Singer and actor Park Yoo-chun, formerly of the groups TVXQ and JYJ, has come under fire after announcing plans to hold a high-priced dinner show in Japan.
Park Yoo-chun will hold "Park Yoo-chun Dinner Show 2027" at a hotel in Osaka, Japan, on February 13 next year. The dinner show will be conducted exclusively for paid fan club members.
Particular attention has been drawn to the ticket prices. Each ticket is priced at 52,000 yen, bringing the total to 53,500 yen (approximately 450,000 won) when separate shipping fees and service charges are included.
This level significantly exceeds the average price range of hotel dinner shows by top-tier domestic singers, which typically falls between 200,000 and 300,000 won.
On the 3rd, Park Yoo-chun revealed promotional outfits for Dinner Show 2027 through Instagram and other channels.
In the promotional video, Park Yoo-chun sang while wearing a denim jacket, a bow tie, and a tuxedo. Notably, he drew attention by showing off his attire or singing passionately while dressed in a black kimono over a bow-tie suit.
Park Yoo-chun's side announced that members who purchase tickets for Dinner Show 2027 will receive two commemorative photos and gifts prepared by Park Yoo-chun. However, they stated that Park Yoo-chun will not personally deliver the gifts.
Opinions are divided on this matter, with some criticizing it as an excessive business tactic exploiting the loyalty of overseas fan bases, while others argue that the pricing is not significantly different from the market rates for dinner shows by top-tier artists in Japan.
Park Yoo-chun debuted in 2003 as a member of the group TVXQ. He left the team following an exclusive contract dispute with SM Entertainment in 2009 and went on to perform as a member of JYJ.
Subsequently, Park Yoo-chun, who was sentenced to 10 months in prison with a two-year suspended sentence in 2019 on charges of methamphetamine use, halted his domestic activities after receiving the guilty verdict for drug offenses.
Park Yoo-chun, who had initially declared his retirement from the entertainment industry, reversed this decision and shifted his activities to Japan and Southeast Asia.
Park Yoo-chun was sued by his former agency for damages amounting to 500 million won on grounds of violating their exclusive contract. He has been repeatedly embroiled in controversy, including being listed on the National Tax Service's list of high-amount and habitual tax delinquents released in 2023, revealing that he had failed to pay approximately 400 million won in taxes.
In this regard, Park Yoo-chun's side stated last month that all related lawsuits have been concluded and expressed their intention to repay all outstanding taxes within the year.
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