Police in Seoul confirmed on Thursday that they are investigating pop star Psy, best known in the United States for the 2012 hit “Gangnam Style,” for potential violations of prescription drug laws.

South Korean news outlets described police seeking information on claims that the singer had procured two psychotropic drugs, Xanax and Stilnox, without seeing a doctor in person, and that a third party had picked up his prescriptions, which is illegal in the country. The case threatens to open up a national debate about whether the government should expand patient access to telemedicine — and what doctors can or cannot do through the practice — in the aftermath of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic, which popularized the practice internationally.

The case reportedly began in 2022, when Psy, whose

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