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Tuesday, October 20, 2026

“Threatened to file a complaint, citing her daughter”... “Lee Soo-man’s Chinese BoA” A2O LITE wage-theft whistleblower targeted again - 스포츠조선

[Baek Ji-eun, reporter for Sportschosun] Netizen A, who exposed allegations that the parents of Aiching, a member of the group A2O LITE, had failed to pay wages, has spoken out again.

A said, “Aiching’s mother said she would report me to the police because her daughter is a minor. She pressured me, saying I could be arrested if I didn’t delete the post,” explaining why A deleted the original exposé.

A2O LITE is a girl group launched by Lee Soo-man after he left SM Entertainment. Lee sold his SM Entertainment shares to HYBE and signed a non-compete agreement; after the agreement expired, he returned to the K-pop market.

A2O LITE released its debut song, “Nion,” on the 13th. Aiching drew attention for styling that perfectly recreated the hair color, outfits and other looks BoA had in the early days of her career. BoA ushered in the Korean Wave in Japan.

But controversy erupted less than 24 hours after the group’s debut. Former employees of a Beijing-based education company, where Aiching’s mother was the legal representative and her father served as an auditor, alleged that they had not been paid. The company, Beijing Sophis Education Technology Co., Ltd., has since suspended operations. A corporate information platform showed that two court enforcement cases targeting the company and Aiching’s parents were filed on August 31. The enforcement amount was approximately 3.45 million yuan (about 689 million won).

A posted and later deleted an exposé alleging that wages had gone...



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