Cassies Ready to Report SM to the FTC

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We should all be so lucky as to have supporters like the ones backing DBSK (TVXQ / Tohoshinki) in their fight with SM. They plan to go to the Fair Trade Committee to complain.

According to translated reports from DNBN, a major TVXQ fan site, over 120,000+ signatures have been collected already in support of their petition to support TVXQ, and their 2nd round of petition collections have been completed.

SM Accuses Junsu of Taking Advance in order to Fund Lawsuit against them

TVXQ’s Xiah Junsu, who is currently in a dispute with his agency said through Sejong that the news report stating he “Received payment of 45 million Won in advance from SM Entertainment a month before the lawsuit” is “completely false.” SME’s lawyer said at the first hearing today regarding the suspension of the exclusive contract […]

First Hearing: TVXQ vs SM in Court

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Translated accounts of the first Court hearing between TVXQ (DBSK / Tohoshinki) and their management agency SM Entertainment (SM) are making their way around the net.

After filing court docs in District Court for improved contract terms, Jaejoong, Yoochun and Junsu had their first hearing August 21 2009 (Seoul South Korea time).

Both TVXQ and SM agreed that they don’t want a disbandment of the group at all. 

According to the way the reports were translated, three members of the group are asking for “a suspension of their contract due to unlawful clauses”. This would probably be in relation to the Exclusivity clause which bars the guys from being involved in any side businesses for their own personal income not controlled by SM.