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东方神起/ Tohoshinki / TVXQ / DBSK has filed a lawsuit against its label company in late July. Well, not all 5 actually, but 3 of them are. (In case you've been living in Mars, DBSK a quintet music group, and is one of the hottest and famous in South Korea. The oldest is born in 1986, the youngest 1988. Their forte is in their admirable skills in harmonizing of voices and beautiful acapellas; as well as power-packed dances. Famous in SEA, but especially active in South Korea and Japan. They are the first foreign artiste group to TOP the Oricon Charts [think of it as the Billboard Charts of Japan] 6 times)

Oh well, the cause of the problems appear to be the contract and the clauses.
1) their contract spans over a period of 13 years (Military Service excluding),
2) they are only entitled to ONE week of holiday (read: rest) per year
3) they sleep 3 - 4 hours everyday, and
4) the company gets a big pie of 80% - 90% of their income (the remaining works out to be about 1% - 5% per member)

All these are what I read from various sources and papers. One sure fact, though, is that a lawsuit has indeed been filed. They debuted in 26th December 2003; which means that it is only 5 or 6 years into their 13-years contract.

Hope they'll not disband. It'll be such a waste; they're way too talented.



Anyway, very sad 啦.