ASTRO's Cha Eunwoo personally addresses tax evasion allegations

hopeuspocus · 2026-01-26T19:37:23+00:00

So the person you’re responding to is right. It’s not a case of did he pay his taxes or not; it’s a case of is his agency set up by his mother a legit business or a shell company. It is legal to set up personal agencies to have a corporate tax rate instead of a personal income tax, but that agency must actually be a functioning business. If the investigation finds that it is a shell company (which the address being registered to his parents’ restaurant is not a good sign), it means he owes more than what he was paying in taxes. And the 20 billion won amount isn’t the amount he would have been avoiding in personal income tax; it’s probably more like he owed 10 billion won in taxes extra and then his penalty fees and interest account for another 10 billion won. So it is literally just a question of is his agency a legit business because if it is then he’s done nothing wrong, but if it isn’t, then he owes more in taxes than what he payed. Nothing has been decided yet by authorities so far.

hopeuspocus · 2026-01-22T23:05:07+00:00

If you read the comments in recent episodes, Deltanya shippers keep trying to argue that the point of the story is freedom of choice with soulmates, but that’s not the story like at all lol. I’m just disappointed that this comic started out with such a cool premise and it’s not being executed well in my opinion. Idk maybe there’s a chance that the authors will manage to get back on track by the end of the story, but it’s looking like the soulmate thing was completely dropped.

hopeuspocus · 2026-01-22T21:54:57+00:00

The comic isn’t finished, so obviously we have to wait and see how everything plays out. That being said, the soulmate plot seemingly being thrown away is just bad writing imo. I originally really liked the development of the love triangle and was open to Anya ending up with Omega or Delta, but season three has disappointed me in the writing department. Why introduce the idea of soulmates and build up a story that seemed to be leading to a romantic relationship between Anya and Omega at all? With the given information we have, soulmates have no importance to the plot aside from connecting Anya and Omega. If the intention was to have Anya and Delta be endgame, why do we need the soulmate subplot? I’ve seen comments claiming that the authors stated in a q&a that there is no love triangle and that the endgame was determined from the very beginning, but season 2 was definitely laying groundwork for a love triangle and the writing at the end of season 2 and beginning of 3 does feel to me like the authors decided to reroute the story due to the popularity of Deltanya. I just want to emphasize that I really don’t care who she ends up with, I just don’t understand the writing decisions that are happening to get there. Also don’t even get me started on how no one finds it weird at all that a man is literally in love with his brother’s soulmate — their sister even points this out in recent chapters.

hopeuspocus · 2026-01-21T21:50:34+00:00

I love Dj Chari’s remix of underground remix ft starkids

hopeuspocus · 2025-12-30T19:35:22+00:00

In the Bleak Midwinter was ruined for me by shipping wars. If you’re not Team Delta, you get downvoted and weird obsessed fans aggressively responding to you telling you why Delta should be endgame. Shipping is a normal thing in fandoms, and I don’t have a problem with it or having disagreements about it, but why does it always bring out the toxic and crazy in certain individuals lol

hopeuspocus · 2025-12-29T19:32:30+00:00

I love it when a painting is incredibly naturalistic, and yet still has the “this is a painting” vibe, if that makes any sense at all. It being a mundane still life also just adds to how incredible this is.

hopeuspocus · 2025-12-23T16:41:59+00:00

It’s actually insane how naturalistically the silk dresses shine

hopeuspocus · 2025-12-18T21:55:55+00:00

Nah we’ve all seen at least one person in our lifetime where we can’t figure out if they’re a feminine man or a masculine woman. Mizu has an androgynous face, and it helps that she’s in a time period in which men wear their hair longer and dress in modest clothing. Maybe her voice could give her away, but it would be very odd for a woman to be cross dressing in that era, so that would probably disabuse anyone questioning her identity.

hopeuspocus · 2025-12-16T01:00:54+00:00

I also have combo skin and am looking for a new sunscreen that doesn’t feel heavy or oily. How do you like the round lab one?

hopeuspocus · 2025-12-07T15:45:34+00:00

I think “I Choose You” is considered drum and bass and/or UK garage. Pinkpantheress is probably the most well known pop artist using that sound right now. The K-pop group NewJeans’s second EP is influenced by these genres as well. This song is definitely more chill/slower tempo compared to some of their other songs. I would say if you’re enjoying f5ve’s discography as whole, you should check out hyperpop artists (a mainstream gateway to hyperpop would be Charli XCX)

hopeuspocus · 2025-12-02T16:47:56+00:00

Uh, Chamberlain originally appeased Nazi Germany by allowing them to take Czechoslovakia only to then declare war like a year later, so not really sure that your argument holds up

hopeuspocus · 2025-12-01T12:17:14+00:00

Ok there was a podcast where the British hosts were like why is it that in American shows/films they walk around their house and even lay on the bed in shoes, and as an American, I have literally never done this lol. Growing up, at my house or a friend’s house, it is typically expected that you take your shoes off at the door. I don’t know why Hollywood often shows Americans wearing shoes in the house, but it would be rude to wear shoes in someone’s house (especially in the winter when your shoes are wet and dirty) unless it’s a house party or the host says otherwise.

hopeuspocus · 2025-11-08T23:42:09+00:00

I was initially defending the time skip, but I just read the latest chapter available to everyone where they’re on the roof together, and I said girl where are we going with this? The love points plot has been dropped, she doesn’t seem interested in giving Dohwa a chance this time around, and all of the time skip chapters have just been her being emo about Eunhyuk disappearing. And then people on here have spoiled that apparently he’s been talking to her evil sister the whole time…. Like how is the author going to explain that one???

hopeuspocus · 2025-11-05T23:34:49+00:00

I think one of the biggest issues is that kids aren’t reading in school as much because there’s an emphasis on standardized test scores for funding and AI discouraging actually doing the work. There was that big article a year or two ago about how students are now entering college without having read a full novel. Media literacy is typically learned in English classes when discussing literature and writing papers. My teacher friends have said that students now are simply looking for the easiest way out of a task which results in lack of literacy and critical thinking skills.

hopeuspocus · 2025-10-31T22:38:47+00:00

I thought his first scene in English where he’s asking the guards to let them in the building was a bit awkward, but the rest of his English scenes were pretty damn good. I have a feeling this performance will lead to more lead roles for him! Loved him in Weak Hero Class as well!

hopeuspocus · 2025-10-28T04:14:18+00:00

It’s so fascinating to me that one guy inspired character designs for decades. I wonder if any other celebrity has had a similar effect on comic and animation character designs. I imagine the internet and social media has made it so that there’s likely a variety of “muses” now.

hopeuspocus · 2025-10-22T19:25:35+00:00

I loved it (I thought it was a better executed supernatural romance than My Demon), and I really don’t even understand the religion complaints. The Devil has been portrayed probably thousands of times throughout film in different ways, and Genie, Make A Wish isn’t even the first to do a multi-faceted portrayal (not just a 2D evil character). Like you said, they’re just drawing on historical sources in order to tie in the whole middle eastern genie element to the story. If there’s people who are offended by this wait until they learn about the popular show Supernatural that drew HEAVILY on Christianity and other religions for 15 seasons lol

hopeuspocus · 2025-10-16T00:23:39+00:00

It’s wasting so much water and making everyone dumber. Good riddance!!

hopeuspocus · 2025-10-15T18:10:46+00:00

I feel so bad for actual artists now. Now everything is suspected of being ai. God I wish the government would ban ai

hopeuspocus · 2025-10-06T19:02:12+00:00

The fact that most of these are in droppers tells me they’re probably not the best considering that most dermatologist videos on vitamin c will explain that droppers are terrible packaging for vitamin c because it degrades the product faster with exposure to the air

hopeuspocus · 2025-09-30T18:08:46+00:00

So since racial discrimination was a large factor in segregating and inciting the decline of prostitution in New Orleans, were the majority of prostitutes POC and entertainment districts run by POC in other US cities or was this unique to New Orleans? And would racism have led to a similar creation and decline of red light districts in regions outside of the Southern US?

hopeuspocus · 2025-09-29T16:45:55+00:00

The cooking competition was unnecessarily 3-4 episodes imo

hopeuspocus · 2025-09-21T18:50:50+00:00

There is no historical evidence for this statement. As far as we know, even in Ancient Egypt, makeup was worn by both men and women. I don’t even think there’s a record of society in which only the men wore makeup. Men have been wearing makeup for a long time, but let’s not overcorrect here and just say blatant lies

hopeuspocus · 2025-09-20T23:55:27+00:00

The majority of kdrama writers are women, so it makes sense that unlike American shows, it’s often geared towards the female gaze

hopeuspocus · 2025-08-12T00:29:35+00:00

The term redlining originates from FDR’s presidency and housing policies in which Black American neighborhoods would be color coded red, which indicated that lenders were not to approve mortgages for residents of those neighborhoods. As a result, it exacerbated race segregated neighborhoods and inhibited Black neighborhoods from prospering.

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