110113 DSP Media and SM Entertainment comment on inappropriate Japanese manga

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We reported earlier that Girls' Generation and KARA were handled inappropriately in a Japanese manga in which members of both groups became famous through sexual acts and financial transactions to create the "Hallyu" phenomenon. On January 13, DSP Media and SM Entertainment released statements about this controversy.

According to a spokesperson from DSP Media, "The information is incorrect", because the comic presents negative, sexual-related situations within the Korean music industry as if they were the truth. Indeed, the situations were being ported as the truth, as members of the Japanese community 2ch who stated that the situations in the manga were "completely the truth" and that "[Girls' Generation's and KARA's] songs are in Japanese" so it is not K-pop.

DSP Media finally stated that they will be taking immediate legal action because the manga defames the Korean entertainment industry and tarnishes the images of both Girls' Generation and KARA.

SM Entertainment only commented that they was discussing the issue with Japanese lawyers, and that action will be taken soon.

Source: Korea Economy
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good thing they're taking legal actions.they should stop them for sure

Read this article a few days ahead, srsly they should stop and some action need to be done, it is pratically destroying the girls reputation

Japan is so well-known of their manga..I love manga and anime but this kind of thing is so frustating, it just destroying the good reputations of japanese manga good thing DSP and SM is working to stop these things..