RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS | NOTE 17 — RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS The Company is affiliated with several individuals that have common ownership, and transacts a portion of its business with related parties. Short-Term Loan Payables June 30, December 31, Munjoong Kang maturing in February 2024 $ 44,272 $ 149,122 Donghoon Park maturing in April 2023 through January 2024 1,073 28,435 Siyoung Jang maturing in December 2023 38,087 78,908 Changhyuk Kang maturing in October 2023 34,277 67,072 Total 117,709 323,537 Siyoung Jang On December 8, 2021, the Company and Siyoung Jang, one of our co-founders, entered into an interest-free, short-term borrowing agreement with a principal amount of $84,352, which matures on December 7, 2022. The Company received the amount of $84,352 in the form of cash. The Company and Siyoung Jang entered into an extension agreement, which matures on December 7, 2023. On June 30, 2023, the Company repaid short-term borrowings in the aggregate amount of $40,821 to Siyoung Jang, in cash. Donghoon Park On July 1, 2021, the Company exchanged $506,116 in short-term borrowings held by Mr. Park, for bonds with warrants in an equal amount. The bond accrues no annual interest and matures on July 1, 2024. The warrants have an exercise price of $0.42 and can be exercised at any time after the issuance date, and expire the month preceding the maturity date of the bonds. On October 3, 2021, in connection with HBC’s acquisition of a portion its common shares of K-Commerce from Mr. Park, the Company assumed certain debt of K-Commerce owed to Mr. Park, in the form of interest-free, short-term borrowing agreements with an aggregate principal amount of $312,113. Of the aggregate principal amount of $312,113, $59,055 matures on September 9, 2022 and the remaining $253,058 matures on September 28, 2022. On November 11, 2021, the Company made a payment of $25,306 in the form of cash, against the $59,055 of principal that matures on September 28, 2022. On October 6, 2021, the Company and Mr. Park entered into an interest-free, short-term borrowing agreement with an aggregate principal amount of $71,700, which matures on October 5, 2022. The Company received the amount of $71,700 in cash. On January 19, 2022, through January 24, 2022, the Company repaid short-term borrowings in the aggregate amount of $344,560 to Mr. Park, in cash. On April 29, 2022, the Company and Mr. Park entered into an interest-free, short-term borrowing agreement with an aggregate principal amount of $18,149, which matures on April 28, 2023. The Company received the amount of $18,149 in cash. On July 27, 2022 and on August 8, 2022, the Company and Mr. Park entered into an interest-free, short-term borrowing agreement with an aggregate principal amount of $3,820, which matures on July 26, 2023 and on August 7, 2023. The company assign the short-term borrowings from Mr. Park to offset non-trade payables in the amount of $3,374. On August 16, 2022, the Company repaid the full amount of $3,820 to Mr. Park in the form of cash. On August 29, 2022 through December 27, 2022, the Company and Mr. Park entered into an interest-free, short-term borrowing agreement with an aggregate principal amount of $15,566, which matures on August 28, 2023 through December 26, 2023. The company assign the short-term borrowings from Mr. Park to offset non-trade payables in the amount of $15,566. On December 8, 2022, the Company repaid short-term borrowings in the aggregate amount of $19,227 to Mr. Park, in cash. On December 8, 2022, the Company and Mr. Park entered into an interest-free, short-term borrowing agreement with an aggregate principal amount of $6,313, which matures on December 7, 2023. The Company received the amount of $6,313 in cash. On December 14, 2022, the Company repaid the full amount of $6,313 to Mr. Park in the form of cash. On January 13, 2023 and January 26, 2023, the Company and Mr. Park entered into an interest-free, short-term borrowing agreement with an aggregate principal amount of $3,162, which matures on January 12, 2024 and January 25, 2024. The company assign the short-term borrowings from Mr. Park to offset non-trade payables in the amount of $3,162. On February 23, 2023, the Company repaid short-term borrowings in the aggregate amount of $13,061 to Mr. Park, in cash. On April 12, 2023, the Company repaid short-term borrowings in the aggregate amount of $15,444 to Mr. Park, in cash. On May 26, 2023, the Company and Mr. Park entered into an interest-free, short-term borrowing agreement with an aggregate principal amount of $772, which matures on May 24, 2024. The Company received the amount of $772 in cash. On June 26, 2023, the Company repaid short-term borrowings in the aggregate amount of $2,317 to Mr. Park, in cash. The amount of ($474) in outstanding balance as of June 30, 2023, compared to the balance as of December 31, 2022 was currency translation adjustment. The following table shows Donghoon Park’s loan payables balance in detail: June 30, December 31, Loan payables maturing in January 25, 2024 and May 24, 2024 $ 1,073 $ — Loan payables maturing in April 28, 2023 — 12,869 Loan payables maturing in August 28, 2023 through December 26, 2023 — 15,566 Total 1,073 28,435 Changhyuk Kang On July 1, 2021, the Company exchanged $590,468 in short-term borrowings held by Changhyuk Kang, now the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, for bonds with warrants in an equal amount. The bond accrues no annual interest and matures on July 1, 2024. The warrants have an exercise price of $0.42, and can be exercised at any time after the issuance date, and expire the month preceding the maturity date of the bonds. On October 27, 2021, the Company and Mr. Kang entered into an interest-free, short-term borrowing agreement with a principal amount of $168,705, which matured on October 26, 2021. The Company received the amount of $168,705 in cash. On December 21, the Company partially repaid the short-term borrowing in the amount of $130,746, in the form of cash. The Company and Mr. Kang entered into an extension agreement, which matures on October 26, 2023. On January 28, 2022, the Company and Mr. Kang entered into an interest-free, short-term borrowing agreement with a principal amount of $15,782, which matures on January 27, 2023. The Company received the amount of $15,782 in cash. On February 15, 2022, the Company repaid the short-term borrowing of $15,782 in full, in the form of cash. On April 5, 2022, the Company and Mr. Kang, entered into an interest-free, short-term borrowing agreement with a principal amount of $31,563, which matures on April 4, 2023. The Company received the amount of $31,563 in cash. On January 19, 2023, the Company repaid short-term borrowings in the aggregate amount of $31,358 to Mr. Kang, in cash. The remaining amount of ($1,437) in outstanding balance as of June 30, 2023, compared to the balance as of December 31, 2022 was currency translation adjustment. The following table shows Changhyuk Kang’s loan payables balance in detail: June 30, December 31, Loan payables maturing in October 26, 2023 $ 34,277 $ 35,509 Loan payables maturing in April 4, 2023 — 31,563 Total 34,277 67,072 Munjoong Kang On January 1, 2021, Munjoong Kang, one of our co-founders, bought the rights to receive $2,783,636 from the Company in the form of an interest-free, short-term borrowing from an unrelated third-party, Dongwook Lee, and $12,653 in the form of an interest-free, short-term borrowing from an unrelated third-party, Daepil Seo. Both borrowings’ maturity date was December 31, 2021. On January 1, 2021, the Company assigned non-trade receivables in the amount of $1,114 to offset a portion of the short-term borrowings purchased by Mr. Kang. The Company and Mr. Kang agreed to reduce the amount of the short-term borrowings by an additional $486,366 as an offset against debt owed to the Company by Mr. Kang Munjoong of $45,956, and Ms. Siyoung Jang of $440,410. On January 1, 2021, $326,755 of Munjoon Kang’s short-term borrowings were exchanged for a short-term loan owed by Mr. Kang to other creditors based on the agreements made by parties. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company repaid short-term borrowings owed to Mr. Kang in the aggregate amount of $331,479, in cash. On March 31, 2021, pursuant to the RnDeep Merger, the Company assumed certain interest-free, short-term borrowings of RnDeep owed to Mr. Kang in the amount of $107,469, which matured on May 29, 2022. On November 15, 2021, Mr. Kang bought interest free, short-term borrowings of $124,420 from an unrelated third party. The short-term borrowings have a maturity date of November 14, 2022. On December 13, 2021, December 14, 2021, and December 20, 2021, Mr. Kang sold his rights to receipt of debt obligations of HBC of $337,410, $1,518,347, and $200,905, respectively, to unrelated third parties. On December 21, 2021, the Company issued Mr. Kang 295,000 common shares of HBC as payment in full for certain short-term borrowings held by Mr. Kang in the aggregate amount of $124,420. On January 25, 2022, the Company and Mr. Kang entered into an interest-free, short-term borrowing agreement with a principal amount of $315,632, and which matures on January 24, 2023. The Company received the amount of $315,632 in cash. On dates from January 26, 2022 through May 31, 2022, the Company repaid the short-term borrowings in full in cash. On March 4, 2022, the Company and Mr. Kang entered into an interest-free, short-term borrowing agreement with a principal amount of $236,724, which matures on March 3, 2023. The Company received the amount of $236,724 in cash. On June 29, 2022, through December 28, 2022, the Company repaid the full amount of $236,724 to Mr. Kang in the form of cash. On May 11, 2022 through December 12, 2022, the Company and Mr. Kang entered into an interest-free, short-term borrowing agreements with an aggregate principal amount of $164,523, which mature on dates between May 10, 2023 through December 11, 2023. The Company received the amount of $164,523 in cash. On December 30, 2022, the Company made a partial repayment of $15,401 to Mr. Kang in the form of cash. On January 11, 2023, the Company and Mr. Kang entered into an interest-free, short-term borrowing agreement with a principal amount of $78,396, which matured on January 10, 2024. The Company received the amount of $78,396 in cash. On February 6, 2021, the Company repaid the principal amount of $78,396 in full, in cash. On February 6, 2023, the Company repaid the principal amount of $77,272 by offset with the debt. On February 7, 2023, the Company and Mr. Kang entered into an interest-free, short-term borrowing agreement with a principal amount of $195,990, which matured on February 6, 2024. The Company received the amount of $195,990 in cash. On February 21, 2021, the Company repaid the principal amount of $195,990 in full, in cash. On February 23, 2023, and February 27, 2023, the Company and Mr. Kang entered into an interest-free, short-term borrowing agreement with a principal amount of $342,474, which matured on February 22, 2024 and February 26, 2024. The Company received the amount of $342,474 in cash. On January 9, 2023, through March 23, 2023, the Company repaid short-term borrowings in the aggregate amount of $382,268 to Mr. Kang, in cash, of which the outstanding balance of $149,122 as of December 31, 2022, was repaid in full, and the borrowing amount of $233,146 from February 23, 2023, and February 27, 2023, was repaid partially. On April 10, 2023, the Company repaid the principal amount of $77,272 by offset with the debt. On April 18, 2023, the Company and Mr. Kang entered into an interest-free, short-term borrowing agreement with a principal amount of $77,222, which matured on April 17, 2024. The Company received the amount of $77,222 in cash. On May 18, 2023, and May 26, 2023, the Company and Mr. Kang entered into an interest-free, short-term borrowing agreement with a principal amount of $139,772, which matured on May 17, 2024 and May 25, 2024. The Company received the amount of $139,772 in cash. On April 5, 2023, through June 22, 2023, the Company repaid short-term borrowings in the aggregate amount of $124,408 to Mr. Kang, in cash. The remaining amount of ($3,198) in outstanding balance as of June 30, 2023, was currency translation adjustment. The following table shows Munjoong Kang’s loan payables balance in detail: June 30. December 31, Loan payables maturing in May 12, 2023 through May 30, 2023 $ — $ 99,015 Loan payables maturing in July 29, 2023 through August 7, 2023 — 36,298 Loan payables maturing in October 17, 2023 — 4,340 Loan payables maturing in December 11, 2023 — 9,469 Loan payables maturing in February 26, 2024 — — Loan payables maturing in May 17, 2024 28,055 9,469 Loan payables maturing in May 25, 2024 16,217 — Total 44,272 149,122 |