Popular Actor Clarifies His Name With Official Documents Following John Park’s “Name” Controversy

Recently, singer John Park’s name became a hot issue after the Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced that they would be standardizing the names of foreigners on Korean documents.

John Park left a comment on the post, causing a stir online. According to the new guidelines, his name would become “Park John.”

However, many netizens brought up actor Yoon Park, as they wondered what would happen to his name. This became such a hot issue that Yoon addressed and clarified his name through Instagram.

My last name is ‘Yoon’ and my first name is ‘Park’. I also want to visit the U.S. @johnparkgram Stay strong!

— Yoon Park

He also added a photo of his resident registration card that showed his official name.

“Resident registration card

Name of head of household: Yoon Park”

Korean netizens couldn’t help but laugh at him clarifying with official documents.

• “Ah crazy he even brought out the official documents.”
• “What is this.”
• “ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ”
• “LOL this is so freaking funny.”
• “ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ”
• “I’m dying from laughter.”
• “ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ”

Others were shocked that this was his real name.

• “Oh it was his actual name? It’s pretty.”
• “Ah really?”
• “Wow didn’t know it was his real name.”
• “ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ”
• “They named his Park so that he would become a doctor.”
• “Wow never thought that Park would be his real name. But thinking it about it now, what did I think his name was all this time? Lol.”
• “Ah i see.”

On the other hand, read about John Park’s name confusion below!

K-Pop Singer Utterly Confused At His “Sudden” Name Change By The Government