콘진원 "'Tak Hyunmin's Close Associate' Agency Contract Suspicion? Groundless"

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heung-soon] In response to some reports that 'No Boundary,' an event planning company established by an associate of Tak Hyun-min, the Protocol Secretary at the Blue House, won contracts for events hosted by the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), a public institution under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, KOCCA has denied all related allegations, stating, "We were not the direct contracting party and there were no internal or external instructions or solicitations."

On the 23rd, KOCCA explained, "We have never directly contracted with the said planning company (No Boundary) during 2017-2018, nor were we involved in any subcontracting processes carried out by the main contractors." They also released a statement containing this information the previous day.

The previous day, some media outlets reported, based on materials submitted by the office of Kim Seung-soo, a member of the United Future Party, that No Boundary, an event planning company founded by a former assistant director of 'Tak Hyun-min Production' at the end of 2016, was responsible for planning KOCCA-hosted events such as the 2017 "Music, Turning on Artificial Intelligence Showcase" and the 2018 "Content Impact Integrated Demo Day."

A KOCCA official responded, "When hosting events, we selected companies P and I through public bidding," adding, "No Boundary participated in part of the event operations through subcontracting with companies P and I, which contracted directly with KOCCA. KOCCA itself was not the direct contracting party with No Boundary."

In 2017, the total contract amount between KOCCA and company P was 485 million KRW, of which 34.57 million KRW was subcontracted to No Boundary. In 2018, the total contract amount between KOCCA and company I was 730 million KRW, with 66 million KRW paid to No Boundary.

Article 38, Paragraph 2 of KOCCA's Contract Administration Rules states, "If subcontracting is inevitably necessary, the main contractor may engage in subcontracting transactions." KOCCA explained, "For subcontract contracts under 100 million KRW per event, the selected company may proceed without approval." They added, "There were no internal or external instructions or solicitations during the subcontracting participation of the said planning company in the two commissioned services," emphasizing, "The claim that the planning company won KOCCA events is unfounded, as are any related allegations."

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