Controversy over RIIZE Anton’s Father Yoon Sang’s Military Service Evasion Revisited 

Yoon Sang had previously come under scrutiny from military authorities for attempting to avoid military service by obtaining citizenship in Argentina. However, faced with police threats to list him on Interpol, Yoon Sang relinquished his Argentine citizenship and enlisted in military service in 1993.

Here are the details of the case. In 1987, Yoon Sang underwent a physical examination and was deemed fit for military duty (Category 1), indicating his capability to fulfill his service obligation. 

Nevertheless, while still a university student, Yoon Sang postponed his military service until May 1993. Complications arose during this period when Yoon Sang obtained Argentine citizenship. 

Despite his changed citizenship status as an immigrant, Yoon Sang continued his activities within the country under close surveillance. He resigned from his position as a DJ on “Disk Show” and attempted to evade military service. By December of the same year, Yoon Sang was stripped of his Argentine citizenship and conscripted into military service.

In October 1993, the prosecutor’s office issued a warrant for Yoon Sang’s evasion of military service. However, by the end of December, they confirmed his enlistment in a supplementary unit of the South Korean Army and closed the case without further investigation.

Evading military service is an extremely serious issue in South Korea, thus reigniting this controversy cast a shadow on Yoon Sang’s reputation. After Anton’s rumors surfaced, his father’s military service evasion case became a topic of discussion again.

Korean netizens left comments 

• “Wow, the father is Argentine, the mother is Korean, and the son is American?? That’s global!”
• “Please return to your own country!”
• “Aren’t there many controversies surrounding Yoon Sang’s plagiarized songs?”
• “Indeed, Nepo Baby, but Born This Way ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ”
• “LOL, ‘Born This Way,’ isn’t that right?”
• “This is why people shouldn’t commit crimes; who would have thought this would resurface 30 years later ㅋㅋㅋ”
• “I wonder how Yoo Seung Jun would feel about this, it’s so unfair…” (Yoo Seung Jun, born in Korea and raised in the US, became a national idol but was denied entry into Korea for 20 years for changing his citizenship to the US to evade military service).