Park Chang Jong laywer former member of the National Assembly, who previously dealt with big cases such as ‘Minerva’ and Park Yeon Cha case revealed his stance on the controversial DBSK Case.
He is the representative of ‘Honest People’ and in a report stated that, “it is clear the contract DBSK signed with SM is a slave contract. He asserted in the case with SM Entertainment’s battle, DBSK’s company’s acts, according to the criminal law, can be considered as fraud against minors. He criticized the 13 year contract and especially stressed that it is a fraud against minors.
According to criminal law article 384, clause 1, "this type of fraud states that taking advantage of the lack of judgment minors or disabled people can have and thus, profits from is punishable for up to 10 years of penal servitude or for up to 20 million wons of penalty.
Following, SM signed a contract with DBSK who were minors, and thus were not in conditions to make informed judgments, and made immense profit.
He added that this case must be taken as a lesson in order to eradicate the slave contracts employed by many entertainment companies. He especially pointed out the injustice parts in DBSK’s contract.
He stated:
-By setting the contract condition for 13 years, when the 5 members of DBSK were minors, SM took into consideration of their life as entertainers, and in result, tied them down for life
-Upon cancellation of contract, required for penalty 2 times the amount of future earnings
-Upon signing of the contract, did not confirm the original contract with the party
-Concerning their earnings, required the album sales to exceed 500,000 copies for the parties to receive 10 million wons the next year
Further, he stated, "the criminal acts by SM can be accused not only by DBSK members but a third party and this must be an opportunity to learn lessons eradicate the slave contracts."
Original Article can be found Here
Article Credits: Lee Jae Jun (CBS Politics)
Translation Credits: j.adore @ soompi
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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 $9 million
Source: [joy news + DNBN]
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My own opinion: If they really want to solve this problem soon and not create anymore damage coughSTOCKSFAILINGcough they should just REVISE the contract. That's what the three wants anyway. Is that hard to understand? If SM is really thinking, they better finish this soon as they can before more drastic things happen.
Recently, the famous site, micropoll, hosted a public opinion poll, about SM Entertainment artists' fans and where they are from, other than Japan, Taiwan, China and Korea. 3081 TVXQ fans left a message after taking this poll, and it is said that TVXQ has an ultra-high popularity worldwide.
The following are the findings from this poll.
TVXQ fans from:
67% of the people who participated in the poll are from Thailand
U.S.A.- 5%
Malaysia- 4%
Phillippines- 2%
Canada, Australia, Birtain, Spain, and Singapore- 1%
Other countires- 16%
The following eight were hand-picked messages and selected from oversea countires:
1. I was born in Vietnam and went to see one of your concerts. I hope oppa can come to Vietnam as soon as possible. I love you!
2. I am a Vietnamese fan. I like the five of you, and I hope that UFO Town will soon have UFOs that can be sent in English!
3. I was born in Poland and I have been to one of your concerts. I have a desire to talk to you five, even through e-mail. You are my spiritual support, and I know that many of your fans have the same desire. I hope we can meet in the future!
4. I am from the Czeh Republic. Please come to Europe and have a concert there. Czeh Republic is lovated in the center of Europe. Oppa please come! Oppa deul are the best! Bye!
5. I am French. I love TVXQ alot!
6. I'm from Albania. TVXQ, I love you!
7. I am from Indonesia. Please come here soon oppa deul!
8. I'm from Italy. I will support you, TVXQ, and so will the other Italian fans!
Source: micropoll
Translated by: ♡♥{東方神起}♥♡ @ onetvxq.com
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I think the way the called Micropoll a "famous site" is a little bit misleading; Micropoll was merely the host of the poll. The poll was probably conducted at a fansite.
The following is phone interview with legal representation of the three members of TVXQ, Im Sang-hyuk from SEJONG law firm:
- What is the core of conflict?
“The irrational exclusive contract. If we review the contract standard from Fair Trade Comission (FTC), the longest duration of a contract is not to exceed 7 years. Of course, if the singer themselves who choose to develop the contract, it might be an exception, but some of given terms in TVXQ’s FTC case, the proposed standards are so unfair in many ways. It is the best way to realize these points quickly than later”
- Also the cosmetics enterprise which three member and their parents running became known as one axis of the conflict.
“The cosmetics company could be one of the reasons for the discord but not what ultimately convinced the three members to go to court. We have examined the official statement from SM this morning and noticed that SM had painted the cosmetics company as the cause in a negative light on the surface of their statement. If they think that the additional business of the members is the legal case, then it’s a mistake.”
- There’s a conclusion appearing about the crisis that the activities of 3 members who file the lawsuit will be stopped?
(I cant understand this one in details, but basically he said that the members would continue if their disposition is approved, and he hoped it would be soon. The court’s desicion is now in the middle of the most important and difficult variables and he had goal to finish the case within 6 months.)
- The possibility of winning?
“To see it on the bright side… SM Entertainment has in the past been ordered by the Korea FTC several times to reform contracts for violating the standard contract limits. TVXQ are now appealing for the parts that are different from the FTC terms.
- Before taking the legal action, it’s said that the members did not try to make consultation with the agency before.
“We have tried to solve the problem through dialogue. Members had even met directly with the agency. While I was also trying to resolve the problem through multiple channels. However, the agency ignored members opinions, therefore a legal appeal finally made. The members are very sorry to the fans as well.
- What is the conflict regarding to cosmetic issue?
“Should an agency has a fight with artists who are having family’s personal investment? Other celebrities are common to have additional business. Moreover, the three members had already made consultation process with agency representative, Kim Young-Min before they started the cosmetic business, but we feel betrayed then as the company told another story later on.
- TVXQ has already taken the step, but eventually dismantled
“We have already tried many ways, but all the efforts finally bring us here. We’re not too hasty to be in this position. We create legal procedure first before we present every single new plan. The 5 people based their activities together in SM Entertainment, therefore it will not be easy to be in our situation now. “
- Is there a plan for press conference?
It’s necessary but as for now, we don’t have any plan yet. The members are really sorry now to the fans. Actually we want to proceed this case undisturbed.
In addition, according to him as well, from Star News that the members have never been informed with the accurate details of their income from the agency. Therefore in general, the members asked a claim to clean up the damage regarding this matter. As for now, the law firm can not confirm clearly the details of income submitted in the same application.
They say, "All they are doing is fixing the unlawful clauses, they are not disbanding."
Is TVXQ Infinite Challenge? "TVXQ and their fans will be together forever."
Popular group TVXQ's members Micky Yoochun, YoungWoong Jaejoong, and Xiah Junsu filed a Exclusive Contract Validity Suspension and Provisional Disposition Request Form against their agency on the 31st.
Because of this, doubts of the group staying together after the trial were raised, but the fans, including fan club Cassiopeia, fought back and stated that these doubts were only "rumors with no credible sources."
The fans stated that, "Just because they filed this lawsuit, doesn't mean they are disbanding. And it was also wrong to state that the dispute with the company was because of conflicts between the members and the cosmetic company."
Also, they said, "They did not file this lawsuit because they wanted to disband, they filed it because they wanted to fix the unlawful clauses in their exclusive contract. The only reason they are capable of using such a strong method is because they are TVXQ."
The fans finished by stating that, different from HOT and SES, TVXQ would not disband easily.
SM Entertainment's Lee Soo Man returned to Korea from the States as soon as he heard of the 'TVXQ lawsuit' and it was found that TVXQ (U-Know Yunho, Choikang Changmin. YoungWoong Jaejoong, Micky Yoochun, Xiah Junsu) will follow their original schedule and partake in the the 'a-nation' performance on the 1st and the 'SM Town Live 09' on the 16th.
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.
Sources: Chosun Online & The Star
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[DVD] All about Dong Bang Shin Ki – vol.3 (6disc) [with 60p PhotoBook(first limited)] +Poster
Category : DVD
Genre : Others Korean Music
Production : SM Entertainment & SBSi
Release : 2009-08-14
Detail Features
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Audio : DOLBY DIGITAL STEREO
Region Code : Region 3
Runtime : 839 Min.
Dubbing : Korean
Subtitle : Korean, English
Grade : Over 12 years old
More Features :
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The Gods” who Brings Up The Hottest Summer
The 4th Session in A-Nation
TOHOSHINKI
The name who has awaken the entire pop world. Tohoshinki, their popularity and talent are growing rapidly. After making debut in 2005, they’re experiencing a steady high-speed growth until now. In August a-nation 09 held in Nagai stadium (29th, 30th), as reported by Korea Daily News, they would make the 4th times appearance. In addition of the first concert at Tokyo Dome which turned to be successful, Tohoshinki, for has been noticed, is running their very own “best summer”.
A Crushing Force
Tohoshinki is having their sweeping attack. Yunho, the leader, “We just happened to finally realize that our popularity is growing high recently. It’s an unbelievable feeling. Thank you very much for that.” he said in wide smile. Hero Jejung who is responsible as the main vocal of the group explained what it means by just realizing their popularity. “More people now could suddenly aware of our appearance” he said. “Before, when I had no make up on, I could walk around without everyone notice, but now, even when I’m wearing a hat to undercover, people just suddenly knows. For example, when I’m in convinience store, I could hear people starts to questioning who is me, like ‘Don’t you think he’s just like TVXQ member?’ and another one will say ‘No, he couldn’t be!’” Jejung laughed. “But I better pretend not to hear anything.”
The desire for the 5th stage
Does not lose the original intention even when popularity and capability are zooming
The most eye-catching thing among the members is the increasing number of male fans. “We heard for this year, the number of male fans who get interest to us is increasing plentifully. They said we had good songs. I must say, as an artist, this is overjoyed me much.” Yunho said. However, as an idol group, there’s one possible thing that can’t be avoidable. Following an increasing popularity, is a rapid decreasing of privacy. “We can’t have a truly rest day. There’s no day where you can actually relax all day.” (Hero Jejung), good thing that all members are still in their beginning 20 years old. It’s an agony for popular stars, however, “The hard moments when we have to work all day, abandoning our resting time, yet when we come up the stage in many regions to see a lot of people coming to our concert… the hard times are swept away.” (Park Yuchon) said to keep on faithful day by day. Since 2004 in Japan, five of them are still living together in a mansion in Tokyo downtown. “We talk about a lot of things. We talk about music, about game, about anything people in their 20 years talking. There’s always Junsu who keeps telling jokes. No matter what, we always want to be like this, the five of us. Things we’re impossible to do alone, becomes possible when we all five people do together.” Yunho said proudly about the good teamwork in them.
Hero Jejung on behalf of other 5 members talked about the 5th a-nation, “It’s a great show with a lot of artists performing, there are many people who are not our fans as well. How we can live up the stage with our power, that’s the burden of this big stage.” Yunho added, “Also there are many collaboration stages we can’t do with a lot of artists before, that can be done on this stage. I’m so looking forward to it.” he showed his desire.
Awaken (We’re aiming for a new Tohoshinki’s goal)
Changmin revealed, “Until now, I still have the rookie feeling whenever we perform that never changes.” he told in calm expression of him.
“Of course we’re looking forward to get awards like anyone else. However, to get that, it’s not likely that we will do something we won’t do. We will just work our best, and see how’s the result later. Being number one is not always the most important thing.” Yunho said emphatically.
Ever since January 2008 release “Purple Line” until April this year relese “Share The World”, they already have six continuous Oricon Weekly Chart 1st singles (except planning work). They have become the first foreign artist that record such success. It’s in the end, a result of them not losing their original intention everytime they create a new record album.
source: Nikkan Sports
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It’s summer time now. It’s very hot and it also rains a lot lately. I’m worried about Thai fans.
I’ve heard you prepare something to surprise Yunho in last concert in thailand. Of course Yunho knew what Thai fans did for him. We would like to thank to Thai fans for all the happiness you gave us.
Yesterday there was a news that Yunho decided to accept the lead role for MBC drama. He has made a quick decision so I’m a bit worrid about his health because he must fly back and forth from Japan to Korea according to A-nation and drama-shooting schedule.
I believe Yunho must make it throught and I believe he do it well. I’d like you ask for your support yo Yunho as always.
Finally please take care and let’s fight together
Thanks to: Yoonho’s dad
Thai trans: Yoonpa unni
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Thanks Nuplu3um for directly giving this info to us ,thanks for thinking of SYC as the 1st place wherever u saw the news
Yoochun's white bag
and here’s the concert’s seat plan: as we have already shared, Cassiopeia booked zone is at Yellow Area (but for personal buying, you can choose anywhere you want). Seems that the advanced sale ticket group’s price (please refer again to our previous news) is wayyyyyy lower than if you do individual buy. In advanced sales ticket, for Orange area (SNSD, SHINee, Jang Ri-in fans), for instance .. the listed price is 11,000 won. While if you go buying by yourself… 33,000 won ^^;;;;;; Not mention the VIP zone (green area), which is costed 70,000 won. The girls had a nice fight buying their seats at G-market yesterday~ yet I’m not sure whether all the tickets have been sold out or not. well, then, all I can say… enjoy ur concert for anyone who’s coming and have fun! 
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First heard on 4th of July during their Tokyo Dome Tour, it’s now going to made into a new single.
It was already decided that Hello Kitty 35th Anniversary song, Colors will be the theme song.
Release Date: 09/09/30
Item Number: RZCD – 46372/B
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By the way, the release date for Tokyo Dome DVD is on the same date ^_^
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Two years ago, this reporter had a short meeting with the father of TVXQ member, Kim Junsu. This year, on 14 July, at the Beijing press conference of the product that Kim Junsu, Kim Jaejoong and Park Yoochun invested in, this reporter greeted Mr Kim (T/N: Junsu’s father), and although he was really busy on that day, he took my hand and said, “I still remember you. For the 3 children’s event today, I’ll be counting on your support.” In the past 2 years, there have been very few one-to-one interviews with TVXQ within China; as their popularity keeps growing, the company’s requirements also become more strict, and unpleasant news and rumours also become something that they have to bear with as their popularity ascends. Even their parents have to be prepared in case they are faced with unpleasant situations. The 3 members were unable to attend the press conference held on the 14th. On that day, Kim Junsu’s father was continuously busy with matters pertaining to the conference, but whenever the Chinese fans came up to him, he always patiently fulfilled their requests. Park Yoochun’s mom was sitting quietly at one corner the whole time, but under encouragement from Mr Kim, she got up and bowed to everyone, and said some thanks… Because of TVXQ, they’ve also been placed under the spotlight just like other stars, but in truth, they are just ordinary parents, who work extraordinarily hard. From their honest and kind parents, you can also see the likeness of the 5 members of TVXQ within them. ————————— ・Regarding disbanding Reporter: Previously, there were news of TVXQ disbanding floating around the Internet. This time, the 3 members did not attend the press conference, is it related to the rumours of disbanding? Mr Kim: Haha. It’s actually simply because of their schedules in Japan. They are always very busy when they are in Korea, leaving Korea and going into Japan, their schedules are just as busy, and they have a lot of work to do. As their father, my heart aches for them sometimes, but TVXQ’s families are all the same, we will always understand them by looking at it from a different point of view. It’s precisely because they are stars, that they are so busy, that they have to live under the eyes of others, that there will be all kinds of news, both good and bad… This is their job. As far as I know, they have been carrying out their schedules as per normal, up until now, I’ve not heard of any change among the TVXQ members. Where did you hear of such news? Reporter: It was from online news; said to be reported from the Korean media. Mr Kim: Korea is the same, especially for Internet news, there are accurate news and news that are inaccurate or wrong. Regarding the news of disbanding, we are unaware of it right now (T/N: he means to ask the reporter to not make hasty decisions about it) Reporter: In China, there are a lot of working fans, and as long as they can afford it, they would go to Korea for holidays, visit your pizza shop, Mrs Park’s icecream shop and the boutiques of the 3 members. Throughout the years, has there been any fan that left a deep impression on you? Do you talk to your son or the other TVXQ members about the fans? Mr Kim: I am always thankful to the Chinese fans for their love, their love and trust have also touched the members of TVXQ. As a parent of Junsu, or rather of all the children in TVXQ, I am also always touched that the children have received so much love. The fans use different methods to love my children, in the cosmetic boutiques in Korea, the Japanese and Chinese fans have had good reactions to the cosmetics. The TVXQ members know about all these too. They are very involved with their investment, I guess this is also a sense of responsibility to the fans who use the products. ・About “first feelings” Reporter: This reporter also went to the concert on 11th July, it was really exciting. I’m really curious about how you feel whenever you attend their concerts? Mr Kim: I think it’s very exciting, I always feel extremely happy when I’m at their concerts. Mr Kim: In my eyes, the 5 of them are children who still hold on to their “first feelings”. They were like that in the past, are still like that now, and will always be like that even in the future. Even though they have a lot of schedules now and they have a lot of work everyday, after meeting so many people their attitudes have become more mature, and they are more experienced. But there are still a lot of things, including the determination they had when they just started out as singers to pursue their dreams, and those have not changed even now. And it’s because they hold on to their “first feelings” that they can keep working hard and keep being passionate. ———————– Since their trainee days, the TVXQ members have already thought of Junsu’s house as their house. Mr Kim has seen the 5 children grow from fresh-faced boys to men who can shoulder and carry the weight of responsibility. Even after so many years have passed, in his eyes, they remain as children who are strong, sensitive, passionate; and who are occasionally restless and emotional. In Korea’s fast-paced entertainment industry, ability to maintain the power to have a long-lasting career cannot be based on popularity alone. “They still need more practice.” (T/N: It doesn’t say who this quote is from, probably Mr Kim) source: [大吧]
・About the fans
Reporter: I heard that Korean fans are very insistent on the words “first feelings”. TVXQ have come so far these past 5 years, from singers to stars, from artistes to business investors. As an elder, do you think that the 5 members still hold on to the first feelings they had, just like how they first entered the company because of their dreams to become singers?
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