Park Na Rae faces new workplace harassment claims

More details about Park Na Rae's alleged workplace harassment against her ex-managers have been revealed.

Citing Channel A, Korea JoongAng Daily and The Chosun Biz reported that Park's former managers filed a complaint at the Seoul Regional Office of Employment and Labor on Dec. 18, claiming that they were forced to witness an "unspecified situation involving the comedian and a man in a car."

The complaint read, “while the managers were traveling in the driver’s seat and the front passenger's seat, Park engaged in a [redacted] act with a man in the back seat,” adding that “given the confined nature of a vehicle, it was impossible to avoid the situation or leave one’s seat, yet Park used her position as an employer to force others to unwillingly perceive the situation visually and audibly.”  

The ex-managers contended that Park's behavior exceeded the boundaries of a private indiscretion, qualifying instead as "workplace harassment."

Additionally, Park was accused of repeatedly kicking the driver’s seat, which could create "a dangerous situation that nearly caused a traffic accident.”

Labor officials are expected to call in the complainants later this month as part of an ongoing investigation into the matter.

Previously, local media reported that Park allegedly threw a glass of alcohol on a former manager's face in August 2023, resulting in bruises and a deep injury that required stitches. The manager provided a medical certificate of injury and a treatment confirmation document to the police.

Park’s camp was quick to refute the claims. They clarified that there was only one instance where Park threw a glass and noted that the managers assisted in cleaning up the mess.

In December 2025, Na-rae posted a statement claiming that she has now resolved the issue with her former managers who sued her for workplace harassment, aggravated assault, proxy prescriptions, and unpaid production expenses. This was denied by the managers, saying that while they spoke with the comedian for three hours, "no apology was given, and no agreement was reached."

The entertainer made her debut in 2006 in the sketch-comedy show Gag Concert before rising to fame as a household name in South Korean entertainment. One of her more popular roles is in the romantic comedy series What's Wrong with Secretary Kim.