2011.02.15
- A Japanese E-news said, “UraKARA’s manager revealed that the shooting was proceeding smoothly. Currently KARA have finished filming for 7/12 episodes, and are planning to film 2 or 3 more episodes in Japan.”
- After the discussion, DSP has announced its stance “issue of dividing the profit claimed by the side of the 3 members is completely distorted. DSP Media paid according to what was agreed on the profit generated up to the current time. The details have to wait for a clear confirmation from the law.”
- Hankooki published the exclusive interview with the parents of three members.
Parents of the three members agreed to have an interview all together for the first time all because the piled up misunderstandings these past couple days. They emphasized that this was not about money matters. They also explained the process of making them lose confidence with the management company. And as parents, they obviously only want the best for their children. However, the company’s process of auditing is not transparent; this is the key issue which raises the issue.
Nicole’s mother said, “Up to September of last year, we had not once talked with companies about anything at all. And when we wanted to know something, we just asked something like “What are the kids doing?” but absolutely not "How much do the kids make?” At this time, the company kept saying, “Please trust us and leave them for us.” But in December of last year, when we asked for and received the paper works/account information, we could detect at least 20 errors. So we asked again if those 20 terms are mistaken but the management company rejected it. DSP replied, “It seems like the process of providing information back and forth has made the data become not as good as expected. However, we have provided everything that the parents requested. There is absolutely no problem with the account paperwork.”
01. Lack of professionalism
The parents have gradually lost faith in Management Company, among other reasons, what makes the parents worry the most professionalism. Since the key figures such as CEO of DSP Lee Hoyeon hospitalized in March of last year and Chief Gil Jonghwa split from DSP to have an independent company, gaps in business began to appear.
Kang Jiyoung’s parents told that the company lacked of a specific management system for the members. "When Jiyoungie asked ‘what are we doing today?’ they always answered her, 'I don’t know', isn’t that too strange? The managers also got changed frequently. They should have treated the kids well so that the two sides can collaborate in the long term, but this arises the problem of professionalism.”
However DSP thinks that they have absolutely no flaws. An obvious example is that they have succeeded in bringing KARA to Japan and becoming one of representative idols. The parents fully accredited the decision to bring KARA to Japan and the results that DSP has achieved. However, DSP Media completely absorbed in activities directed by Universal and neglected domestic activities.
Kang Jiyoung’s parents continued, “We will do our best for the kids to continue to work together. We only hope that the company will seriously invite experts to expand the kids' future. At the same time, the staff will work in a clear/transparent system. We are also unsure how the discussion will process but this is our priority at the moment. The kids also wanted the group's activities to have a certain aspect.”
02. Relationship has been damaged
When things like losing faith and lacking of professionalism were slowly found, eventually what left were only the relationship and previous affections toward each other. And on the stance of the parent, conflicts arising during inspection of paper works make them not trust the company anymore. At the same time, parents also doubts about the relationship and the cost calculation between the DSP Media and DSP Japan. The parents are unhappy and do not believe in DSP mostly because of not giving them clear explanations instead of the unreasonable profit distribution.
The management company was not pleased when the parent began their research. Misunderstandings were growing, as well as emotional harms. The parents have repeatedly nodded while listening to journalists pointing out different plan for each day between two parties. This is not a legal issue but a matter of relationship between the two sides.
Han Seungyeon parents express their opinions, “When CEO Lee Hoyeon was in power, we fully believed and entrusted everything to him. We also did not consider the trivial matters. Eventually things got pushed to the edge of a cliff like this. "
At the moment, the three parents cannot trust in the management company even for the smallest thing.
Yoo's note: since the beginning of KARA’s incident, Hankooki has been one of the rare sites which do not post exaggerated articles to attract viewers. It is also the only site which often has exclusive interviews with the parents of the three members.
Collected from various sources
by Yoo + hasomy @karaholic
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