Yoo Seung-jun, amid "military service evasion controversy," files third visa lawsuit… Second-instance verdict scheduled for today [Star Issue]

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Will singer Yoo Seung-jun be able to set foot on Korean soil again?

On the 2nd, the Administrative Division 8-2 of the Seoul High Court will hold the second-instance verdict hearing for the appeal lawsuit filed by Yoo against the Consulate General in Los Angeles seeking cancellation of the visa issuance refusal decision.

Previously, Yoo acquired U.S. citizenship while preparing to enlist in 2002, sparking controversy over military service evasion. Subsequently, Yoo was subject to a ban on entering Korea.

In October 2015, he applied for an overseas Korean visa (F-4) at the Consulate General in Los Angeles. However, when the consulate refused it, he filed a lawsuit and won final judgments twice from the Supreme Court.

However, in June 2024, the Consulate General in Los Angeles again refused to issue a visa, and Yoo initiated his third lawsuit by filing a suit for cancellation of the refusal decision along with a suit for confirmation of non-existence of an entry ban decision against the Ministry of Justice in September of the same year.

In this regard, in August last year, the first-instance court ruled to cancel the Consulate General in Los Angeles' third visa issuance refusal decision against Yoo, ruling in his favor, but the consulate side appealed the first-instance judgment on grounds of dissatisfaction.

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