Top Stars Lee Byung Hyun, Kwon Sang Woo, Lee Min Ho and more Named in Recent Korean Tax Evasion Investigation

So calling it the colloquial term tax evasion obviously inputs concerted wrongdoing, but calling it tax underpayment or additional owed taxes feels like just an ooopsie oversight. I don’t know if what happened here to embroil top Korean stars is the former or latter but this week the announcement of a government investigation into a large group of rich and famous citizens has revealed some top stars needing to pay additional taxes. That includes Lee Byung Hyun, Lee Min Ho, Kim Tae Hee, Kwon Sang Woo, and popular webtoon writer Yaongyi of the webtoon True Beauty. Excuses range from moving agencies and CF campaign calculations not be ported over, paying employee bonuses out of personal funds, and general honest oversight and leaving it to the accountants to file and trusting it was correct. Hhhmmm, sure.

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In Light of Kim Sae Ron’s Suspected Drunk Driving, K-netizens Bring Up How Big Stars Have Not Suffered Consequences For Same Transgression Including Lee Jung Jae and Kwon Sang Woo

Apparently the list of K-stars (actors, PD, variety, idols) who have been busted for drunk driving is LOOOOOONG. Like there are soooooo many even I was surprised to see some which I didn’t remember reading about. Some aren’t big names … Continue reading

Lee Jun Ki, Jang Hyuk, Lee Seung Gi Part of Fantastic Line Up of Korean Stars in Third Release of the Korean Actors 200 List

Another release is here from the Korean Actors 200 list, with the website continuing to do a great job of teasing the next release and then dropping just stunning pictures of the actors and actresses in each batch. This third … Continue reading

Who Are K-dramas Best Ugly Criers – Past, Present, and Future

Kisses and tears are two of the more memorable aspects of K-dramas because the early Hallyu dramas piled on romance and misery in equally measure to create the world of K-drama melodramas as we know it. Over the years the … Continue reading