DBSK Junsu, Jaejoong & Yoochun for a Lawsuit Against SM? Worries For Group Disbanding

One of Asia’s biggest group Dong Bang Shin Ki, has 3 of its members in a possible lawsuit against their own company SM Entertainment.

Dong Bang Shin Ki members Xiah JunSu, Micky YooChun and Hero JaeJoong had gone to Seoul Central District Court to hand in an application for provisional disposition to terminate all effects of their exclusive belonging rights contract with SM on 31st July.

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It has been known that their reasons for doing so is that the contract with SM Entertainment has many irrelevant conditions attached. It is also known that the content to the contract the 3 members cannot agree to includes having them belonging exclusively to SM Entertainment for 13 years and also unhappiness over profit allocation.

The lawyer responsible for this case said, “We are currently preparing for a lawsuit against SM for this contract. (About the reasons to why) We cannot reveal the details now.”

There has also been saying that the 3 members have differing views to SM on their upcoming ‘Dong Bang Shin Ki cosmetic enterprise expansion’.

Currently out of the 3 members, JunSu is already doing a cosmetic business with his parents. It is said that there were plans for the company to operate a cosmetic business, with sheep placenta as the main ingredient, using the group’s name as the brand name in Seoul GangNam and GyeongGiDo IlSan. It is said that there were also plans for the business to be launched in China bringing in hundreds millions KRW in profit.

But it has been said that the 2 sides are having some differing views and also complications arose through their discussion on how the product and brand will go.

Follow up #1:

What will happen to the 3 members’ activities scheduled for Dong Bang Shin Ki? there is the upcoming SMTown Live 09 on 16th August. It seems that the members may not be appearing for the concert with their lawsuit with the company.

Especially with all the rumors lately about ‘disbanding of Dong Bang Shin Ki’. To add on, one of the 3 members’ parents have also established their won entertainment company in China.

Fans are also very taken back by this incident. Many have voiced their disbeliefs on various discussion forums.

Follow up #2:

One of the Korean new media No Cut News has known through phone call from SM that SM said, “We are aware that some of the (DBSK) members have some disagreements with the company, but we do not know that they have sparked a lawsuit with the company. The director board of the company is currently having an urgent meeting in an undisclosed place in Seoul to discuss about their countermeasures.

They also added, “We will have our official stand asap”.

Follow up #3:

SM Entertainment has released their official stand on the case.

They said on 1st August morning, “It is true that Xiah, Hero and Micky made the application for provisional disposition to terminate the exclusive rights effects from their contract on 31st July at the district court. With that the company is very taken back by the action, we are trying to get confirm all the truth from them currently. “

They continued, “But as a representative group to the country and to Asia, our stand is that activities for Dong Bang Shin Ki 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.”

It has been know that members YunHo and ChangMin has decided not to take part in this lawsuit. Both of them are currently preparing for their drama debut this September and year-end.

Follow up #4:

After they released their official stand about the contract exclusive right clause retractile application, SM Entertainment’s representative added about rumours to the band’s disbandment, “On SM’s side, we still have much love for Dong Bang Shin Ki. We do not want them to disband. Let’s resolve this peacefully seeing the long time we have worked together since their debut till now.”

Just to clarify:

• The 3 members are applying to retract the the exclusive rights effects from their contract with SM
• There are also other problems like differing views and problems in developing their cosmetic enterprise
• Disbanding is a speculation on the Korean news side because the 3 members will not be able to continue on their activities since they are on the case

Happy new year from JYJ

TVXQ's Changmin and Yunho with BoA and Lee Yeon Hee

TVXQ's Yunho and Changmin will be making their Inkigayo comeback tonight and it looks like BoA has shown up to support her juniors! BoA tweeted "Totally handsome TVXQ! Yeonhee who came to support! We are waiting...Yunho said this hehehe". They will be performing "How Can I", "Maximum", and "Why (Keep Your Head Down)".

Starcraft coach tweets about Junsu's soccer skills

The coach of Hwaseung, a Starcraft pro-gaming team, recently uploaded two new pictures and praised Junsu's soccer skills. Han Sangyong tweeted "I played soccer with the MBC game team. The opposing team was the 'celebrity' soccer team, MEN. Afterwards we ate and took pictures together". He also said "Xiah Junsu and Lee Wan are very good at soccer. Because there were professional soccer players present, we lost. We must have a rematch!"

SHINee & TRAX Jay Show Warm Friendship To TVXQ

Following Super Junior's Eunkyuk support for TVXQ, (U-Know Yunho and Choikang Changmin), other SM artists have started to show their love for TVXQ as well.

On January 8 at MBC 'Show! Music Core', SHINee and Jay from Trax visited them in the standby room MBC Dream Center, showing their warm friendship between each other. An SM representative told Newsen that "SHINee and Jay were unfortunately unable to attend yesterday's comeback stage because of their schedules, but were able to make it to today's 'Music Core' standby room to support TVXQ."

On another note, TVXQ will once again present an energetically charged stage on the 9th on SBS 'Inkigayo' with their title track 'Why (Keep Your Head Down)'.

John Egg defends JYJ's Junsu amidst current controversy

 

Amidst the recent controversy over Junsu's tweets, a friend of the trio JYJ has stepped forward to defend Junsu. John Egg, also known as elbowyeish on Twitter, posted the lyrics to "Fallen Leaves" on his Facebook recently. He explained in a tweet that the song was written by Junsu for Cassies and the two remaining members of DBSK. It was because of this dedication that he was so "devastated by the lyrics to [Keep Your Head Down]." 

Be sure to read John Egg's message: 
“This is Junsu’s heart not for a girl he loves… but it was written for you fans (Cassies) and the other 2 members (Homin). This was why he was so devastated by the lyrics to KYHD. Please stop bashing Junsu. He is a sweet angel from heaven…. He only deserves our love and support. Let’s always stay by his side so he can stand on a grand stage to sing this song for us again with a HUGE smile and joy in his heart. We love you Junsu! We’ll always stand by you no matter what… because we know who you really are… we know your true heart… we know your character… that’s who we all fell in love with… and nothing will ever change that. 

"This line, “빛의 별들의 향연 the brightness of the star’s lights” is referring to Cassies… the stars in the sky… Cassiopeia shining bright… but where is that bright light now? It’s being stifled by bitter fighting and hate. Please let the li…ght shine brightly again. Please be proud stars in the sky. Please show not only JYJ or Homin but to the rest of the world… that Cassies are a proud fanclub… Cassies show love and not hate. Cassies forgive and do not point fingers… Cassies always stand by the boys… because love never changes. 
"One day, I was with Junsu… he shared a song with me in the car that he’d written. It was still unfinished and we heard it through his phone… It only had the music with no lyrics yet… I asked him where the lyrics were… he smiled and …started sharing the lyrics with me… he started talking about how most people would interpret this song as love between a man and a woman. But he said his intentions were written that this song is between him (JYJ) and the fans (Cassies). He also said it was towards Homin. He looks forward to standing on the same stage with them someday. Until then, he’ll just wait and love. Junsu’s last 2 tweets after all this happened were the lyrics to this song. He was very emotional that day thinking about the DBSK days as 5. Can you imagine how he’s feeling now? People have totally misunderstood his heart and made him a liar and betrayer. Junsu is so innocent. You can see and hear his pure heart in this song. Remember, this song was written BEFORE all this chaos started. Please… don’t spread and increase the hate. Cassies must stay united. Cassies must stay strong for their boys. Don’t let something that took 7 years to build crumble overnight.” 

Producer Park Saeng Yee Throws Away Prejudices Because of Kim Jae Joong and Junsu

"All this time I've had a critical attitude towards pop idol culture.
In full honesty I look down on the Korean music industry that leans too heavily on idols, so I've never thought of writing songs for idols either.
This side of me met Jaejoong and Junsu last October autumn when I wrote the OST for SungKyunKwan Scandal.
On the day that I worked with them on the recordings, it was the most impressionable day in the 10 years that I have produced so many varieties of music.
Were the stubborn prejudices that I had had for so long wrong?
Was I the ignorant person?
If you look from the results, the two gave their best performance and sentiments in the limited amount of time they were given.
They both have unique vocals, which allowed me to know about their individualistic characteristics.
These things form from hard work and experience.
For singers, it is the most incomprehensible and hardest to resolve - like fate.
After they finished recording, I exclaimed how such a deformed idol-based Korean music industry could create such perfect idols.
This is definitely not flattery or sweet-talk."