[NEWS] Entertainment Industry Representatives’ Views On The SM-TVXQ Dispute

 

 

[NEWS] TVXQ Three Members’ Side “We Are Still Considering Discussions With SM”

[NEWS] TVXQ Three Members’ Side “Willing To Talk With SM If SM Respects Courts’ Decision-Solve Income Division”

[NEWS] DBSK’s Mirotic Concert in Shenzhen Cancelled

Announcement

To all fans,

Since 3 members from artist group TVXQ included (Park Yu chun, Kim Jae Joong, and Kim Jun Soo) have refused to attend the The 3rd Asia Tour ~Mirotic~ Concert in Shenzhen which will be held in Shenzhen Stadium at 21/11/2009, therefore Dreammaker Entercom Co, LTD cannot continue execute the performer contract with us. And now we are official declare that The 3rd Asia Tour ~Mirotic~ Concert in Shenzhen have been canceled.

[NEWS] Deadline of 12th November up! But no response from DBSK 3 Members

Dong Bang Shin Ki trio Hero JaeJoong, Micky YooChun and Xiah JunSu did not respond to the deadline which SM Entertainment gave them on 2nd November.

SM Entertainment revealed on 12th November, “Until 6pm, they did not give us an answer.”

And about what will happen after this since the 3 have not given an answer, the SM representative said that they are not in the position to say anything yet. But they will be coming up with an official stand again.

[NEWS] JaeJoong, “Yunho and Changmin Had Been Cheering For Me passionately”

On the 9th 16:30, in Seoul, Hero Jaejoong had made his first appearance after the dispute with SM Entertainment during the movie premiere “Heaven’s Postman” organised by WANSIM CGV . When asked regarding his acting skills, he stated that he had received a lot of help from his Dong Bang Shin Ki members.

Hero Jaejoong said “All my members had told me a lot of encouraging words because while I was filming this, we also had promotional activities for our 4th album.” He also added, “Yunho and Changmin had been cheering for me passionately. The two men had been very concerned about my acting skills. They would ask me ‘How was the atmosphere during acting?’, they were also worried because I did not received any special guidance on acting. ”

[NEWS] SM-TVXQ Current Exclusive Contract Released

We will reveal the exclusive contract SM Entertainment holds with its celebrities. Although this contract is the one between TVXQ and SM, it can be inferred that it is almost a basis contract for all the others. Also, as SM stated that the income division for TVXQ was the best they offered, one can surmise that the content of the contracts of other groups such as Girls’ Generation, Super Junior etc. will be worse.

In the contract, it states that TVXQ must pay for all of the expenses required for their activities and this implies the wages for their managers and road managers. “TVXQ must pay for their travel fees and rent fees, as well as their meals, make up and coordinators’ wages, dance crew and any other stage crew costs. They must also pay for the wages of their managers’ monthly wages (The wages of the manager is 800,000 per month and the wages of road managers is 600,000 per month, and this increases by 10% every year.)”

[PICS] Heaven’s Postman Press Conference

[NEWS] “Heaven’s Postman” Tops Advance Sells Rating in Korea’s New Movie Release

The tele cinema “Heaven’s Postman” recorded the first place
for advance sells rating in Korea’s new movie release.

Heaven’s Postman received interest by the Hero from TVXQ
and Han Hyo-joo from the hit drama Brilliant Legacy acting together.

[NEWS] The Meaning Of The TVXQ Trial And The Solution Of The Problem It Presents

On the 27th, the Seoul District Courts laid down a wise decision that will leave an impact in the nation’s entertainment business. They partially accepted the exclusive contract suspension request submitted by three members of TVXQ, YoungWoong Jaejoong, Micky Yoochun and Xiah Junsu, against their agency SM Entertainment. This means that the Courts have accepted that the 13 year exclusive contract forged between SM and TVXQ is in fact a slave contract and an unlawful one as well.

In the Courts’ ruling, they stated, ‘Until the lawsuit verdicts are made, SM is not allowed to make new contracts for activities related to the three members without their permission, and SM must not interfere with the three members’ independent activities.’ There are two voices raised on this decision: one that applauds the Courts for its actions against exclusive contracts that have been ravaging entertainment agencies in Korea, and one that worries that the Courts have not taken the specialty and reality of the Korean entertainment business into consideration.

[NEWS] TaeGoon and JaeJoong’s 1 Night, 2 Day Vacation Together

The two stars spent 2 days from November 7 to November 8 together in Busan, both having a break for the first time in some time. Residents of Busan said they’d seen the two together at the local sea food market in Busan, and eating and resting together.

Both Taegoon and Jaejoong were born in January 1986 and grew up in the same hometown. Until now they have maintained a fantastic friendship.

Jaejoong had previously appeared in Taegoon’s debut MV Call Me earlier this year after Jaejoong’s long attempts to convince SM to let him appear in the video.

[NEWS] CreBeau Calls SM Ent. Out On “Groundless Claims”

Remember when SME claimed that JaeChunSu went to China saying they were just going for vacation but instead went to a Crebeau concert? And remember that Crebeau countered saying that SME approved the meeting and that their manager actually accompanied them?

Well now they have PROOF. Pictures of the manager.

Hot off the press from allkpop:

At the start of November, CreBeau, the company behind TVXQ members Jaejoong, Junsu and Yoochun’s cosmetics line, spoke up against SM Entertainment. At that time, Kang Suk Won, the president of CreBeau’s Korean branch WishopPlus Inc, threatened, “I will not hesitate to reveal the details of SME’s absurd act to the public and to the court.”

It looks like Kang just might follow through with this loaded threat – a follow-up interview that was released earlier this week has got fans abuzz once again. The president claimed that SM Entertainment attempted to cover this whole controversy and paint it as some sort of “national fraud.” “SME should stop the media plays and provide concrete evidence behind the harsh yet vague accusations they have been making.”

[NEWS] Unfair Contract Dispute, SM has Changed its Stand?

SM Entertainment CEO’s Kim Young Min, who is involved in the ‘unfair contract’ dispute with his artistes, has recently announced a new contract policy, and that it will be put into action once it gets approved by the related authorities.

SM Entertainment Representative, Kim Young Min, who attended the press conference which was held on the 2nd of November 2009 at 63 Tower, has expressed, “We would collect all comments from music and entertainment industries, related government departments, cultural and tourism board, fair trade departments, educational circles and legislative bodies, based on the law to adjudicate a new contract policy. After the approval from the respective authorities, we would then put it into action. Then follow it (new contract policy) enthusiastically.”

[NEWS] Yunho’s Rediscovery Through ‘HTTG’ – ‘His Passion For Challenges Shone Through’

Nowadays, the critiquing of dramas takes its basis from ratings.
When the rating are high, a drama is seen as successful and good, while low ratings make a drama, as well as the actors, a failure. This is why the deciding factor of most of the media’s critiques of a successful actor and a failed actor depend on whether that actor was in a drama with high or low ratings.

 

U-Know Yunho of MBC’s ‘Heading to the Ground’, which ended on the 4th on a gloomy note with 16 episodes, received such appraisal as well. But U-Know Yunho was different. U-Know Yunho, who temporarily left his title as leader of idol group TVXQ that swept all of Asia of its feet to try his hand at acting, grew as an excellent actor despite the fact that his drama received low ratings. Instead of drawing the limit from failure, he worked harder to improve his acting skills.

[NEWS] Hero Jaejoong, Official Outing On The 9th ‘Will He Reveal His Thoughts?’

YoungWoong Jaejoong plays a postman with a secret in the movie <Postman of Heaven>

TVXQ’s YoungWoong Jaejoong, who is caught in a legal dispute with agency SM Entertainment over the group’s exclusive contract, is holding the spotlight as it has been found that he will be attending the preview of <Postman of Heaven> on the 9th.

As the second film of ‘Telecinema’, <Postman of Heaven> has confirmed its press conference as the 9th and it was revealed on the 5th that lead role YoungWoong Jaejoong would be attending the event.

[VIDEO] Heaven’s Postman Teaser (3 Mins)

[NEWS] Idol Groups May Cause Downfall of ‘Hallyu’

It may not be an exaggeration to say that today’s Korean pop charts are literally “occupied” by boy bands and girl groups such as the Wonder Girls and TVXQ, whose members are in their late teens and early 20s and dance to computerized hip-hop music.

This trend is making it harder than ever to watch sophisticated performances by middle-aged artists on the small screen particularly during primetime hours.

Lim Jin-mo, one of the country’s most influential music critics, said the unbalanced exposure of singers to the media will undermine K-pop’s international competitiveness and eventually devastate the country’s breeding ground for young musical prodigies.

[NEWS] Romantic Guy ‘Hero Jaejoong’ Shows Off His Charm Through Film

Global project ‘Telecinema 7’ was brought together by Japan’s best writer and Korea’s famous drama role caster along with Korea’s top stars to create seven movies in total. <Heaven’s Postman>, which was TVXQ’s YoungWoong Jaejoong’s first attempt at acting, is garnering much attention before it’s screening date on the 12th of November; many are curious to see if he is as good on screen as he is on stage.

Romantic Fantasy <Heaven’s Postman>

[NEWS] Law Suit May Lead to TVXQ Split

The possibility of Korea’s top idol group TVXQ disbanding is increasing, after their agency sent an apparent ultimatum to three of the five-member boy band to return to the agency.

Speaking at a press conference on Monday, SM Entertainment chief Kim Young-min accused the three members — Xiah, Hero, and Micky — of having sued against the company out of greed to make more money.

[NEWS] CreBeau Speaks Out on TVXQ Issue

It seems we finally have word from the company that seems to be tangled in this mess.

When the TVXQ / DBSK / Tohoshinki controversy first began, the three members and their lawyers clearly stated that the three members’ investments in the CreBeau cosmetics line did not have any relevance to the court case. The core of the controversy was the legal issues of the slave contract. In SM Entertainment’s opening statement, they stated that the lawsuit was because of the cosmetics issue.