Author: dongbanger.com

Those familiar with the dispute say that TVXQ’s Korean management company, SM, is trying to come between the members because of a scathing decision from Seoul District Court recently.

In a translated report of an SM statement released today, SM is completely disallowing any of the members of TVXQ (Tohoshinki / DBSK) to do any activities as a group and is requesting the money which could have been made by the group were they allowed to perform.

No, you’re not dreaming. They really are stopping any TVXQ activities AND wanting somebody to give them the money they could have been making were they allowed to perform.  It is one of the most asinine statements any management company has made.

There is no doubt now that SM is showing the world just why TVXQ is having this dispute with them in the first place. Rather than treating their artists like contract workers, many people feel that SM really are treating the members like property.

Jaejoong kept a promise recently by visiting the National Sports Festival High School Soccer Championship Finals.

The TVXQ member said that if Osan High School won the gold medal, he would definitely show up to personally congratulate them.

So when the school won, Jaejoong kept his promise and caused a commotion by all the fans who rushed out to see him.

New photos have surfaced of the Pho (Vietnamese) restaurant Junsu is involved in! Check out the new digs here:

You can now listen to Tohoshinki’s new song for the PINKY commercial! The song is called Endlessly Sweet which could also be used to describe the way they sing it. 🙂

A new Tohoshinki song has been chosen as the main theme of a new drama!

Not letting any grass grow under their feet, the guys have a new song called “Break Out” which will be the featured song in a drama set to air starting January 2010.

The NHK drama is scheduled to begin Jan 7 2010, every Thursday, 8:00pm -8.43pm.

Meanwhile, Avex (their Japanese management company) wants to expand the Japanese activities of all five members. Tohoshinki have recently gotten massively popular in Japan, making them the most popular non-Japanese artists in the country.