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[TRANS] 091119 Korea Pretty Boygroups – DBSK Kim JaeJoong vs. SuJu Kim HeeChul




The most important factor for Korean boy bands to increase their popularity rapidly in China is that every single member of the group is handsome and charming. We can tell by all the popular Korean boy groups in China that every one of them are pretty boys, not losing to any of the pretty girls on the street. Of course before a group’s debut, the agency company would normally arrange the most charming member within the group to attract the public’s attention. The beauty of Kim JaeJoong from Dong Bang Shin Ki is unquestionable and the beauty of Kim HeeChul who is from the same agency company group Super Junior is also well-known for his pretty face.

Dong Bang Shin Ki’s Kim JaeJoong
Nickname: Flower Flower (花花 = Hua Hua)


The first time you see him you’ll be visually shocked, and the effect stays the same for the second and forth. This is Kim JaeJoong, his beauty if cold yet irresistible and his coldness normally makes one feel unreachable; but once you get to know him you will get to see his warm hearted personality. He reached the height for his popularity based on his talent with his heavenly vocals and charming looks. Maybe JaeJoong was born as a beauty for the sake of the performing stage.

“Everyone might think I’m very confident with my own look because I had won the best-faced award, but that’s not true. If I’m asked to choose the past of me that I’m most confident of then it’ll have to be my eyebrows, and I have no confidence for the others. Talking about my road as a single, I was tone deaf way back during my high school time, and at that point of time I was really upset because I was said that I’m bad at singing, but this is the start of my success and as time goes by I started to enjoy singing and found the beauty of it!”

JaeJoong who was still tone deaf till ages 14 had worked hard for his dream with determination, and from a tone deaf to an angel who sings heavenly, together with Cassiopeia he had grown up realizing his dream.

Super Junior’s Kim HeeChul
Nickname: Cinderella, Princess of Mars


The beauty of Kim HeeChul is coquettish, he’s gentle like women and yet has the determination of a man, and therefore he has the ablity to attract both men and women. The first time seeing him is in the music video of ‘Twins’, a red headed person with big round eyes is enough to make one dumbstruck. “This kid is really pretty!” many people had said, but as time goes by it’s his personality, smart and his ability to eloquent well that attracts others attention.

From a certain point of view it can be said that the success of Super Junior is mainly because of Kim HeeChul and this is because he uses his ability to attract attention by his charming characteristic and soon put the focus onto the huge group of 13 members.

The beauty of Kim HeeChul had caused him to be a little obsessed with himself, but those people who are obsessed with themselves are usually adorable. On the popular Korean variety show ‘Star Golden Bell’, when ‘Princess’ was asking what the secret of his popularity was he said, “One’s look plays a big part to it, but there are many other points to it too, therefore don’t judge just on my looks only.”

Kim HeeChul is one of the precious few in Korea who are excelled in all areas, he can sing, dance, host, act and compose too. Especially the SBS drama ‘Golden Bride’ which he acted in had achieved an excellent rating of 32.2%. That drama had also received an award in China after it’s DVD release in China this year.



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[NEWS] KBS2 Release Heaven’s Postman Preview



Heaven’s Postman (Postman to Heaven)
starring TVXQ / DBSK / Tohoshinki's Jaejoong and Han Hyo-joo. Today, a longer preview (over 3 minutes) was released on KBS2.

The theatrical release date for this telecinema project is scheduled to be November 11th. It's also projected to air on SBS some time in 2010. Jaejoong himself is scheduled to attend a special preview and press conference on November 9th.

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[NEWS] TVXQ Jaejoong, Junsu and Yoochun’s Full Statements

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We previously reported about Jaejoong, Junsu and Yoochun'sr eaction to SM Entertainment's press conference. The full interview and statements from the 3 TVXQ members have now been revealed. Both parties are now in a full on battle and have added yet another layer of complexity to this already complicated story.

Q: Yunho and Changmin are still with SME.

"That is very unfortunate. SME offers unacceptable conditions to their artists. It breaks our hearts to know that Yunho and Changmin are still there."


Q: You have partially won the trial. How do you feel about your victory?"
"We're more worried about how Yunho and Changmin would feel confused about the ruling. They must have thought that SME, a major entertainment company, would win."


Q: Yesterday, Yunho and Changmin showed their support for SME.
"They can't help but do such thing. They have to do something like that because they're with SME. We've done a lot of things we didn't want to do as well, because we were forced."


Q: How are you finding their decision?
"It'd be a lie if we didn't find it somewhat bitter. But we know that they have their own story, so we understand them."


Q: What do you plan on earning through this lawsuit?"
"All we want is to part from SME. The contracts were unfair, especially the length of 13 years. Division of profit was problematic as well. The three of us have yet to receive our share of income amounting up to couple hundred thousand dollars each."


Q: Some view the lawsuit as the end of DBSK?
"We do not want to cease working as or break apart from DBSK. We just want to end our relationship with SME."


Q: Are you in contact with Yunho or Changmin?
"We lost contact with them after we took legal actions. But we can assume why that would have happened."


Q: How do you plan on maintaining your relationship with those two members?
"If they have something that is holding them back from talking to us, then we will fight to change that. They will speak up when the time comes."


Q: So you are willing to stay together with two other members?
"When this whole thing is over, we will resolve our misunderstandings with the two. We will wait for that day."


Q: Any plans on working as three?
"We will not release an album or perform on stage until Yunho and Changmin comes back to us."


Q: Are you going to stay together until the end with the other members?
"We want to keep DBSK. The stage means something only when all five of us are on it. We are one. We will walk in the name of DBSK until the end."

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[NEWS] TVXQ Jaejoong and Micky on Boy Pop Factory

TVXQ Jaejoong and Micky on Boy Pop Factory

Japanese TV Station BS Fuji aired Boy Pop factory and it featured TVXQ / DBSK / Tohoshinki's Jaejoong and Micky Yoochun. The recording for this took place back in August, before the release of their Oricon chart topping COLORS Melody and Harmony / Shelter. However, like some shows do, they didn't air it until last night. At the recording they performed 4 total songs: COLORS Melody and Harmony, Begin, Been So Long, and Rainy Blue.

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[TRANS] 091011 FRaU November Issue - Jejung and Yuchun Felt the Love from the Other Members


YuChun smiled shyly after being praised 'Sexy' by JeJung who peeked at him during his photoshoot. "I feel really great to be able to work on a music piece with someone who has the same goal as me. But our personalities are really different, I'm more introverted and not very sociable." YuChun who was saying that, seems compatible with the quiet deep ocean background during the photoshoot.

Mika Ninagawa said while pressing the shutter, "Though the atmosphere is quiet, it is not pressurizing. He gave people a sense of responsibility, gentleness and charm." Their single has included the desires to stand on the stage as 5 once again no matter what happens. "We have always been together as 5. As the others are not with us right now, it's embarrassing to say this (laugh~), but I felt the love from them. Therefore, I do not wish to forget the most important thing to me, and this song was written based on this feeling."

Mika Ninagawa expressed, "JeJung is like a big red and elegant flower, while YuChun is someone who has the ability to give others a sense of responsibility and charm even underneath his quiet exterior."

JeJung and YuChun from Tohoshinki, the legendary group, has just released their special unit single. Can you escape their ultimate charisma?
Photo taken by: Mika Ninagawa (T/N: A famous Japanese photographer ; her work pieces are versatile and dreamy, mostly through the use of 'flowers' and 'natural scenes' as the theme.)

JeJung and YuChun are famous all over Asia as they are members of Tohoshinki, a 5 member idol group from Korea. Tohoshinki debut in Korea at 2004, and Japan at 2005. This summer, they have also successfully ended their 4th live tour concert at Tokyo Dome. JeJung was born in 1986 and is the lead singer in the group. YuChun was born in 1986 and is in charge of the bass and rap in the group. Both their digital single [Endless Sweet] and single [COLORS~Melody and Harmony~] have been released on 23rd September and 30th September respectively.

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JeJung and YuChun formed a sub-unit and released a single [COLORS~Melody and Harmony~]. Today, both of them are here in the studio. "Though it is kind of lonely, at least YuChun is with me so I'm feeling better! We want to show everyone a new style of us which is different from when we are all together as 5", JeJung said. While YuChun was having his solo shoot, JeJung who was really mischievous, was disturbing him from the back of the backdrop setting. But once the actual shoot started, he immediately turned into someone who is serious and charming, seemingly like the prince who just walked out from a romance manga.

Mika Ninagawa said, "That's how someone, who is idolized by others, should be! His generous working attitude is really close to my style of working. A few of my works required him to pose in a regal manner, and he was willing to give it a try, which was really remarkable." JeJung who was posing while playing with the flower petals said, "The flower is still prettier than me ah~", which made everyone laugh. His presence always creates a cheerful atmosphere.


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[NEWS] Jaejoong and Yoochun Grace FRaU Magazine

Jaejoong and Yoochun

DBSK members Yoochun and Jaejoong are enjoying currently enjoying their top spot on the Oricon charts with their hit single album "COLORS ~Melody and Harmony / Shelter" and naturally, with success comes great exposure.

The boys have already been featured on the Oricon Style Magazine, but now FRaU, another Japanese magazine, has chosen to proudly feature these two pretty boys on their pages. In comparison to previous shoots, the final product of pictures is covered with a splash of color and even a "Beautiful You"-esque picture, which shows the two showering in rose petals. Looking dashing and sexy, these guys sure know how to make a fangirl's heart melt.


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[INFO] Jaejoong and Micky in Oricon Chart Magazine

Jaejoong and Micky in the Oricon again

TVXQ / DBSK / Tohoshinki's Jaejoong and Micky are in the Oricon again... no, not the music charts but rather in their Magazine. In the latest issue of Oricon Style Magazine, Jaejoong and Micky were prominently featured with a photo spread and rightfully so, since their latest release "COLORS ~Melody and Harmony / Shelter" has been doing very well on the charts.

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[INFO] Jaejoong is one of the most popular artist in Japan


It's well known that TVXQ / DBSK / Tohoshinki's Jaejoong is very popular with the ladies in Japan. Despite not being Japanese, he was in the top 10 ranking for the "Top 10 Artists You Want As Your Lover" poll and also awarded "The Top Prince in Japan." Now, he can add another title as one of Japan's best looking artists.

On CDShop's Tsutaya Online there was a poll with the title "Most attractive Male Singer," Jaejoong came in second place with 23.9% (632,202) votes, only trailing Hotaka Yamashita (Ikimono Gakari) with 30.7% (810658) votes. Jaejoong wasn't the only TVXQ member with votes as his fellow bandmates were respectively ranked as well: Micky Yoochun at #11, Xiah Junsu at #27, Changmin at #32, and Yunho at #34. Surprisingly, another Korean artist was in the ranking as well and that was T.O.P. of Big Bang who came in at #35.

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Dong Bang Shin Ki gets 3rd golden album from Japan Record Association, “More curiosity about group’s Japanese promotions in the future”


Japan Record Association recently announced, “Million single, album selling and acknowledge”. Dong Bang Shin Ki has been acknowledged for a golden disk by selling more than 100K copies of their albums ‘Five In Black’ in March, ‘Stand By You’ in July and ‘3rd LIVE TOUR 2008 -T-’ in August.

With that, more attention are raised as in what will the next step be for Dong Bang Shin Ki 3 members Micky YooChun, Xiah JunSu and Hero JaeJoong’s contract discord with SM Entertainment.
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[NEWS] TVXQ Won't Releasing Statement Anymore



TVXQ's three members, YoungWoong Jaejoong, Xiah Junsu, and Micky Yoochun, who have filed for an Exclusive Contract Validity Suspension and Provisional Disposition Request against SM Entertainment, have decided not to release any more official statements.


SM has hired a lawyer to tackle the three members' lawsuit and the first hearing date has been set for the 21st. On the 5th, Sejong, who is representing the three members, told people who have been asking about the three members' feelings about the situation and the two other members' relationship to this trial that, "Since the hearing date has been confirmed, we believe that the right way to handle this situation is to deal with issues only in court."


On a side note, TVXQ will be attending to their regular schedule regardless of the trial. They will be performing at the '2009 Jingoo Fireworks Contest' held on the 6th in Tokyo and will be participating in the 'SM Twon Live 09' concert held on the 16th in the Seoul Jamsil Olympic Stadium. They also plan to attend the A-nation 09 performances in Tokyo on the 22~23rd and Osaka on the 29~30th.



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[NEWS] TVXQ’s Member Hero Jaejoong Voice Appearance in Quiz to Change The World




The member from group TVXQ, Hero Jaejoong who is recently having an controversy for suing his agency SM Entertainment will appear only in voice in program “Quiz to Change The World”.

In the recording of MBC “Quiz to Change The World” which will broadcast on August 8th, at the solo scene where Lee Min Woo took “sudden performance” corner, without noticement he’s transferred in a phone call where Jaejoong made his surprise appearance being someone Min Woo found across the line.

Min Woo who happened to call Jaejoong who was currently in Japan was surprised, yet they had a good time through the phonecall. In meantime, this telerecording was made before the lawsuit against SM submitted.

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[NEWS] Law Suit is Only a Law Suit. Five Members Continue to Move Together


After participating in A-Nation on the 1st, it was revealed that the 5 members of DBSK remained at their house together during their stay in Korea. A staff of DBSK revealed on the 5th that the members stayed at their Chungdam Dong house together.

The three members who filed for a provisional disposition on their contract met with their lawyer and revealed their positions on the 3rd. In this situation, it may seem likely that their relationship with the two members may become unconformable but they remained at their house, showing the team’s unity.For a while, their previously scheduled events will remain the same. The DBSK members will take part in the ‘2009 Fireworks Festival’ and left together to Japan on the 5th. The staff revealed, “as far as I know, the members left on the 5th on the first flight to Japan. They will also take part in ‘SM Town live 09′ as planned.”

Meanwhile, the members who are filing for the lawsuit, Youngwoong Jaejoong and Micky Yoochun is planning to participate in M-Flo’s album, as well as releasing a single, attracting attention of fans. According to DBSK’s official Japan website, the two members will take part in M-Flo’s album, celebrating their 10th anniversary, by singing “Been so long” on the album.

Also, the duet song ‘Colors Melody and Harmony’ which was performed last month on the 4th and the 5th for the Tokyo Dome performance, will be released as a single on September 30th. In addition, they are planning to perform a duet song at “Boy pop factory 09″ on the 20th.

The opposition of DBSK disbandment is getting stronger. On July 31st, ‘DBSK Disbandment Opposition’ petition began on Daum Agora and have gotten 23066 signatures so far.

It is widely know that DBSK’s official fan club Cassiopeia has over 800,000 members. These fans are considering plans to hold a candelight protest in front of SM in opposition to DBSK disbandment. In response to this, SM stated that there has not been any particular actions by the fans yet.


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Dong Bang Shin Ki Micky and Hero to participate in m-flo album




Dong Bang Shin Ki members Micky YooChun and Hero JaeJoong will be participating in Japanese famous hiphop duo m-flo’s 10th anniversary album.

Currently the 2 together with member Xiah JunSu are entangled in a discord and lawsuit with their management SM Entertainment. And with this album participation, it cast different interests on this case.
Dong Bang Shin Ki revealed through their Japanese official site on 4th August, “There will be many artistes participating in m-flo’s 10th year anniversary album. And of them are Dong Bang Shin Ki Micky YooChun and Hero JaeJoong.”

It has been known that the 2 will be participating in the song ‘Been So long’ according to the homepage. The album is set to be released on 16th September.

Meanwhile, here’s another news translation about the case between DBSK and SM Entertainment thanks to Felix for the headsup

[TRANS] 090802 TVXQ’s Japanese Contract Speculation
It has been confirmed
that three members of TVXQ, YoungWoong Jaejoong, Micky Yoochun and Xiah Junsu,
have filed for a Exclusive Contract Validity Suspension and Provisional
Disposition Request against SM Entertainment and have also filed for a
Preservation of Evidence Request.

The Preservation of Evidence Request refers
to, “Any account books, contracts, receipts, transfer slips or any other
documents that will aid in calculating the exact income and expenditure of the
requester,” and this was done to calculate the exact amount of money TVXQ
earns.

There is more controversey to come as a statement was released that
the members of TVXQ, till now, have never received information about the
contents of their Japanese contract.

In 2005, TVXQ signed a contract with
Avex Entertainment, one of the largest agencies in Japan, through SM
Entertainment and have been working with both entertainment agencies ever
since.

However, till now, the members of TVXQ have no idea what kind of
contract the two agencies formed, and how their income is being divided in
Japan.

A representative of the law firm that is helping the three members had
a phone conversation with this reporter and stated, “Ever since TVXQ started
their activities in Japan, they have never been given any information about how
their income is divided or what their contract consists of.”

He also said,
“We have tried numerous times to tell the agencies that what they are doing is
unlawful and tried to convince them to show TVXQ the contract, but both agencies
have been ignoring us,” and “The members have been diligently working for this
company without even knowing exactly what kind of contract they are
under.”


The Sejong law firm lawyer who is in charge of this lawsuit informed
reporters in an interview of the problems regarding unfair division of income
and complete honesty with the members and also stated that “We have not
discarded the notion of filing for compensation later on.”


Avex
Entertainment, who is in charge of all of TVXQ’s Japanese activities, wrote on
their ofiicial website on August 1st and stated that TVXQ will continue on with
their activities regardless of the current lawsuit.


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[NEWS] Is TVXQ Headed for Breakup?


Three members of Korea’s hottest pop group TVXQ – Micky Yu-chun, Xiah Jun-su, and Hero Jae-joong – filed a legal action against its agency, SM Entertainment. The law firm representing the three members said that they signed 13-year exclusive contracts with SM Entertainment, which is essentiall! y binding lifelong contracts. They also claimed that the profit distribution enforced on them by SM Entertainment is unfair.

The press release issued by the lawyers said that the group was subject to grueling schedule since their debut in 2004, shuttling between Japan, China and Korea with very little rest. They can’t get out of this predicament, because they essentially belong to SM Entertainment for 13 years, 15 years if military services are included. The members were also given only 0.4 to 1% of total album sales. Before the contract revision in February, they were promised only 10 million won each if the previous album sold more than 500 thousand copies.

The fans of TVXQ have been in a state of panic ever since the news of a possible breakup made the headlines. Despite the provisional disposition to terminate the contracts, however, the remaining two members – U-Know Yun-ho and Max Chang-min – and the agency both said that the band would continue performing and it would not disband.

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[NEWS] DBSK's SHOCK: 'Insiders VS Fans' - Two Different Views

Youngwoong Jaejoong, Micky YooChun, and Xiah Junsu, members of popular group DBSK has filed a provisional disposition to free themselves from their contract with SM. This case has many insiders and fans curious to what will happen.
DBSK is an idol group popular not only in Korea but in all of Asia. DBSK has continued to show their outstanding relationship with SM. The three members have thanked Lee Soo Man, the president of SM, multiple times when they received awards.
There are two very different opinions looking onto this situation, ‘The DBSK affairs.’ The 2 opinions are from producers and from fans.

On July 31st, the three members filed a provisional disposition to stop the effects of their contract with SM. DBSK fans immediately responded that this was SM’s fault. These assertions became stronger when the three members revealed official reports. The 3 members used expressions such as ’13 years contract,’ ‘album sales 0.4%-1% earnings division,’ ‘SM’s tools for profit’ in order to express their wishes to get away from SM’s restraint. In response, the complaints by the fans increased. Some fans even posted the situation when HOT disbanded in 2001 to criticize SM.

However, most of the staffs in the music industry are presenting very different opinions.
A high-ranking staff in an entertainment company refuted the assertions made by the 3 members, stating that these actions were too haste and is an act of betrayal to SM.
This staff stated on the 4th, opened with his opinion about the 13 years contract. “For people who are not in the entertainment industry, they will say that a 13 years contract is a slave contract. But it is because they don’t know the realities of the entertainment business.”



He stated, “the group DBSK that made its debut in 2004 is in this position because they were extremely successful for their 5 years after debut. If they were not able to attract the attentions of the fans, they would have been thankful that SM would be in charge of them for 13 years. The 3 members of DBSK must have not been 100% sure about their future success, so they probably agreed to sign for 13 years as a way of insurance.”
He also stated, “SM stated on the 3rd that DBSK was paid 11 billion won for the last 5 years in addition to foreign cars as bonus. Following this, DBSK were not ill-treated. There is probably not one SM staff who gets paid 100 million won every year for taking part into making DBSK a great success.

On the other hand in the midst of all this, DBSK fans and the majority of the music industry agree that they are against DBSK disbandment. DBSK is a big influence to not only Korean teenagers but is an important part of the Korean Wave.

Therefore, it is important that the 3 members of DBSK and SM settle their differences. Because SM holds some rights for DBSK as a team, continuation of DBSK will be difficult unless the 3 members reconcile their differences with SM. In addition to this problem, the two other members of DBSK, have not participated in the current lawsuit, and have expressed that they would stay with SM.
This situation requires SM and DBSK’s 3 members to make wise decisions in order to have a ‘win-win’ situation,considering many aspects.

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[NEWS] The DBSK Situation, the Truth and Distortion (Interview with Acquaintance)

The future of idol group DBSK is uncertain. DBSK’s 3 members (Micky YooChun, Xiah Junsu, Youngwoong Jaejoong) and SM’s trouble is too deep. Although they state that there will be no disbandment, in reality, disbandment is more than likely. Even if they avoid the worst case scenario, disbandment, it feels like their departure of SM is set.

On the third, a acquaintance of the 3 members said, “settlement with SM has been tried multiple times. But their differences couldn’t be settled. The reason this went to court is because they couldn’t find a point to settle.” Thus, they concluded that more attempts for negotiations was useless.

The acquaintance that the reporter met is someone who has watched over DBSK very closely. He has experienced all ups and downs since debut until now. According to him, DBSK advocated for only one thing. They wanted conditions of the contract to be eased. However, it has gotten to a point where the conversations between the two parties have gone nowhere.

He stated, “they asked for the contract term and earnings distribution to be revised because everyone could tell it was irrational. They attempted to negotiate until the end but they felt that SM was avoiding them. Therefore, things got emotional for both parties and the 3 members are even more angry with SM’s response.”

“The truth about the 3 things that SM distorted.”

After the initial reports about this incident, SM sent documents on the 1st and the 3rd. On the first, they reported that this problem was due to the makeup company investment and they will work it out. After the contract conditions were reported, they responded that members were paid 11 billion Won and were given foreign cars as presents.

In response to this, he stated, “the nature of this instance is the unfair contract, not the make up company. However, SM has not mentioned the contract conditions and have continued to use make up company issues to play with the media.”

Additionally, he discussed about the 11 billion Won. He said, “let’s say SM is right and that they were paid 11 billion won for the 6 years of work. This is the pre-tax profit. After taxes were paid, and this amount is divided by 6 years, and 5 members, this is less than 200 million won per member. For the first half of this year, the profits from album sales in Japan is 2.5 billion Yen (33 billion won). However, DBSK doesn’t even receive 200 million won per year.”

The total number of albums released in and outside of Korea is 48. Out of these, including singles and full albums, 1.96 million copies were sold in Korea. In Japan for 4 full albums and 27 singles, 8 of those sold over 100,000 copies, and one sold over 250,000 copies. Including south-east Asia, at least 4 million albums were sold.

He also criticized abnormal methods of calculating methods. According to him, “SM requested money for back dancers and food. Basically, almost all of the expenses were paid for by DBSK.” He added, “besides this, SM created a local subsidiary and divided the earnings of DBSK into pieces. For example, SM Japan and Avex divided earnings, and this was also divided with Korean SM. With complex divisions, the money for the members were reduced.

Also, he stated that the foreign cars were given to them under the company’s name. “They received cars from SM after an award ceremony. However, the cars were registered in SM’s name and is not owned by DBSK.”

“The three members are as tired as they can get.”

According to this acquaintance, the three members of DBSK are tired of SM’s play with the press. They have no intention to solve this with mere words, and are extremely upset that SM is exaggerating only one side of the story, distorting the truth. He said, “they expected SM to twist words with the press but didn’t realize it would be to this extent. If SM continues this method, I think it would be nearly impossible to work together with SM again. I suspect that they will part with SM and try to find a different solution to settle this.

Their departure from SM does not bean the disbandment of DBSK. He asserts that there is no problems in relationships between all the members. They are still like family and agree that in any situations, they must work together. He said, “Truthfully, all five had the same intentions. But in the process of negotiations, there was differences between the members. That is why only 3 members decided to fight with their company. They all agree that the contract conditions are irrational, it is just that their way of handling it is different.”

“DBSK will continue even after departure with SM”

Micky YooChun, Xiah Junsu, Youngwoong Jaejoong’s will is stronger than ever. The acquittance reported that, “the 3 members are showing stronger wills than before debut. The three members are determined to stick together no matter what hardships come their way.”

They are also determined to get back together as 5 members under the name DBSK. He revealed, “even if the 3 members leave SM through lawsuit, this only means departure from SM. This does NOT mean the disbandment of DBSK. It may be after the 2 remaining members leave, or if they perform from 2 different companies; the 5 want to continue with DBSK.”

Well then, if 3 members leave SM, would they still be able to use the name ‘DBSK.’ Upon researching in the Industrial Property Office, the group name ‘DBSK’ is not registered. SM registered for DBSK trademark in 2004 but was denied. In other words, SM does NOT have the right to the name ‘DBSK.’

According to a ‘Mansung’ Patent Law Firm Office, the patent attorney Hwang Sung Pil said, “Dong Bang means East and one cannot assert exclusive right to use it. Most likely, this was probably the reason why the application was denied 2004. SM cannot assert any trademark rights to the name. If the 5 members are together even away from SM, they will have no problems using the name.”

More than anything, DBSK feels extremely sorry to their fans. This is why they want to go through with performances that were already scheduled. The acquaintance reported, “if they lose the lawsuit, they may have to pay an extreme amount of money for penalty. More than that, they are going through hard times thinking that they will have to be away from their fans while the lawsuit is in process.”



Source: Sports Seoul
Translations: j.adore @ soompi

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[NEWS] SM Ent’s New Official Statement


TVXQ’s agency SM Entertainment has put forth another official statement to refute the one given by YoungWoong Jaejoong, Micky Yoochun and Xiah Junsu’s side today.

SM sent their statement to various reporters at 8 o’clock on August 3rd and the content was full of points that refuted what Sejong had stated.

SM began off by responding to Sejong’s statement that there was a clause in the contract that stated that unless TVXQ sold 500K copies, they would not receive a single Won from the album sales. SME stated, “TVXQ has received, from when they debuted till now, a total of 11 billion Won (9.2 billion won given during the time + 1.77 billion won given beforehand) , luxury foreign cars (bonuses with no relevance to the contract). In contrast, SM Entertainment was in a deficit for four years after TVXQ’s debut. The opposition (Sejong) has disregarded the fact that income divisions from CFs, events, and other income sources differs depending on the overall economic situation. They are only focusing on one bad side of this contract instead of looking at it as a whole.

On Sejong’s statements about the 13-year ‘lifetime contracts,’ SM stated that, “The Fair Trade Committee’s seven year contract urge does not apply to singers. Also, it states that for singers who are working overseas, there is no limit to how long the contract can be.”

SM stated that, “We have been through five changes already in the contract with the members of TVXQ. And of those two, the clause regarding compensation if TVXQ were to cancel the contract was revised by the Fair Trade Committee,” and “The other three times concerned the divisions of income and the first revision was January 2004 when they debuted. The next two times were in February of 2007 and 2009.”

Also, in regard to Sejong’s statement that, “We (Sejong) have tried numerous times to talk with SME about a compromise,” SME stated, “They have only started asking for a suspension of their exclusive contract after the three members sent us a certification of contents through the firm Sejong in June 2009.”

In reference to the members’ statements that they were only sleeping 3~4 hours per day which resulted in bad health, SM said, “We have always compromised schedules for their health.” And in regards to the cosmetic company, which Sejong stated was not the main cause of this lawsuit, SM stated, “This (the cosmetic company) is the real reason why they filed this lawsuit. This statement can be solidified by the fact that only the three members who have ties to the cosmetic company are filing the lawsuit.”

Regarding TVXQ’s future, SM said, “We would like to solve this problem quickly with the three members who filed this lawsuit.”

Note: 11 billion won = approx US$9 million
Source: [joy news + DNBN]
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[INFO] Online Celebrity News Outlets Cite Fake Twitter



The articles basically describe twitter and the current legal stuff with TVXQ and SM but they honestly think that this is actually Jaejoong from TVXQ. It's not, but I guess we can be happy that they're getting some exposure, despite the fact that it's using non-credible sources.

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[NEWS] Korean Boy Band TVXQ Speak Out About Split Rumours


SEOUL : One of Korea’s most popular boy bands TVXQ (otherwise known as Dong Bang Shin Gi) are causing all their fans around Asia to panic as speculation of a possible disbandment runs rye.

Korean media reported that three of the group’s five members, had filed for termination of their contracts with the group’s managing company, SM Entertainment, in a Seoul court on Friday. They were reportedly unhappy with the unreasonable working hours and unfair contract.

Xiah, Hero and Micky’s representative revealed through news media on Monday that since joining the band in 2003, the stars have been working non stop, travelling in and out of Korea for promotional events and surviving on just three to four hours of sleep each day. As a result, they have become mentally fatigued and their health, greatly affected.

Their rep added that the trio feel that for the past five years, they were just money making tools for SM and have not been able to fulfil their ambitions and visions for the band.

Other bones of contention include their record royalties and contracts which members deemed unfair and tied them to SM for too long. Though they signed 13-year contracts, this excluded the time spent in military service, and would eventually exceed 15 years. The members had repeatedly requested for revisions to the contracts but to no avail.

Xiah, Hero and Micky have maintained that they are taking legal action in a bid to free themselves from contract restraints, and have no intentions to disband the group.

Meanwhile, the pop quintet which include members U Know and Max, are expected to appear as scheduled together at all their other working engagements.

“As a representative group to the country and to Asia, our stand is that activities for Dong Bang Shin Gi have to continue even with this disposition application. And about the problems arising from the discussion to do a cosmetic enterprise, we plan to talk over them and sort out the problems as soon as possible,” read SM Entertainment’s statement.

“On SM’s side, we still have much love for Dong Bang Shin Gi. We do not want them to disband,” said an SM Entertainment representative, “Let’s resolve this peacefully seeing the long time we have worked together since their debut till now.”

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