Despite being the only side to release any kind of credible evidence and also winning in court multiple times, OMEGA X’s abuse controversy continues on another front. Their former company, …
Read More »Yu Junwon (‘Fantasy Boys’) sued for ~$2+ million in damages, gets temporary injunction request rejected
Following news that presumptive FANTASY BOYS center Yu Junwon would not be debuting with the group that the show spawned due to a contract dispute with agency PocketDol Studios, the …
Read More »[Update] Fair Trade Commission investigate SME/YGE/JYPE /HYBE over idol photocards, might crackdown on K-pop gacha
The Korean Fair Trade Commission has launched an investigation of a few entertainment companies over the last three days, and the matter involves sales of photocards. Specifically SM Entertainment, YG …
Read More »SME clarifies NCT’s contract status, saying they have members signed for at least 10 years
With the rumors surrounding BLACKPINK‘s contracts swirling around, questions about NCT‘s status (who debuted in 2016 as well) has apparently reached SM Entertainment, as the company addressed the issue. Ironically, …
Read More »Korean Fair Trade Commission to investigate Kakao, HYBE, SME, YGE, JYPE over potential subcontracting law violations
An investigation into allegations of power abuse by the five biggest entertainment companies in Korea has been launched by the Korean Fair Trade Commission. According to Yonhap, investigators have been …
Read More »SME’s claims their contracts are in line with KFTC, but EXO-CBX’s rebut this, explain the differences, and open up about negotiation process
Given that the lawyers of EXO-CBX and SM Entertainment seem intent on fighting this out in the media, the updates seem like they are going to keep coming, and there …
Read More »EXO-CBX’s reps request the Korea FTC to examine all SM Entertainment contracts + SME relents & says they’ll provide payment records
After the initial expected back-and-forth between the opposing sides of EXO-CBX and SM Entertainment over the validity of their contract, the reps of EXO-CBX are now expanding the issue into …
Read More »SME releases video with CFO Jang Cheol Hyuk denouncing HYBE’s ‘hostile takeover’, outlines reasoning
Wishes do come true, as SM Entertainment has continued to fight their internal war through YouTube videos of all things, this time with the Align Partners and Lee Sung Soo …
Read More »C-JeS respond to SME/JYJ contract rumors, basically give detailed version of what I said
About a month ago, SM Entertainment stans got all excited about JYJ/TVXQ news, partially because they were prompted by sites. Basically the headlines blared that the courts ruled that JYJ …
Read More »Recent SME/JYJ revelations are hyped up as significant, but tell the same old story
With a change in law in 2015, civil cases have been made a public matter, and thus the lawsuit that ended in 2012 between SM Entertainment and JYJ has been …
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