The idol goup JYJ was formed after members of TVXQ Kim Junsu, Kim Jaejoong and Park Yoochun left SM Entertainment. Although they released their first album <The Beginning> in October last year, they have not participated in any music or variety shows. Despite topping various music charts with their astonishing sales of 350,000 albums, they have not had any opportunity to participate in music programmes and have only participated in recording on non-music programmes so far.
As an actor, Park Yoochun participated in the Korean drama <SungKyunKwan Scandal>, as well as <KBS Live Newstime> on the 30th, <KBS Drama Acting Awards> on the 31st, as well as <KBS Vivid Imagination> on 1st January; all of which are non-music programmes.
Are the broadcasting companies afraid of the larger corporations? Popular group JYJ, who has a contract dispute with SM Entertainment (henceforth SM), has yet to appear on a music show and the continuation of this unusual situation has raised interest. JYJ, despite doing well in many music ranking charts, is unable to make an appearance in any of the music shows by the 3 major broadcasting stations. The recording that they did with <SBS Good Morning> on the 27th (December) was also supposed to air on the 5th, but it has been continuously postponed until now. The question on whether the broadcasting companies are under pressure from large corporations has grown exponentially.
The SBS production team expressed, "Changes in broadcast schedules for pre-recorded material are a common occurrence and JYJ's have been delayed. The content that they recorded will be broadcasted between 19-20 January."
Mr Park, a representative from JYJ's management agency C-Jes said, "None of the variety shows contacted us and even if they did, we were unable to get it confirmed in the end. This is why we have no more expectations now."
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On the morning of the 13th, the 3-member unit JYJ from the group TVXQ (Jaejoong, Yoochun, Junsu) attended the [FLL KOREA PR Ambassadors Investiture] held at Grand Hilton Seoul Hotel.
[FLL] is a robot competition organized by the first American foundation to encourage the study of it. It will be held at KINTEX on the 29th of this month with more than 17,000 participating teams from 60 different countries.
On why JYJ was chosen as ambassadors, the organizing committee for this contest commented, "It was decided that JYJ's passion and team work is in sync with the spirit of the convention. Also, even in the US, the interest (in JYJ) is rising."
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Xiah Junsu is performing in the large scale musical production [Tears of Heaven] and in the second round of ticket sales, a total of 13,000 tickets were sold out in 3 minutes and 30 seconds. In the previous ticket sale, 15,000 tickets were sold in just 5 minutes and he once again shows his ticket power.
The people involved in [Tears of Heaven] include well known Broadway names including composer Frank Wildhorn, famous for his music in [Jekyll and Hyde], producer Gabriel Berry of [Sweeney Todd]. Also, world class musical star Brad Little will be playing the American general, and will perform in this musical with our country's musical actors.
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Kim Junsu revealed some of his sorrow with regards to the TVXQ controversy, garnering attention.
Kim Junsu participated in the the broadcast of YTN "News&Issue-Issue&People" on the 12th and said, "Everyone has beautiful memories and difficult times. I have also had such moments in my life. After debut, the most difficult times was last year and the year before."
This is the same period of time where the 3 members of TVXQ, Kim Jaejoong, Park Yoochun and Kim Junsu, were successful in filing for a temporary injunction against their exclusive contracts with SM Entertainment.
With the rims of his eyes reddening, Kim Junsu said, "After this happened, I lost many things. In particular, I lost a lot of people around me. However, I've also gained people who continue to stay by my side even after this happened."
Netizens commented, "We support Kim Junsu", "We support JYJ", "Don't cry, my heart aches", and other encouragements.
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JYJ's cute photos of them posing in casual clothes were released recently.
After the pictures of JYJ members wearing shirts and jackets and posing like models were released, they immediately drew the cheers of the fans. Especially with Kim Junsu, who wore a yellow baseball jacket, it made one think of yellow baby chicks. His spaced out expression left a deep impression.
The fans who saw these pictures responded enthusiastically and left messages such as, "Junsu is too cute!", "As expected, the key to fashion is in the face", "They really do look good in anything", "I really can't wait to see the final photos", "Give us more pictures" and more.
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