SM Entertainment Confirms SM Town New York City

Its official that New York City will experience one of the biggest K-pop concert events in the world: SM TOWN.

SM Entertainment has officially confirmed that SM TOWN will be coming to New York City on

Courts rule that Crebeau was not responsible for JYJ/SM dispute

Cosmetics company Crebeau has been found not guilty for the breakup of TVXQ.


In July of 2009, the three members of JYJ had sued their now former company, SM Entertainment, stating that they were under “slave contracts”. After hearing such accusations, SME released a statement saying that the Crebeau company was to blame, as they were the ones who put such thoughts into their heads.


Upon such remarks, Crebeau fired back, stating that SM was the one that had been

Fanclubs in war over Dream Concert seating sections

On April 22nd, tickets for the famous annual Dream Concert went on sale. Traditionally, the seats are divided up according to fanclubs. For example, one fanclub will be assigned multiple seating sections while another may only receive one.


The popular artists usually get more seating for their large number of fans. As you can probably imagine, idol groups’ fanclubs take up most of the stadium. It is not the concert staff that determines the seating; the companies of the singers decide them and then release the news to the fans. However, this doesn’t mean the fans have to sit in their sections. This is just a recommendation that most fans do end up following.


Fans have responded to the seating already,
“Is this how popular my artist is?”
“I didn’t get a seat in my artist’s section.”


As you can see, there are already complaints from fans about the seating arrangements. SM Entertainment is facing more trouble though.


SNSD fans, SONES, got notified that they would be seated in the L, M, N and P sections. For Super Junior ELFs, there will be three times the amount of seating.


SNSD fans wrote,
“I have no idea what they base off the seating arrangements from.”
“Please rearrange the seating according to popularity please.”
“If SNSD seats get sold out, we should take SuJu’s seats.”


Super Junior fans wrote,
“Our sections are not

Dong Bang Shin Ki Hero JaeJoong, Xiah JunSu and Micky YooChun to form unique unit

Amidst the discord between the Dong Bang Shin Ki trio and their agency SM Entertainment, Avex Japan posted up an announcement on 14th April announcing that the trio will promote as an unique unit.

Meanwhile, news have came in today that SM Entertainment will be filing a lawsuit against the trio claiming 2.2 billion KRW following the news that they will be filing for an appeal against the provisional decision for the trio’s lawsuit against the company last July.

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J-pop group V6 releases new album in Korea today

Japanese pop group V6 will be releasing their latest album "READY?" in Korea today, according to agency SM Entertainment on Wednesday.

SM said in a press release that the boy band's 11th full-length album, released in Japan last week, will come out in a two-CD package composed of a main and bonus disc.

The record, their first album since "Voyager" in September 2007, carries a total of 13 tracks including the hit single "Light In Your Heart", "Swing!", "Spirit", "Guilty."

It also includes two television drama soundtracks featuring two of the band members; "Way of Life" from 2007 drama "SP" starring Okada Junichi and "Butterfly" from popular TV series "Keishicho Sosa Ikka 9 Gakari Season 3" which starred Inohara Yoshihiko.

The bonus CD in the new album contains eight additional songs, six of which are solo tracks by each of the group's members and two by V6's sub-groups 20th Century and Coming Century.

The six-member boy band, who debuted in 1995 with the single "Music for the People", has released numerous singles and albums while also appearing on TV dramas, plays and musicals.

The group is divided into two sub-units based on the members' ages -- 20th Century for the older three and Coming Century for the younger three singers.

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TVXQ talks with SM Entertainment break down

TVXQ / DBSK / Tohoshinki members Xiah, Micky, and Jaejoong were trying to make efforts to resolve the issues with SM Entertainment behind the scenes but it seems all talks of coming to an agreement have broken apart. Korean Media Outlet Newsen recently had a phone conversation with the court overseeing the issue.

In the phone conversation, the court stated that it'll be all up to them to come up with the resolution as both sides despite talks of resolution, will not budge from their initial stances. They continued by stating that they're thoroughly reviewing all the papers, documents, and evidence given. After this thorough investigation, both parties will be notified of the decision. The Court stated that they don't know when exactly they'll come up with the decision but that it should be sometime this month.

Park Chan Chong, “Fully Agrees and Supports TVXQ’s Fanclub”

TVXQ’s fanclub had exposed SM Entertainment's inhuman contract with TVXQ through advertisements on the newspaper. Regarding this, Mr. Park Chan Chong (former governor) stated that he “fully supports and agrees” with them.

Mr. Park expressed, “Our government has the responsibility to arrest those who make mistakes. This should be settled through the rule of law, to prove a democratic society.”

Last 4th of August, Mr. Park had commented on the lawsuit issue between TVXQ and SM Entertainment, “On the basics of slave contracts, it had violated ‘Defraud’ (Article 348 of the Constitution) and ‘Inappropriate income’ (Article 349 of the Constitution)."

"TVXQ’s fanclub focused on the ‘slave contract’ in the lawsuit, to submit the petition to the Seoul Central Court.

On top of that, they also raised funds and collected signatures. To date, over 190k of signatures have been collected, of which 70k came from the online petition and 120k from the offline petition."

Civil servants and governors stated that the government should supervise this incident. Last year, they had stopped all the awful and offensive comments by the “Choi Jin-sil Law.” Now, it's time to stop these inhuman acts from agency companies by the “TVXQ Law.”

At the moment, TVXQ cannot have events in Korea, but they are going to hold a concert in China, which upset the fans, especially with the cancellation of the concert that was scheduled on the 9th of August with unacceptable reason. Fans had submitted a request of compensation to the Korean Consumer Agency, for SM Entertainment to compensate 10% of the cost of sold tickets.

However, it’s the first time that concert was cancelled due to a lawsuit issue, therefore, the Korea Consumer Agency has to make a decision with caution.

Mr. Park expressed that “Request for compensation is possible” and this, by any chance, might result in (SM Entertainment who violates the law) into difficulties. Lastly, he said, “I hope that TVXQ can hold their concerts in Korea in the near future, and meet their fans.”

T/N: Mr. Park Chan Chong is a lawyer and former governor of South Korea.