Yes... ever since he ame, I think that was the bad part of SME.
Uncle Sooman took good care of his artists, not like
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as i said before it's really your choice but it is true that sme hasn't been treating their idols the way they should i still think the best bet is yg like i said haven't really heard anything bad about the company and the fandom there seems to be more united but there is a lot and i mean a lot of hate going on between the press but where ever you go you're bound to run into trouble with the press it's your choice really as far as i know the ones that still stick to sme is bacause of the promotions sme is good with that i have to admit and that's what's really going to sell an idol the ammout of attention they get from the company and the promotions the company has for them but bear in mind you might also end up like f(x) one of the few sm idols that don't really get the attention but being this industry is really a gamble people like you then your company will sell you if you're not all that popular well then you'll just end up as the company's guinea pig good luck to you though if you choose to pursue this carer then good for you but please do your research as much as possible the others are right do you've only heard the bad side of sme you don't know about the others so before you decide anything look into it first k oh and if you want to pursue as a journalist then i'm all hands on deck with you on that haha good luck there dongsaeng you're still young and have gotten a long way to go take your time to find your path neh ^_^

If SMEnt is a bad company, then why the other artists/groups never leave? Maybe they are not that bad at all. They just have flaws. And compare to the other company, they have their own rules and the such..

sorry for writing mistakes. It's Block B of course and there are missspellings. Sorry.

So what I'm trying to tell you is, you're probably wrong if you believe, that SME is worse than other Korean companies. Cassiopeia fans, which is the biggest single group fan-club in the world and the most influencial, have pretty much ruined SME reputation through the DBSK incident. It's true there was a law-suit filed and it's true that DBSK split up. Law-suit was granted. What does that mean? There are law-suits granted for total crap everywhere in the world. They might or might not have been right. The regime is hard but artists know that before auditioning at SM. SM has the best teachers, choreographs, musicians available. That's good, isn't it? But it comes with a price.
From my point of view it's as inhuman as it is for you. But that doesn't necessarily mean it's wrong. It depends on the point of view. And as I said, what's true about the rumours of Hangeng's and Kris' reasons, none of us knows. Fact is, that fandoms for SM artists are practically waiting for opportunities to point out how cruel they are. But I'm absolutely positive that you will find similar examples for other groups. You might look into Jay Park's background and what happened to B Block (first two things that come to mind). Both not SM artists and both pretty much in trouble for minor incidents. And what's even worse is: the FANs are causing the most damage. Take Baekhyun right now with the "scandal" of officially having a girlfriend. What's wrong with that? SME accepted it but the fans didn't. He had to apologize TO THE FANS for having a private life. Think about it!

SM entertainment especially in western countries is often described as the "antichrist"-management of kpop. You should be aware though, that the "sources" you speek of are always just second hand, third hand or even further away from the truth.
Kpop is an incredibly hard business that is entirely different from what people are used to in the western hemisphere. That is true for SM as well as YG or any other major company. I agree that from a western point of view it seems inhuman how they treat their artists but it's not unusual in Korea. Not for artists and not for other people. You should keep in mind that this is a different culture and like in Japan as well in Korea people are brought up to be dilligent, obedient, hard working, traditional, etc. That doesn't apply to each and every single person, but it's customary.
Korean military service e.g., although already a bit "lax" these days, would be considered totally unacceptable in other countries. People are just ripped out of their families and hardly have the chance to see them for two years, formerly three years. My husband is Korean and when he was serving it was still three years! Three years taken from a life.
So what I'm trying to say is, SM entertainment isn't unusually "cruel" to their artists, they are investing incredible amount of money into young people who dream of becoming idols. And they have a strict regime.
I've been to Shaolin once for three month. It's the same there. You go there with western standards in mind and you think OMG how are they treating the kids here. And then you realize that it's "normal".
As for JYJ, Hangen and Kris, I don't have the truth either and everything you read about it, is a rumour. Even Wikipedia doesn't have all the truth. You may remember the death of Leeteuk's family. They were talking (even news reports) about killing and suicide and then they said, it was a car accident. But if you try to look it up, there is nothing there. Sorry, comment is getting too long.

im mad at how they treat their artists >:(