{"id":4605,"date":"2026-01-23T09:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T00:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/?p=4605"},"modified":"2026-01-23T09:40:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T00:40:40","slug":"shinhan-bank-pulls-ads-amid-cha-eun-woos-alleged-20-billion-won-tax-evasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/?p=4605","title":{"rendered":"Shinhan Bank Pulls Ads Amid Cha Eun-woo’s Alleged 20 Billion Won Tax Evasion"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cha Eun-woo, a member of the group Astro and an actor, faces tax evasion allegations amounting to 20 billion won (approximately $15 million USD), prompting advertisers to sever ties.<\/p>\n

On January 23, Shinhan Bank privatized advertisement videos and images featuring Cha Eun-woo on its social media accounts, including YouTube. This appears to be in response to the tax evasion controversy. Previously, Shinhan Bank had replaced actor Kim Soo-hyun with Cha Eun-woo as its model after Kim’s personal life controversies, which drew further attention.<\/p>\n

On January 22, skincare brand Abib, for which Cha Eun-woo serves as an ambassador, also privatized videos featuring him on its YouTube channel.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, reports indicate Cha Eun-woo was notified of a tax assessment totaling approximately 20 billion won. Last year, the Seoul Regional Tax Office’s Fourth Investigation Bureau conducted an intensive tax investigation into Cha Eun-woo for alleged tax evasion through a one-person agency established by his mother. The bureau consequently imposed a tax amounting to about 20 billion won, reportedly the largest ever for an entertainer.<\/p>\n

In response, Cha Eun-woo’s agency, Fantagio, stated, “This is not yet a finalized and notified issue, and we plan to actively clarify the points of contention related to legal interpretation and application through proper procedures.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cha Eun-woo, a member of the group Astro and an actor, faces tax evasion allegations amounting to 20 billion won (approximately $15 million USD), prompting advertisers to sever ties. On January 23, Shinhan Bank privatized advertisement videos and images featuring Cha Eun-woo on its social media accounts, including YouTube. This appears to be in response […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4606,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[840,869,849],"class_list":{"0":"post-4605","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-issue","8":"tag-cha-eun-woo","9":"tag-shinhan-bank","10":"tag-tax-evasion"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-220.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4605"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4607,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4605\/revisions\/4607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}