[The Fact | Reporters Jeong Byeong-geun and Choi Hyun-jung] The abnormal management of the company by CEO Cha Ga-won of 100 Entertainment has ultimately led to unpaid wages for artists such as Baekhyun, Taemin, and The Boyz. The amount alone amounts
to tens of billions of won. According to <The Fact>'s investigation, the boy group The Boyz, under 100 Entertainment, is currently owed 1 billion won. Baekhyun, a singer under the label INB100, also has an unpaid wage of around 1 billion won, and Chen and Xiumin each owe hundreds of millions more. Taemin (SHINee), under another label Big Planet Made, also has an unpaid wage of well over 1 billion won.
<The Fact> previously reported on CEO Cha Ga-won's unusual and suspicious management of the company ([Exclusive] '10.8 billion won in costume fees, 72 billion won in advance fees'... Cha Ga-won's 'abnormal management of the company'). Meanwhile, concerns were raised about whether singers would be able to carry out stable activities and receive fair compensation. These concerns have already become reality, and the total unsettled amount of the singers under the agency was found to be around 5 billion won. This was expected long ago. According to Big Planet Made's 2024 financial statement audit report registered on May 30th of last year, the company's liabilities (approximately 53.2 billion won) exceed its assets
(approximately 34.2 billion won), which is about 18 billion won more than its assets, which is in a state of "complete capital erosion." INB100 is in a slightly better situation, but has almost no money left. The situation did not change much in 2025, and rather, it was on the verge of worsening. The largest shareholder of Big Planet Made, including One Hundred, is Cha Ga-won. The largest shareholder of INB100 is One Hundred. In fact, all of them are Cha Ga-won's companies controlled by CEO Cha Ga-won of One Hundred. These companies survived on advance payments (money received in advance for singers' performances, albums, etc.) and appearance fees for various events and broadcasts, but even that became difficult from the second half of 2025.
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