Source: Star News #1, #2, #3 and Sports Today via Nate
by VITALSIGN on February 14, 2011
2月13日下午，“KARA事件”之後首次赴日出席正式活動的KARA經金浦機場回到了國內。這是距她們2月3日為拍攝TV東京《Urakara》去日本 之後已經10天了。下午6點下機的KARA成員們表情僵硬，避開了記者的鏡頭，在經紀人的護衛下很快離開了機場。可能是意識到在去日本時因在飛機上的座位 問題而產生的成員間不合的新聞，所以她們都互相輓著胳膊，感情很好地樣子走出來上了專用車。
KARA成員們在解決了日本活動的“燃眉之急”後回來了。經紀公司DSP傳媒和要求解除專屬合同的三位成員的父母可能會儘快再次協商。這次日本之行由三位 成員的父母同行，所以協商被中斷了。DSP傳媒方稱：“現在還沒有做出任何決定。協商何時再開始及何時開始國內活動都不清楚。”
The contract termination dispute between KARA’s Seungyeon, Nicole, and Jiyoung against DSP Media has escalated into a legal battle.
On February 14th, representatives of the three members filed a lawsuit against DSP Media, asking the Seoul Central District Court to confirm that their three exclusive contracts were invalid. They also claimed that their incomes were not distributed fairly.
Through their head representative, the three members of KARA stated, “Without prior compromise, the agency deducted promotional fees from our income without our consent, which is classified under embezzlement. From January through June of 2010, we brought in $410,000 USD in income, while the promotional expenses amounted to $390,000 USD. The expenses are abnormally excessive.”
They continued, “Even when ‘Lupin‘ was at its highest point in popularity, DSP Media only paid $860 USD per member for a total of six months. The $140 USD that we were paid a month is unfair compared to the income that we brought in.”
Landmark previously sent notice to DSP Media regarding the termination of the three contracts on January 19th. Although the members resumed their scheduled activities, the two parties were not able to come to an agreement during their repeated attempts at reconciliation over the course of 25 days.
The dispute’s escalation into a legal battle has caught both fans and industry representatives off guard, and many are speculating about what this could mean for KARA as a unit of five.
A representative of DSP Media spoke through Sports Today and stated, “We’re shocked. We met several times, but it is true that the dispute went back to first base with each discussion. But because of their ‘URAKARA‘ filming in Japan, we agreed to speak with their parents upon their return. Now that we found out that they filed a lawsuit, we’re just shocked. First of all, we will be having a meeting within our company first before releasing further statements.”
The representative also told Star News, “Their head representative claimed that the girls only received $860 USD per member for six months of their ‘Lupin’ promotions, but that is truly ridiculous. We deducted six months worth of their entire promotional expenses from the profits made off of their album sales. Thus, we did not deduct anything from their promotions in other areas such as CFs. Unlike what the three are claiming, we paid them a larger sum, but they’re claiming as if we’ve embezzled.
KARA's trio to hold a press conference this week
Source: OSEN, Star News via Nate
by VITALSIGN on February 14, 2011
KARA’s Nicole, Seungyeon and Jiyoung filed a lawsuit against DSP Media earlier today, and it was revealed that they will be holding a press conference by February 15th at the earliest to state their stand.
A representative stated, “On the 15th or 16th, representatives of the three members will be holding a press conference and announce their positions in a more detailed fashion.”
The attendance of the three members has yet to be confirmed, as KARA is scheduled to leave for Japan on the 17th to continue their activities there.
Interestingly enough, industry representatives claim that during the time that they were in Korea, the three KARA members attended recording sessions for their new Japanese album with their other groupmates.
This attendance, however, was done under the agreement made with DSP Media on January 27th to fulfill all pre-scheduled activities prior to the dispute. This agreement also includes their Japanese activities, which explains why the group must return to Japan as complete unit in order to continue filming for their drama, ”URAKARA“.
Though KARA is scheduled to depart on the 17th, Jiyoung will be leaving a day earlier due to a personal schedule.
KARA's Nicole missing from‘Heroes’ recording for the second time
Source: TV Daily via Nate
by Casper on February 13, 2011
KARA妮可再次缺席“英雄豪傑”拍攝
KARA成員妮可再次缺席SBS綜藝節目“英雄豪傑”的錄製。相關人士表示：“妮可沒有參加14日進行的‘英雄豪傑’的拍攝。”這是她繼1月31日的拍攝之後第二次缺席節目，有猜測說妮可可能會退出節目。
但是節目的PD於14日表示這並不是事實，妮可缺席不代表會下車。KARA 5人昨日曾結束了日本拍攝“URAKARA”的行程返回南韓，但是目前國內的活動卻並沒有清晰的計畫。
Although KARA had returned to Korea yesterday, it’s being reported that member Nicole had missed yet another scheduled recording for SBS’s “Heroes“. This will mark her second consecutive absence from the show.
Because of the turmoil surrounding KARA’s disputes, Nicole had missed a scheduled recording for ‘Heroes’ on January 31st, fuelling speculations that she might be leaving the show for good.
That speculation was subsequently squashed by the PD of ‘Heroes’, who assured that Nicole would stay on with the show. Yet the suspicions of both fans and netizens edged back after the PD confirmed through a phone interview on the 14th that the KARA star was still absent.
The KARA girls had reunited recently to continue with the filming of ‘URAKARA‘ in Japan, and are now back in Korea.
Short preview of KARA's “Jet Coaster Love” released
Via tokyohive:
by lawlietta on February 13, 2011
KARA just returned to Korea on February 13th, but not before leaving Japanese fans with a little treat. A news clip of the girls featured a short preview of their 3rd Japanese single “Jet Coaster Love”. Moreover, “Jet Coaster Love” entered the Recochoku “Chaku Uta ®” ranking at #1 on February 11th!
Check out the fifty-second teaser below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzE9E5jUy5M
Furthermore, a 2:34-long, fan-made compilation of the released ringtones has also been making its rounds around the internet:
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