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Posted : 2020-12-20 15:35
Updated : 2020-12-20 17:50
Steve Yoo, a Korean American singer also known as Yoo Seung-jun, speaks in a video uploaded to his YouTube channel, Saturday, criticizing Rep. Kim Byung-joo of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea for submitting a bill to prevent the next Yoo Seung-jun. / Captured from YouTube
By Jun Ji-hye
Steve Yoo, a Korean American singer better known as Yoo Seung-jun, has harshly criticized a ruling party lawmaker for submitting a bill to ban entry of those who have given up their South Korean citizenship before fulfilling their required military service, as the lawmaker called it the law to prevent the next Yoo Seung-jun.
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Fair Military Service Act which is conveniently dubbed as
Yoo Seung Joon Prevention Act by politicians on his personal YouTube channel.
On December 19th, Yoo Seung Joon posted a video titled, Yoo Seung Joon Prevention Act? Are you serious, representative Kim Byung Joo? . It was his response video after the Democratic Party s representative Kim Byung Joo proposed a new bill on December 17th to ban men who obtained another country s citizenship in order to avoid conscription from entering South Korea.
The proposed Fair Military Service Act or Yoo Seung Joon Prevention Act will amend 5 different laws related to conscription in Korea, including immigration law. If this bill passes in congress, Yoo Seung Joon would have a harder time fighting for his F-4 travel visa, as the new bill proposes to raise the age limit to 45 instead of 40. In the video, he stated,