Culture Ministry grants grace period after top stars found running unregistered agencies

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will offer a temporary grace period for unregistered talent agencies, after high-profile cases involving Sung Si-kyung and Ock Joo-hyun exposed widespread violations. The ministry said Thursday it will run a “comprehensive registration guidance period” until Dec. 31, encouraging entertainment agencies to voluntarily comply with requirements under the Act on the Development of the Public Culture and Arts Industry. The law, enacted in 2014, obligates age