Tax evasion was surely not buried, if you missed the scandal this year, you can go back a few years ago too, is a known fact, not only sm but all big 3 had a tax evasion and a lot of other big companies like Samsung, LG etc, while is a shitty thing, tax evasion is definitely not a unknown concept between companies and have been done countless times
It’s reported and then forgotten. The media doesn’t create a narrative of an epidemic of big companies doing billion won tax fraud
But they sure will make a lingering narrative about middle school girl bullying