Even their competitors don’t like seeing Dong Bang Shin Ki (TVXQ / Tohoshinki) in a dispute with their Korean management company SM. Check out this translated information from Naver: SS501 expressed their feelings about group Dong Bang Shin Ki amidst this time where they are in danger of disbandment. During their 1st Asia concert tour […]
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Seoul Court Rejects SM Cancellation Request
According to translated reports out of South Korea, the Court has rejected SM Entertainment’s (SM) request to toss out the Preservation of Evidence application filed by TVXQ.
The Court’s decision means that SM will have to fork over all the information to the lawyer(s) representing three members who are having a dispute with the agency.
Cassies Ready to Report SM to the FTC
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.
CreBeau Sues SM for Defamation
Well lookie here! CreBeau isn’t going to allow SM Entertainment (SM) to use their company against three members (Junsu, Jaejoong and Yoochun) who are suing SM for unfair contract terms. CreBeau has filed a defamation lawsuit in Seoul District Court about this matter. Read further: Seoul Central District Court officer revealed on August 26th that […]
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
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.