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After decades of controversy, Steve Yoo says returning to Korea no longer matters

Summary by The Korea Times
More than two decades after one of South Korea's most infamous celebrity scandals, singer Steve Yoo, better known in Korea as Yoo Seung-jun, says he has finally let go of his long-running fight to return. The former K-pop star, whose 2002 acquisition of U.S. citizenship sparked a national controversy over military service obligations, said he no longer sees much point in pursuing a return to Korea. On Thursday, Yoo uploaded a video to his YouTub…

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The Korea Times broke the news in Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) on Saturday, June 6, 2026.
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