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Saturday, February 27, 2010

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2PM: We all agreed to let Jaebum out of the group For four hours on Feb. 27, members of boy band 2PM and representatives from JYP Entertainment held a meeting with 87 representatives of Korean and international 2PM fan clubs in Seoul to thresh out issues regarding the agency’s decision to oust Park Jaebum and the future of the K-pop group.

International fans were represented in the conference by 2oneday.com.

The meeting was the climax of months of tense relationship between JYPE/2PM and the fans since Jaebum’s sudden departure last September, owing to the controversy over what his critics described as his “anti-Korea” comments on his MySpace account when he was still a JYP trainee.

Thousands of fans in many countries waited updates from the conference since it started in the afternoon at Garden5 Works shopping mall in Songpa, Seoul.

All the six members of 2PM were present together with Jung Wook, president of JYP Entertainment.

In a transcript of the meeting posted by the Korean 2PM fan union and translated by 2oneday.com, the international 2PM/2AM fan forum, members of the boy band confirmed to the fans that they all agreed to let go Jaebum last Jan. 6.

Last Feb. 25, JYPE issued a statement announcing that it has terminated its exclusive contract with Jaebum because of a “personal wrongdoing” that the latter admitted and which is more severe than his MySpace comments that came out last September.

In the said statement, JYPE said Jaebum’s personal mistake was revealed to the 2PM members on Jan. 3 and after three days, they all agreed that they could no longer work with their former leader.

In the conference, the JYPE representative said that despite the termination of his contract, Jaebum would not be required to pay damages to the company.

Jung said the six remaining members are the victims of the issue and blamed Jaebum.

“We believe that Park Jaebum must take full responsibility for his actions. The rest of the members are victims to this case, while Park Jaebum is the attacker,” the JYPE president declared.

2PM member Nichkhun, who recently visited the Philippines, said Jaebum knew that a conference between them and the fans would be held.

Jung and the 2PM members said there are no plans to add a new member to replace Jaebum or to appoint a new leader of the boy band. Taecyeon was rumored to be the one being groomed as Jaebum’s replacement because of his numerous appearances on Korean TV shows.

In the conference, Jung and 2PM members openly declared that Jaebum is no longer welcome to the boy band. The boy band also said that they cannot cover up for Jaebum’s personal mistake due to its severity.

“We were put in a situation where the only thing we could do was agree. That is why we agreed. If we hadn't, I believe that the results would be the same,” Jung said.

2PM member Junho admitted being hurt by the boycott initiated by fans. He also said that when he found out Jaebum’s “personal mistake” last Jan. 3, he hated Jaebum but said that, “Silence will protect him.”

Jung also revealed that Jaebum’s exclusive contract with JYPE was 7 years. 2PM debuted in the Korean music scene in 2008.

As of this writing, at least 26 fan sites dedicated to 2PM members have closed, according to the list posted on 2oneday.com.

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