This issue tracks the public, legal and corporate-control dispute that developed after the YouTube channel Garo Sero Institute and its head Kim Se-ui raised allegations concerning entrepreneur and YouTuber Eun Hyun-jang, including claims involving stock manipulation, his business activities and the origins of his wealth. Eun denied the allegations and pursued criminal complaints and provisional attachments. In late 2024, he acquired a 50 percent stake in the corporation behind Garo Sero Institute and subsequently pursued legal procedures involving recognition of his shareholder status, a court-authorized shareholders' meeting, access to corporate accounting records and management authority. After Kim Se-ui was detained in 2026 in a separate case involving actor Kim Soo-hyun, Eun sought the appointment of a temporary director with representative authority and obtained a provisional attachment covering Kim's detention-center deposit funds, further expanding the dispute into corporate governance and civil enforcement.
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Seoul Gangnam Police questioned Kim Se-ui as a suspect in cases involving alleged defamation and insult, including complaints filed by Eun Hyun-jang. Police had assigned multiple cases involving Kim to a concentrated investigation team. Kim disputed the allegations and defended his criticism and reporting concerning Eun.
A court partially granted Eun Hyun-jang's request to inspect and copy corporate records of Garo Sero Institute, ordering access to five years of financial statements, shareholders' meeting minutes, bond registers and business reports. The court did not grant access to some materials, including detailed ledgers and bank transaction records, and Eun appealed that portion.
SBS News report on Kim Se-ui's detention in a separate Kim Soo-hyun case and Eun Hyun-jang's response concerning control of Garo Sero Institute
Kim Se-ui was detained in a separate criminal case involving actor Kim Soo-hyun, creating a new factor in the corporate-control dispute over Garo Sero Institute. Eun Hyun-jang said he would continue pursuing legal steps concerning management authority and Kim's removal based on his 50 percent shareholding.
Continues as a separate issueKim Soo-hyun–Kim Sae-ron Underage-Dating Allegations and the Garo Sero Institute Legal DisputeEun Hyun-jang filed an application asking a court to appoint a temporary director with representative authority for Garo Sero Institute. His side cited issues concerning Kim Se-ui's term as representative director, his detention and the company's governance procedures. The final outcome of the application has not been verified, so only the filing itself is treated as established.
The Seoul Central District Court granted Eun Hyun-jang's request for provisional attachment covering approximately 100 million won in Kim Se-ui's claims to funds held at his detention center. The order restricted the detention center, as a third-party debtor, from paying the attached amount to Kim. Kim later said the restriction had caused difficulties in obtaining additional items while detained.