He was found not guilty of fraud in the South Korean Supreme Court.

Some of Young-nam's most popular songs include "Delilah" (1968), which was his first release, as well as "My Home Chungchong Province" and "Hwagae Marketplace."

He has also recorded many well-known tracks, such as "Swallow," "Barley Field," and "Farewell to the City," to mention just a few.

[1] In 2016, Young-nam was charged with fraud for selling 21 paintings by two other painters to 17 people for 160 million won.

In a second trial in 2018, the court ruled that using assistants in modern painting is not an area for the judgment of law and Jo Young Nam had no obligation to state that his assistants had painted the pictures, so he was found not guilty.