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Tag Archives: SM Entertainment

Media Reports that Top 12 K-ent Company Stock Prices Have Dropped an Average of 40% Since China’s Hallyu Ban

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 6, 2017 by ockoalaFebruary 5, 2017
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It’s impossible to dispute numbers and on this one the might of the Chinese government and reach of its economy has spoken. Five months after the Chinese government placed a Hallyu ban, basically a hex on Korean idols and dramas making money in Mainland China, the fallout can now be definitely measured by the precipitous fall in stock prices of … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged KeyEast, SM Entertainment, YG | 22 Replies

Jessica Jung Formerly of SNSD Officially and Amicably Parts Ways with SM Entertainment

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 6, 2015 by ockoalaAugust 6, 2015
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Another closure has arrived in the multitude of recent idol departures from the various popular SM Entertainment pop groups. Jessica Jung (Jung Soo Yeon) has officially left SM as an artist, ending her contract with the agency almost a year from when she was kicked out of top SM girl group SNSD (Girl’s Generation). Her departure from SM was as … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Jessica, SM Entertainment, SNSD | 18 Replies

Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right: Tao’s First Solo a Diss Track to his EXO Experience, Then SM Has His MV Pulled

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 25, 2015 by ockoalaJuly 26, 2015
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If there is a thing called backfiring then SM Entertainment might want to consider giving a class because the company is certainly doing a bang up job at it. This week was the solo mini album release in China by former EXO member Tao (Huang Zi Tao), a development I covered recently only as confirmation that he’s finally left the … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged EXO, SM Entertainment, Tao | 31 Replies

Luhan of EXO Files Same Lawsuit as Former Member Kris to Nullify Contract with SM Entertainment

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 9, 2014 by ockoalaOctober 9, 2014

HOLY SHIT. I’m seriously speechless right now. What the heck is really is going on at K-pop powerhouse agency SM Entertainment? I mean this less in a rubber necking way and more concerned about whether the company is having a mini-meltdown as I type. That would be awful for the remaining entertainers there trying to keep their head down and just … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged EXO, Luhan, Scandals, SM Entertainment | 36 Replies

SM Founder Lee Soo Man’s Wife Passes Away After Three Year Battle with Cancer

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 4, 2014 by ockoalaOctober 4, 2014

It probably seems like piling on at this point when it comes to bad news related to SM Entertainment but this latest tragic happening garners only condolences all around. SME chairman and founder Lee Soo Man‘s wife passed away after a three year fight against cancer. She was diagnosed in 2011 with cancer of the small intestines and since then … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous, Music | Tagged Lee Soo Man, SM Entertainment | 5 Replies

Jessica Releases Statement as the Remaining 8-members of SNSD Attend Somber China Fan Meeting

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 30, 2014 by ockoalaOctober 5, 2014

The now 8-member girl’s group of SNSD (Girl’s Generation) had quite the whirlwind 24-hours since any K-ent incident I can remember in years. Now former member Jessica dropped the bombshell that she had been abruptly kicked out from SNSD even as she was headed back to Korea from NYC to join her fellow members to jet to Shenzhen China for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Jessica, Scandals, SM Entertainment, SNSD | 89 Replies

Updated: SM Confirms Jessica Weibo Posting that She Was Forced Out of SNSD

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 29, 2014 by ockoalaOctober 5, 2014

All the Korean agencies embroiled in recent scandals may want to send thank you cards and gifts to the offices of SM Entertainment. KeyEast with Kim Hyun Joong‘s domestic violence case, YG with Seungri of Big Bang‘s sketchy car accident details, BH Entertainment with both the Lee Byung Hun blackmailed by Dahee and a model mess and Han Hyo Joo‘s … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Jessica, SBSD, Scandals, SM Entertainment | 107 Replies

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