Lim Sung-min, severe financial hardship after leaving KBS... "Couldn't even pay national pension" [Jjanhan Hyung]

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Lim Sung-min, a former KBS announcer, faced financial hardship after declaring himself a freelancer.

On the 22nd, a video titled "KBS announcers who left their homes have gathered" was uploaded to the YouTube channel 'Jjanhan Hyung Shin Dong-yup'. Guests included Lim Sung-min, Kim Byung-chan, Kim Hyun-wook, and Kim Sun-geun.

That day, Lim Sung-min began by saying, "I resigned when the concept of freelancing didn't exist," and added, "At that time, it wasn't an era of doing multiple jobs simultaneously. I quit (the company) because I fundamentally wanted to act."

He revealed, "They said I had to give up all programs (at my agency at the time). I was appearing on 'Challenge! Earth Exploration Team' back then, and when the PD received a call, suddenly the manager came and announced my departure. Overcoming that was too difficult. Because of that, I took a year off, left that planning company, and entered another one, but the CEO ran away overseas with the money."

He continued, "In the past, managers held the bank accounts where appearance fees were deposited. My appearance fees went into that account, but the manager ran away. The CEO ran away overseas with several hundred billion won, and the managers ran away with my bank accounts," shocking the audience.

Upon hearing this, another guest said, "My struggles weren't that hard after all," to which Lim Sung-min confessed his financial hardships, even admitting, "I once didn't have enough money to pay my national pension," evoking sympathy.

Lim Sung-min added, "I really couldn't earn money."

Meanwhile, Lim Sung-min, who joined KBS as a public recruit in the 20th class in 1994, is a familiar face to the public through programs like 'TV Carrying Love' and 'Entertainment Weekly'. He declared himself a freelancer and resigned in 2001.

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