Army Will Conduct Unit-Wide Survey Following Woozi Wedding-Singer Request

Overview

• The Korea Army Training Center said it will survey members of the relevant unit this month to check for private requests made through superior–subordinate relationships.
• The center emphasized the survey is not a formal investigation into the Woozi incident but said any violations identified could lead to legal action.
• Reports say a platoon leader asked Woozi, then a trainee who enlisted in September, to help secure a wedding performer toward the end of his six-week training.
• Woozi contacted a well-known ballad singer who performed at the October wedding without an appearance fee, according to media accounts.
• The Army says there was no coercion or regulatory breach and no plans for discipline or separation, even as legal experts and the public question the propriety of the request and Woozi’s agency declined to confirm details.