Lotteria has put out all advertisements featuring former Naval Special Warfare (UDT/SEAL) Captain Lee Geun, who was in a number of controversies including sexual harassment issues.
Former Captain Lee is currently the model of Lotteria'Military Burger'.
An official from Lotteria said in a call with a media outlet today (13th) that "we have unloaded all the contents related to this former captain on YouTube and social media."
Contents related to this former captain include a military burger advertisement video on Lotteria's official YouTube channel and a promotional material that reads'Burger Individualism Military Burger'.
Lotteria decided in this way, seeing that the brand image could be damaged by various controversies surrounding the former Captain Lee, but said that "nothing has been decided" on the termination of the model contract.
Last month, Lotteria launched a new milk kit type'Military Burger,' where you can enjoy burger ingredients on a plate and choose him as a model.
Meanwhile, the past debt controversy and sexual harassment controversy over the former captain.
(Photo = Yonhap News YouTube channel provided by Koreanow, Yonhap News)