It has come to light that actor Seol Kyung-ku's one-man agency is currently unregistered for public culture and arts planning.
According to TV Daily on the 22nd, Seol Kyung-ku's agency, Actors99, which was established in July, has not completed its registration for public culture and arts planning for two months. This is reportedly due to the lack of staff to meet registration requirements. Regarding this, the agency stated, "We are preparing to follow the registration procedures," while adding, "We are doing our best to hire staff and so on."
Management for entertainers as both corporations and individual businesses with more than one person is mandated to register for public culture and arts planning. If this requirement is violated, one could face up to two years in prison or fines of up to 20 million KRW. However, it is impossible to register if there is only one actor and no staff at all.
Previously, Seol Kyung-ku was affiliated with C-JeS Entertainment, but that agency ended its actor management business last April. As a result, Seol Kyung-ku declared his independence after 12 years and subsequently established Actors99. At that time, he handwrote in the fan café, "I named it myself. There doesn't appear to be any visible change, just like I did with my last on-site manager at C-JeS. It's not a new feeling, but it's peculiar."
Recently, there have been numerous cases of unregistered public culture and arts planning. It has been revealed that the management companies of celebrities, including former Fin.K.L member Ok Joo-hyun, singer Sung Si-kyung, Kim Wan-sun, Song Ga-in, and CL from group 2NE1, as well as actors Kang Dong-won and Lee Ha-nee, have been operating unregistered, leading to public scrutiny. In response, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism plans to conduct a mandatory registration guidance period until December 31st.