Park Na Rae Tells All — The Alleged Truth About Workplace Bullying, Embezzlement, And Other Accusations

Park Na Rae is embroiled in multiple allegations including workplace harassment, embezzlement, and illegal medical practices involving her former managers.

Former managers A and B filed for real estate attachment against Park Na Rae on the 3rd of last month and announced plans to claim damages. They alleged that Park Na Rae committed various illegal acts including bodily injury, workplace harassment, sexual harassment, proxy prescription, and delayed payment of personal expenses. They also filed criminal complaints with the police against Park Na Rae for bodily injury, defamation by false facts, and violations of the Information and Communications Network Act, and accused her of embezzlement under the Act on Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes, claiming she privately used company funds. In response, Park Na Rae’s side filed complaints against A and B for attempted extortion and embezzlement in the course of business.

Amid the ongoing dispute, Park Na Rae denied the workplace harassment and embezzlement allegations made by her former managers, stating, “That never happened.”

– Allegations of workplace harassment and embezzlement have surfaced.

“Though the truth will come out eventually, I can explain all of it. However, every time I clarify one issue, the opposing side brings up another problem, so I didn’t want to escalate the conflict further. Even when they claimed that my statements were false, I tried to accept that as well. Honestly, I could have settled this with money, but I heard that the former managers want to continue working in that role. Even though I could have just paid and ended it, I was concerned that if I let it go, more victims could emerge.”

– Was there workplace harassment?

“If there had been workplace harassment, I believe I should accept the consequences whether by paying money, apologizing on my knees, or issuing a public apology. That is what should be done. But they keep saying that even though it never happened.”

– There were also allegations of bodily injury.

“That’s not true either. I did point out when props or similar items were not properly prepared. If that counts as workplace harassment, then I sincerely apologize on my knees for that part.”

– Was there any wage arrears or delayed payment of personal expenses to the former managers?

“No. Since I have a one-person agency, I paid the salaries directly. Sometimes, when all-night shoots overlapped with group dinners with managers around payday, it was difficult to transfer the money immediately onsite. But when salary was brought up, I calculated everything monthly and deposited it the next day.

I increased A’s salary by about ₩1.00 million KRW (about $678 USD) compared to what he received at his previous agency, JDB Entertainment. I issued corporate cards to each person with a monthly limit of ₩50.0 million KRW (about $33,900 USD), so progress payments could not be delayed. Upon checking, A personally used about ₩70.0 million KRW (about $47,400 USD) on the corporate card over a year and three months, and B used ₩50.0 million KRW (about $33,900 USD) during the same period. Given this situation, it is hard to understand claims of unpaid amounts.”

– A claims that a monthly salary of ₩5.00 million KRW (about $3,390 USD) and a 10% incentive were promised.

“No such promise was ever made from the beginning. Around this year’s Chuseok holiday, I brought up the idea of a 10% incentive out of gratitude. A said, ‘No, that’s not necessary,’ and I said, ‘No, since you brought in work with your skills, you should receive that money.’ However, A didn’t bring in any new work after that. The salary was not decided by me either. I initially proposed ₩5.00 million KRW (about $3,390 USD), but he himself said he would accept ₩3.30 million KRW (about $2,240 USD). We have text messages confirming this.”

– There are claims that the four major social insurances were not provided.

“When I first met with an accountant in October 2024, I suggested applying for the four major insurances first. The accountant also said it would be good to register A as an employee of my company and apply the four major insurances. However, A said it was complicated because he had a corporation in the U.S., so I understood. Later in March 2025, a tax team employee asked again if I intended to enroll in the four major insurances, but I said ‘No, it’s fine.’ A also first requested a salary of ₩3.30 million KRW (about $2,240 USD). When I asked why the salary was so low and said it didn’t seem right, he replied, ‘You give me a generous corporate card for expenses, so I’ll only accept this salary. You should save your money, senior.’ My mistake was that I should have insisted that he accept the insurance.”

– There is a claim that no employment contracts were prepared for a year.

“My mother is the CEO and not an employee. Only my ex-boyfriend was an employee; I am not an employee. Stylists preferred to work as individual entrepreneurs, so they were processed as contractors without employee registration. Another stylist team leader was paid via a company-to-company contract through a stylist agent. Ultimately, the only people classified as employees are my ex-boyfriend, A, and B. Among them, B initially did not want to be registered as an employee but requested to be from September 2025, so we had only three employees in the end. We checked multiple times to avoid any labor law violations.

When I suddenly left JDB Entertainment, I told A I was looking for other companies. I had meetings with various companies until March 2025, and in April, there was a company I planned to sign with, but the conditions didn’t match, so it didn’t proceed.

Not preparing employment contracts was my fault. But B was initially hired as my personal manager for two months only. Although two managers were not necessarily needed, since I had many personal schedules, I let A handle schedules and explained that I needed another manager to handle personal tasks like dinners. I asked B if he could take the role, and he agreed. We have text messages about this.

However, since B kept appearing at shooting sites, I asked A, ‘If B is a personal manager, why is he coming to the site? Isn’t that too much work?’ A said, ‘B needs to come to the site to gain experience and grow.’ I accepted that explanation but asked A to carefully manage B’s rest days. I thought the matter was settled based on this, but later their work boundaries blurred, and sometimes people who were supposed to go to work didn’t show up.”

– The former managers claim that workplace harassment involved excessively long working hours.

“I reviewed actual working hours including schedules released to the media and messages exchanged with PDs. The work structure didn’t allow exceeding the hours they claimed. There were days with tightly packed schedules but not more work than I had while at JDB Entertainment. Considering that they struggled with excessive work at the previous company, we agreed to limit the number of programs to five. These programs did not require weekly filming, with sufficient breaks in between. They took about 10 days off per month on average, so excessive working hours were impossible.”

– What about claims of including personal tasks?

“I checked that thoroughly, including personal duties. They claimed working 20 hours some days due to personal tasks. I looked at the schedule and saw that from 9 to 11am, about two hours were spent on personal tasks, followed by rest, and from 7pm I filmed for the YouTube channel ‘Naraesik.’ But they calculated this entire time as personal task hours.”

– Allegations of instructing proxy prescriptions.

“I asked for this twice and apologize for it. I acknowledge that even asking was wrong. Being a celebrity didn’t prevent me from going to the hospital; I had been to hospitals before. But on days with all-day filming, it was difficult. I asked if I could go to the hospital between shoots, but it was realistically hard. The production team, staff, and cast were all waiting, so it wasn’t easy to say I was going to the hospital. That’s why I asked twice, and if that is a problem, I accept responsibility and any punishment.”

– A former boyfriend was accused of embezzlement; has there been a complaint?

“The company had an accounting team, but they only handled taxes and didn’t manage bookkeeping or contracts for program appearances. That was handled by my ex-boyfriend, who had studied business administration and accounting. Along with A, he handled contracts, office searches, and was more involved in the company than I was. He even reviewed most contracts related to me.

When I was at JDB Entertainment, I had not seen contracts nor knew there were broadcasting contracts. I asked my ex-boyfriend to handle this for about a month, but he said he had other work and couldn’t continue. I asked if he would take on the role formally if paid a salary. Since then, I paid him a salary and asked him to definitely handle bookkeeping. He also joined outings with staff.”

– Allegations that company money was transferred to a former boyfriend as a deposit for a lease.

“He said that since he was an employee, the company could provide a rental deposit loan. After confirming with the accounting team, I transferred the money. Because of past tax controversies, I was very cautious about potential problems. I asked the accounting team if a rental deposit loan was possible, and upon receiving approval, we set collateral and paid interest normally.”

– Allegations against your mother for embezzlement.

“I have had a long period as an unknown, so I have always thought I should do work commensurate with salary. Currently, my mother handles two promotional ambassador projects in Mokpo, Jeollanam-do. She personally meets with city hall staff and related organizations and carries out the work. I ask her to prepare materials regularly for the ‘Naraesik’ YouTube channel. All records exist. My mother said it was too much, but I told her that if she wanted her salary, she had to do it.”

– Accusations of embezzling by using the corporate card for personal purposes.

“Those expenses were for dinners with the production team. I also believed evidence was needed and made direct calls to the production staff who were with me at the time to confirm.”

– Park Na Rae’s side claims that the former managers embezzled.

“There were charges of ₩2.00 million KRW (about $1,360 USD) airline tickets and messages related to that. There were signs of money being siphoned off little by little. At the time, I might have let it go thinking ‘they worked hard,’ but later judged that withdrawing money in personal names was problematic.”

– You said you thought the registration for entertainment and arts planning business was done.

“I told my mother first that it was necessary to register for the entertainment and arts planning business. Registration required a sex offender record check, so my mother obtained the documents from the court and handed over the power of attorney, corporate seal, personal seal, and ID card. But I only learned after a reporter contacted me that the registration was not actually completed.

I naturally assumed the former managers handled it. At a program waiting room where an entertainer and his manager were present, someone asked publicly ‘Did you register?’ and they said yes. When the entertainer asked, ‘I should look into it too; how did you do it?’ the managers said, ‘We did everything, just ask us.’ It was my fault for not double-checking. My mother was greatly stressed while preparing documents for days. Without any explanation to me, they used these documents to register themselves as inside directors.”

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