Korean American singer wins appeal in 3rd lawsuit over visa denial
A court of appeals on Friday upheld a lower court's ruling in favor of Steve Yoo, a Korean American singer, in his third lawsuit seeking to overturn the Korean government's decision to deny him an entry visa after he renounced his Korean citizenship, allegedly to evade mandatory military service. The Seoul High Court ruled that the decision by the Korean Consulate General in Los Angeles to deny…
The Korea Times reports that a court of appeals has upheld a lower court's decision in favor of Steve Yoo, a Korean American singer, in his third lawsuit concerning the denial of his entry visa to Korea. Yoo, 48, also known as Yoo Seung-jun, renounced his Korean citizenship in 2002 to avoid mandatory military service. The Seoul High Court ruled that the Korean Consulate General in Los Angeles' decision to deny Yoo an entry visa must be revoked, confirming a ruling made by the Seoul Administrative Court in August 2022.
The court did not provide a specific explanation for its decision. Yoo first filed a lawsuit in 2015 after the LA consulate general refused to issue him a visa, and won a Supreme Court ruling in 2020 that the visa refusal was procedurally flawed.
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