Will Ryu Seung-beom follow Song Joong-ki and receive multicultural benefits?

Actor Ryu Seung-beom (43) plans to accelerate his acting career by joining a domestic agency. Accordingly, I am considering living in Korea with my Slovakian wife and daughter.

Y1 Entertainment announced on the 7th, “We have signed an exclusive contract with Ryu Seung-beom,” and “We are actively looking for his next work regardless of channel or genre.”

Ryu Seung-beom, who has not had much activity since the 2019 movie 'Tazza: One Eyed Jack', uses this exclusive contract as an opportunity to announce active acting activities in the future. Ryu Seung-beom currently lives in France with his Slovakian wife and daughter. He is expected to live in Korea in the future and focus on his acting career. In relation to this, the agency said, "Ryu Seung-beom came to Korea for a while to sign an exclusive contract and then left the country again. I think he will probably go back and forth between France and Korea to resolve the issue of where to live and come back to Korea with his wife and daughter."

If Ryu Seung-beom reports moving to Korea with his wife and daughter, he will be eligible for multicultural family benefits along with actor Song Joong-ki and Katie Lewis Saunders. Song Joong-ki and Katie, a British citizen, became legally married by registering their marriage, and their second child is also pregnant. Katie lives with her family at Song Joong-ki's Hannam-dong mansion.

According to the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, the requirements for a multicultural family are 'a married family in which one of the couple has a foreign nationality or a naturalized person in Korea,' and if the conditions are met, benefits can be received regardless of nationality and income. Multicultural families can enroll their children in foreign schools without any restrictions. For Koreans, their children must have a history of attending a foreign school for at least three years to be admitted to a foreign school. In addition, you can easily enroll by receiving priority points when attending a daycare center or attached kindergarten.

Ryu Seung-beom, who has been living in Europe since 2012, met his Slovakian wife, who is 10 years younger than him, in France, they became lovers, and after getting married in 2020, they even enjoyed the joy of having a daughter. Since then, it is said that he has been concentrating on newlywed life and raising his daughter.

Expectations are high on whether Ryu Seung-beom, who announced his full-scale comeback through an exclusive contract with his agency, will show active activities after giving up his life in France and living in Korea with his family. In particular, Ryu Seung-beom has met many fans with his unique acting style, raising curiosity about what kind of transformation he will entertain his fans after getting married and becoming a father.

Meanwhile, Ryu Seung-beom's comeback work is the Disney+ original series 'Moving'. A superpower action hero film in which children who live in the present while hiding their superpowers and their parents who have lived while hiding painful secrets from the past face the great danger that comes across eras and generations. Ryu Seung-beom played the role of ‘Frank’, a mysterious character who chases people with supernatural powers. ‘Moving’, which has already completed filming, is scheduled to be released in the second half of this year. In addition to Ryu Seung-beom, Ryu Seung-ryong, Han Hyo-joo, Jo In-seong, Cha Tae-hyun, Kim Sung-gyun, and Kim Hee-won are receiving much anticipation for the spectacular lineup.

Choi Ji-ye, Ten Asia Reporter wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr