Fans File Petition for TVXQ @ National Human Rights Commission

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

More than 120,000 fans of the K-pop idol group TVXQ, which is embroiled in legal battle against its agency, filed a collective petition with the human rights agency on Friday, judging a working contract made between three members of the group and their agency to be “unfair” and “inhumane.”

Three representatives of the fans visited the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Seoul and submitted the petition and a bulky package of papers with their signatures of support.

They said in a statement, “The contract banning TVXQ members from changing their agency for 13 years since their debut is the same as a life-long working contract, which is extremely disadvantageous to the singers.”

They claimed the period is far longer than that of other agencies. “Singers have the right to change their agency to one offering better conditions. Under the contract, however, they have no choice but to work with the present agency virtually until they retire. This is an infringement of human rights,” the statement said.

A NHRC spokesman told The Korea Times, “It will take at least three months to the complete investigation of the case.”

The controversy over the five-member group’s working contract touched off early this month after three of its members ― Micky, Xiah and Hero ― asked the Seoul Administrative Court to terminate the validity of their contract with their agency, SM Entertainment. The other two members, Max and U-Know, did not take part in the action.

According to the legal document filed, the agency prohibited their freedom as artists by claiming that the group’s and members’ activities belonged to the agency, requiring them to follow the agency’s demands to appear at certain performances and broadcasts, and to stay under the agency’s wing for 13 years.

Reports of dissension started circulating about a month ago.

The three members were said to have conflicting interests with SM regarding their private business endeavors in the makeup industry. Max and U-Know, meanwhile, had been busy pursuing individual acting careers in TV soaps in addition to their work with the group.

This raised concern among fans about the group’s potential breakup. Despite the rumor of internal conflicts, the five singers appeared all together, as planned, at a concern in Japan early this month.

SM said, “TVXQ is a group that represents Asia and we believe that their career should continue. We hope to figure things out soon.”

TVXQ debuted in 2004 with the album “Hug” and shot to stardom in Korea, Japan and other parts of Asia. Their subsequent albums were well received and their fourth album, “Mirotic,” released last year, sold 500,000 copies here despite sluggishness in the Korean record market.

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LOL I kinda enjoy seeing SM's reputation going down the toilet.

Comments

[accidentplan.livejournal.com]

LOL I kinda enjoy seeing SM's reputation going down the toilet.

IKR

[jaehyuno.livejournal.com]

So, JaeChunSu took out this lawsuit to get themselves fairer contracts right?

But fairer contracts with SM, I assume, so the fans trashing the reputation of SM is going to help.. how?

[hoyah.livejournal.com]

i think it's in the interest of bringing out what's bad about sme so it can be fixed, which *would* help dbsk if things went right.

[lovegraciie.livejournal.com]

hmm.
time to get more popcorn.

[hp-groupie.livejournal.com]

ikr?

[strategists.livejournal.com]

i am sitting here making tiolet flushing sounds

[strategists.livejournal.com]

*toilet goddamn it

[wenzi.livejournal.com]

IDK, but this seems overreaction. The fans are like adding oil to fire. =/ Just let the boys settle it the way they want.

[jaehyuno.livejournal.com]

IA.

[cruel-disorder.livejournal.com]

Korean fans are the most dedicated, involved ignorant and idiotic fans I've ever seen in my life.

Fixed that for ya.

[rawthorne.livejournal.com]

judging a working contract made between three members of the group and their agency to be “unfair” and “inhumane.”

... oh for fuck's sake. This is embarrassing.

[livesmiling.livejournal.com]

its like child labour or smth wtf.

dramaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[trajectory.livejournal.com]

http://www.dramabutton.com/

[very86.livejournal.com]

LOL I kinda enjoy seeing SM's reputation going down the toilet.

YO!
(http://s559.photobucket.com/albums/ss34/Very86_laSiS/?action=view&current=rhiwrr.gif)

[schizofragile.livejournal.com]

I hope they used their brains when they decided to do this. 8|

[inheritable.livejournal.com]

What brains?

[breathe-ai.livejournal.com]

...

This is a little over dramatic...and kind of insulting for people who were actually in inhumane conditions and had their human right violated. It's not like they were slaving away in sweatshops ...

[inheritable.livejournal.com]

In k-pop fandom everything is alarm-worthy serious business.

[cruel-disorder.livejournal.com]

This is a FARCE at this point. Yeah let's take up whatever precious time the NHRC could be spending on REAL HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS and spend it on a bunch of pop stars trapped in a bad contract. Boo-fucking-hoo Cassiopeia, stop being so self-entitled about your precious boys and start living in the real world.

RAGE.

[inheritable.livejournal.com]

Basically this. They are tired and overworked (like many people really), sure, but it's not NHRC worthy :|

[matsujoongie93.livejournal.com]

Even with all the love for DBSK in my heart, this make me feel really bad for the children & people who actually are going through real life sweat shops and aren't getting the attention like the boys are getting.
They can take care of themselves, Cassies. The best way to help them is to sit silently and continue to support ALL FIVE OF THEM.

[cutesanslee.livejournal.com]

wow, cassiopeia stuns me every time, talk about devotion

[waitingtosay.livejournal.com]

this. i'd be pissing myself if i envoked the rage of the cassie's.

[erbalurbal.livejournal.com]

I wrote out a long reply but I am just tired of repeating. Plus my "S" key is dying T_T

This is unreal. I have never seen this kind of fanclub

[inheritable.livejournal.com]

How about buying shares from the company? And doing silent protests in front of the SM ent buildings singing the songs of your band?

And didn't some H.O.T fans suicide when they disbanded? I'm... rather alarmed by some of the things korean fans do D:

[xkimchi-ninja.livejournal.com]

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[twnklsnowflake.livejournal.com]

3 months is expected. but wow, I'm gonna miss seeing their faces.

[rawthorne.livejournal.com]

NHRC investigation =/= court trial. This isn't something filed by the boys and it binds no one, not SM, not DBSK from doing anything.

[rawthorne.livejournal.com]

I just noticed this, but how is a contract over 13 years the same as a life-long contract?

[nicooyo.livejournal.com]

Lol okay so when this contract crap first came out people were all "oh my God their health their health does no one care about that?!" and then when someone actually does something it's suddenly "oh they don't deserve it they can take care of themselves" yeah because these idols passing out left and right from being overworked really don't deserve it.

DBSK and all of these idols may not be kids in sweat shops but they're still HUMAN.

EXACTLY.

[coreycontagious.livejournal.com]

IAWTCSFM.

[314159.livejournal.com]

Fans File Petition for TVXQ @ the National Human Rights Commission

LOL oh my god, I am so amused by this for some reason. I can't help but imagine that Jaejoong and Yoochun are sitting around in their living room with identical shit-eating grins, because seriously, the fans are ensuring that LSM will never be able to get a peaceful night's sleep for the rest of his sad, sad little life. They probably knew this was going to happen, they know their fans well lol. But Junsu's probably fretting somewhere like OH MY GOD, MY MY MY, WHAT HAVE WE DONE!

[honeyflavor.livejournal.com]

LOL at Junsu's reaction XD

[siaht.livejournal.com]

There are so many SHINee and SOSHI and SuJu stans here and they can't think of how positively a good outcome to this would affect those groups' lives too.

They don't fucking think SHINee, mostly, is going through the same path. They'll be, or rather; THEY ARE enslaved just as well. Or do they think this does not equal to enslavement?

SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE AND CASSIES ARE TRYING. IF THEY CAN'T CHANGE ALL THE EVILS IN THE WORLD AT LEAST THEY DO SOMETHING FOR THE ONES THEY TREASURE. DON'T LIKE IT, YOUR PROBLEM.

You should be proud, for god's sake.

[yamapilovergyal.livejournal.com]

TVXQ HWAITING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hi-junpei.livejournal.com]

Do these fucktards even know what a human rights violation is? This shit really pissed me off.

[izabera.livejournal.com]

Being deprived of sleep on a regular basis, especially for several years is inhumane IMO.
It's not because there is much worse abuse going on out there that we should turn a blind eye to this.

Too many idols are going through the same thing. You know there is something horribly wrong going on when you see people in their teens and early 20s being taken to hospital for exhaustion :(

I don't know how I feel about DBSK fans doing this though. Let's hope it doesn't backfire.

[enchantark.livejournal.com]

TBH There are many people in worse situations than DBSK but just because of that, it doesn't mean that DBSK isn't suffering at all. I agree with your comment. I'm so tired of seeing people commenting on how THIS isn't a human rights violation. It's not as extreme as others but it doesn't mean it's invalid.