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Controversy is expected after it was revealed that Mr. A, a married top star in his 40s, was accompanied by women working at a Korean entertainment establishment in Japan while playing golf.



According to SBS Entertainment News, top star A enjoyed a round of golf with two women in their 30s and 40s at a high-class golf resort located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan with Mr. B, the representative of a domestic entertainment agency, on the morning of the 31st of last month.



These women are known to have been working at a Korean entertainment establishment located in Akasaka, central Tokyo, Japan.

It is illegal for Korean women without permanent residency in Japan to work in entertainment establishments.



On the day the four played golf, two days after the Itaewon stampede in Seoul, major broadcasting companies canceled or replaced entertainment programs with other programs to participate in the national mourning period, and many singers postponed or canceled scheduled performances. It was a time when



It is known that on this day, Mr. B, the CEO of an entertainment agency, paid for the four people's golf expenses and dinner, including alcohol, with a corporate card.



Mr. B, CEO of an entertainment agency, explained, "It was a meeting with Mr. A for business purposes to discuss the casting of a joint Korean-Japanese drama, and since it was an appointment a month ago, we couldn't cancel it abruptly."



However, it is a point that can be pointed out whether overseas golf rounds and dinners accompanied by women in entertainment establishments can be regarded as entertainment for ordinary business purposes.



Regarding this, top star A said, "I had no idea that she was a woman who worked at an entertainment establishment. Mr. B said he knew someone, so it was all I saw before playing golf that day." We had dinner together and we didn't even go to the bar."



Mr. B, CEO of an entertainment agency, also explained, "I had a female acquaintance who was supposed to come out, but she said she was sick, so I hurriedly introduced women who could play golf the day before and were fluent in Japanese." I came to think of it belatedly, but it happened because the language was not good and the environment was unfamiliar to me."



(Reporter Kang Kyung-yoon of SBS Entertainment News)