'Kwak Tube ♥' Civil Servant Wife Violates Kim Young-ran Act → Criminal punishment..Postpartum care center 'cooperation' aftermath [Star Issue]

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Controversy is brewing over allegations that the wife of travel YouTube Kwak Tube (real name Kwak Jun-bin) violated the anti-graft law.

Recently, Kwak Tube revealed his wife's daily life in a postpartum care center after giving birth through his personal account. Posting a picture of him holding his son in his arms at the postpartum care center, he wrote, "That's how you become a father."

At the same time, Kwak Tube hashtagged the name of a postpartum care center and added, "Collaboration." The place where the post was posted was also marked as the postpartum care center.

This postpartum care center, which was used by Kwak's wife, is a specialized care institution for newborns located in Jongno-gu, Seoul.

Room rates for the postpartum cookhouse are classified into three stages: royal, sweet, and presidential. As of 2025, the usage fee for royal rooms is 3.5 million won per week, 6 million won per week, 8.6 million won per week for three weeks, and 11.2 million won per week for four weeks. Suites were set at 4.6 million won for one week, 9 million won for two weeks, 13 million won for three weeks, and 17 million won for four weeks. The highest-priced Presidential Suite costs 15 million won per share, 25 million won per share for two weeks, 35 million won per three weeks and 45 million won per four weeks.

Since then, Kwak Tube has deleted the phrase "cooperation" from the post, causing questions. Currently, the name of the postpartum care center remains the same.

In this regard, an official from Kwak Tube's agency, SM C&C, told Star News on the 8th, "The post shared that the creator was provided with some services (room upgrades) in favor of the company."

"However, when writing for the first time, the comprehensive word 'cooperation' was used to correct it because it could be mistaken for receiving the full amount of usage fees," he said.

However, since Kwak Tube's wife is known as a public servant, it was pointed out that even receiving some services from the cook could violate the anti-graft law.

According to Article 8 of the current Act on the Prohibition of Illegal Solicitation and Receiving Money (Prohibition of Solicitation), public officials cannot receive money exceeding 1 million won per time or 3 million won each fiscal year from the same person regardless of whether they are related to their duties. The scope of money and goods includes not only money and goods, but also accommodation rights, free or low-cost services and convenience.

Violation of this will result in criminal punishment or a fine of up to 30 million won.

In the case of public officials who receive or demand or promise less than 1 million won at a time or less than 3 million won each fiscal year, a fine equivalent to more than twice or less than five times the value of money and other goods related to the violation will be imposed.

Meanwhile, Kwak Tube married his wife, a civil servant five years younger, at a hotel in Yeouido, Seoul, in October last year. Since then, he was born on the 24th of last month.

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