The Korean Broadcast, Movie, Performance, and Artists Labor Union (HanYeJo) has declared that they will be refusing to film anything as of September 1st, on account of broadcast companies failing to fulfill payments. According to reports revealed by HanYeJo (Labor Union), the drama with the most amount of payments yet to be fulfilled is MBC's Return of Iljimae, broadcast last year with a total of 556,000,000 WON or about $466,834�in non-payments. The second drama is SBS's Coffee House, with a total of 550,000,000 WON or about $461,797�in overdue wage payments. MBC's 2009 Foreigner Club has 530,000,000 WON or about $445,004, KBS 2TV's The Nation's Call with a total of 490,000,000 WON or about $411,419, and lastly,�MBC's Lawyers of Korea, with a total of 400,000,000 WON or about $335,852�has been reported by HanYeJo as non-payments. In essence, MBC > SBS > KBS ranks in the most amount of non-payments with MBC at 2,160,205,182 WON ($1,813,779), SBS at 1,154,420,051 WON ($969,286), and KBS at 1,054,171,512 WON ($885,113). Out of the MBC dramas, Pasta, Making A Lover, 2009 Foreigner Club, Return of Iljimae, Lawyers of Korea, and The Man Called God are ranked as the dramas with the most non-payments. �KBS has The World They Live In, The Nation's Call, The Return of the Princess and SBS has On Air, Swallow the Sun, Coffee House, and Green Carriage under the category. Representatives of HanYeJo have stated that the total amount of non-payments amounts to $3,694,376�or about 4,400,000,000 WON as of the end of August. "For the past two years, we have demanded the payments from the production and broadcast companies but we have been met with no progress." Out of the $3,694,376.40, MBC owes $1,847,188.20 in premiums. "It's crucial to us that MBC makes their payment immediately. They have the most in non-payments compared to the other two companies." KBS 2TV's Baker King Kim Takgu, SBS's Giant, and MBC's Gloria and Kim Suro are expected to be affected by this declaration from HanYeJo as well. HanYeJo concluded their argument with, "The three broadcast companies are misusing the outsourcing system that was once started with good intentions in order to fill their own wallets. We will desperately fight until this issue is resolved." Source: TodayKorea, Seoul News