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 December 31, December 31, Munjoong Kang maturing in February 2024 $ — $ 149,122 Siyoung Jang maturing in December 2023 — 78,908 Changhyuk Kang maturing in October 2023 — 31,563 Total — 259,593 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 with $5,444 of translation adjustment, which matures on December 7, 2023. On June 30, 2023, the Company repaid short-term borrowings in the aggregate amount of $38,778 to Siyoung Jang, in cash. On July 10, 2023, July 13, 2023, and September 5, 2023, the Company repaid short-term borrowings in the aggregate amount of $38,778 to Siyoung Jang, in cash. The remaining amount of $1,353 in outstanding balance as of December 31, 2023, compared to the balance as of December 31, 2022 was currency translation adjustment. 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 $31,022 to Mr. Kang, in cash. The remaining amount of $541 in outstanding balance as of December 31, 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: December 31, December 31, Loan payables maturing in April 4, 2023 — 31,563 Total — 31,563 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 through February 27, 2024, the Company and Mr. Kang entered into an interest-free, short-term borrowing agreement with an aggregate principal amount of $610,247, which matured on dates between January 10, 2024 through February 26, 2024. The Company received the amount of $610,247 in cash. On January 9, 2023, through March 23, 2023, the Company repaid short-term borrowings in the aggregate amount of $649,614 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 $500,492 from January 11, 2023, and February 27, 2023, was repaid partially. On April 18, 2023 through May 26, 2024, the Company and Mr. Kang entered into an interest-free, short-term borrowing agreement with an aggregate principal amount of $140,375, which matured on dates between April 17, 2024 through May 25, 2024. The Company received the amount of $140,375 in cash. On April 4, 2023, through June 22, 2023, the Company repaid short-term borrowings in the aggregate amount of $202,500 to Mr. Kang, in cash. On July 3, 2023, the Company repaid short-term borrowings in the aggregate amount of $38,778 to Mr. Kang, in cash. On November 8, 2023, the Company and Mr. Kang entered into an interest-free, short-term borrowing agreement with a principal amount of $23,267, which matured on November 7, 2024. The Company received the amount of $140,375 in cash. On October 31, 2023 thorough November 9, 2023, the Company repaid short-term borrowings in the aggregate amount of $29,564 to Mr. Kang, in cash. The remaining amount of ($2,555) in outstanding balance as of December 31, 2023, was currency translation adjustment. The following table shows Munjoong Kang’s loan payables balance in detail: December 31, 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 — 9,469 Loan payables maturing in May 25, 2024 — — Total — 149,122 Investments On October 18, 2021, the Company purchased bonds with warrants issued by Setopia, for total consideration of $1,687,052 (the “ Setopia Bonds with warrants On October 4, 2022, the Company purchased convertible bonds issued by Setopia, for total consideration of $635,000 (the “Setopia Convertible Bonds”). The Setopia Convertible Bonds were initially issued on January 27, 2022, with no annual interest and a maturity date of January 27, 2025. The form of consideration was to accept the consideration of warrants with an exercise price of $1.27 to purchase 500,000 shares of Common Stock. On October 27, 2022, Setopia sold the warrants of the Company with an exercise price of $1.27 to purchase 3,000,000 shares of Common stock for a total sale consideration of $95,272, to an unaffiliated and unrelated third party, and Setopia becomes an unaffiliated and unrelated third party, not a related party of the Company since Setopia is a stockholder who owns less than 10% of the Company’s outstanding securities. |