The agency J-G Star announced that they will respond strongly to the unauthorized use of Koyote‘s Kim Jong-min’s portrait rights and false advertising.

On the 27th, the agency J-G Star announced, “We recently caught a company using our artist Koyote‘s Kim Jong-min’s photos without permission to do false advertising. We will collect related materials and begin taking legal action.”


J-G Star stated, “The company in question is abusing Kim Jong-min‘s trustworthiness and using the profits as an excuse to induce investment. We have decided to take strong legal action to prevent further victims.” They also said, “We earnestly urge you not to be fooled by false advertising.”

Recently, many companies have appeared that use celebrities’ photos without permission to not only run illegal advertisements but also induce investments. They are deceiving victims by stealing photos of highly credible celebrities.

Hong Se-young, Donga.com reporter, projecthong@donga.com

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