance on banning entry, saying, `When Yoo Seung-joon enters Korea, it can cause social confusion.'








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