K-pop singer Kim Tae-woo to pay weight-loss firm Juvis US$60,000 after failing to ‘keep his body in good shape’

A popular K-pop singer was ordered to cough up 65 million won (US$58,500) in compensation to settle a dispute with a weight-loss company because he was “overweight”. The Seoul Central District Court recently ruled in favour of the Juvis firm, ordering Kim Tae-woo, a popular singer and former member of boy band g.o.d, to return half the payment he received in 2015 for promoting the company. Shinhwa, H.O.T. and other ’90s K-pop bands play comeback gigs “He neglected his...

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