[100123][K][NEWS] SunMi verlässt Wonder Girls

important remark: tut mir leid liebe remarkables dass ich euch diese ganzen informationen vorenthalten habe obwohl es draußen in der welt schon ein heiß besprochenes thema ist..und euch nun mit den ganzen news der vergangenen tage vollbombardiere xD übersetzungen folgen wenn ich etwas mehr zeit habe..danke =)
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Zitat :

After news that WonderGirls youngest member SunMi has left the group went out, fans and netizens are in heated discussions online over the real reason of her leaving.

Various speculations are going around, some netizens pointed out that the company CEO Park Jin Young is at fault for this, while some thought that SunMi could not adapt well to living in the States etc.

Many questioned if the reason stems from SunMi herself or from the company.

It was known that on 20th Jan, SunMi wrote on her Twitter the message “I’m starving”. Some netizens read the message that SunMi is starved of being able to pursue her academic career after having to stop middle school for her singer career.

And earlier last year, WonderGirls returned to Korea for a short while for their CF filming, and during the press conference back then, SunMi was also seen in tears talking about promoting in the States.

Meanwhile, some netizens thought that the underlying decision to this came from JYP Entertainment itself. Especially since the replacement member HyeRim is said to be able to speak various international languages like English and Chinese, it seems that this has a link to the WonderGirls’ Chinese music market advance coming up.

Netizens commented, “How can the company let SunMi leave the group so easily?”, “At this critical point in time for her singer career, do you think that she would want to let go of it all to pursue her studies?” etc.

Many netizens revealed that they totally did not see this coming. Meanwhile, a new member HyeRim has been introduced.

nachdem es sich herumgesprochen hat dass sunmi die gruppe wondergirls verlassen hat, befinden sich fans und netizens nun in angeregten online-diskussionen über die wahren (hinter)gründe ihres ausstieges.

verschiedene spekulationen gehen herum, einige behaupten es sei park jin young's schuld, während einige der meinung sind, dass sunmi mit den gegebenheiten und dem leben in den staaten nicht zurecht kommt etc.

viele fragen sich ob die beweggründe von sunmi selber oder vom unternehmen her stammen.

es ist bekannt, dass sunmi am 20. januar über ihr twitter 'i'm starving' [=ich bin am verhungern] verlauten ließ. einige netizens deuten ihre nachricht als hunger nach der fähigkeit ihre träume der akademischen karriere nachzugehen, nachdem sie diese für die gesangskarriere seit der mittelstufe aufgegeben hatte.

und als die wondergirls vor einiger zeit im letzten jahr für eine kleine weile in korea waren um einen werbefilm zu drehen, wurde sunmi mit tränen bei dessen pressekonferenz gesehen als sie über die promotion in den staaten sprachen.

mittlerweile glauben einige netizens dass die entscheidung von jyp entertainment selbst kommt. vor allem seitdem es heißt, sunmi's ersatz hye-rim verschiedene sprachen wie englisch und chinesisch beherrscht; es scheint das eine verbindung mit den folgenden einbruch in den chinesischen musikmarkt gibt.

netizens kommentieren "wie kann das unternehmen sunmi sich einfach so von der gruppe trennen lassen?", "in dieser kritischen phase ihrer gesangskarriere, glaubt ihr sie würde wirklich alles hinter sich lassen um ihren studien nachzugehen?" etc.

viele netizens haben überhaupt nicht damit gerechnet. in der zwischenzeit wurde das neue wonder girls mitglied hye-rim vorgestellt.


source: kbites/as tagged
translation: tiramixu

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With the shocking news of SunMi leaving girlgroup WonderGirls, a new member HyeRim (18.Lim) set to replace that empty position in the WonderGirls has gaining the much interests from fans and netizens.

HyeRim is a trainee under JYP Entertainment China branch and is also 1992-er like SunMi, currently preparing for her debut. She is born in HongKong and is fluent in 4 languages including English, Chinese, Cantonese and Korean.

HyeRim was originally planned to be on the Chinese version of WonderGirls planned under JYP Entertainment to promote in China primarily. And recently, a video of HyeRim practising her dance released on Youtube has also been hot interests of the netizens.

HyeRim will join the WonderGirls in their promotions from March. Being both her debut and also replacing of SunMi in popular group WonderGirls, it will be great burden for this trainee.

Meanwhile, SunMi will be promoting with WonderGirls till end-February in the States.

S: SeoulNews

credits to 6selo00pe of youtube/as tagged


source: kbites/as tagged

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With news of the youngest member SunMi leaving the group to pursue an academic career, the WonderGirls members wrote a message on their fancafe urging fans to respect SunMi’s decision.

Go under the cut to read the translated message.

Zitat :

To the Wonderfuls we love, read this.
To all the fans who have been our energy and loving us.
Hello we are the Wonder Girls.
Through this new, we know how shocked and sad you must have been..!
Because of the fan’s support we were able to live day after day in America with thanks… and learn so much!
All five of us have spent a long time discussing because of this news.
For the promise of her fans and the promise to herself, Sunmi has thought over this issue a lot, that is why it took her
even longer to make this decision.
Because this was such a hard decision, just like the fans we are also very sad but
We hope you respect Sunmi’s decision..^^ because this must have been a hard decision for Sunmi…
But because our love for Sunmi will never change, we hope everyone’s care and love for Sunmi does not change.
We will always work hard and the best that we can! Thanks…We love you!^^

Wonderfuls Fan Cafe
Translated by Sunmikiwangjang @ wgspectale

Meanwhile, a new member Lim will join the group to replace SunMi’s position in the group as of March.

source: kbites/as tagged

Zitat :

WonderGirls SunMi will temporarily stop her activities.

A phone interview was conducted with the PR manager of JYP Entertainment on KBS 2TV ‘Park SooHong Choi WonJung’s YeoWooManMan’ aired on 25th January, talking about SunMi’s future plans.

The official said, “SunMi is not quitting. She is just temporarily stopping activities. She had wanted to continue with her studies and we respect her decisions. We have not decided in what wat she will come back.”

Meanwhile a new member HyeRim (Lim) has been introduced into the WonderGirls to take over SunMi’s position.

S: Newsen

wondergirls sunmi wird temporär ihre aktivitäten stoppen.

ein telefon-interview wurde von kbs 2tv 'park soohong choi wonjung's yeowoomanman' mit einem pr manager von jyp entertainment geführt und um 25. januar ausgestrahlt, betreffend sunmi's zukunftsplänen.

der repräsentant sagte "sunmi hört nicht auf. sie stoppt nur für eine weile ihre aktivitäten. sie wollte weiter studieren und wir respektieren ihre meinungen. wir haben noch nicht darüber entschieden wie sie zurückkommen wird."

unterdessen wurde neues mitglied hye-rim (lim) als nachfolgerin von sunmi bei den wondergirls vorgestellt.


source: kbites/as tagged
translation: tiramixu

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JYP Entertainment revealed that they could not stop Sunmi due to legal reasons. The main reason is the Fair Trade Commission’s standard contract, which JYPE accepted in November of last year. As the new contract terms enforce, artists with exclusive contracts, now have a greater level of decision making authority.

A JYPE associate said:

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If it was before the new contract policies, we couldn’t even imagine Sunmi’s withdrawal from the group. If it was up to us, we would’ve stopped Sunmi. The artists have more personal freedom now.

The standard contract enforces that the artists have a voice. The artists can speak to their management about how they’re feeling at anytime and the management has to listen. The company also has to pay attention to their artists’ physical and emotional health. After they accepted this standard contract, JYPE started to agree with their artists on specific schedules and demands. This is why they had to accept Sunmi’s request when staying in America became too much for her to handle.

JYPE also explained why they had to add an additional member:

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The Wonder Girls are slowly getting to be known as a 5-member group in America. If they turn into a 4-member group all of a sudden, it would hinder their promotions.

Wonderfuls in Korea are feeling very disappointed and feel they deserve to know the truth. A representative of the Wonder Girls’ fan club said:

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I’m still confused and shocked by Sunmi’s withdrawal. The fact that JYPE announced this big news on their American website and not their official fan cafe makes me really upset. We’ve been waiting for sincere answers from JYPE but haven’t received anything. We also requested a meeting but got turned down.

Fans are still shocked over this entire situation and the Wonderfuls in Korea have requested four things from JYPE:

Zitat :

First, we want a clear explanation of Sunmi’s postponement of her career
- We want to know when this was decided and if JYPE discussed this topic with her enough. We also want to know about Sunmi’s possibility of coming back as a Wonder Girl.

Second, we want clarification on the new member and her status in the Wonder Girls
- We want to know if she’s a permenant member or not; what will happen to the new member when Sunmi decides to come back.

Third, we want to request time with Sunmi and her fans
- Because the Wonder Girls were active in America, the last time the fans were able to spend their time with her was at the Seoul Concert in March of 2009. Also, since Sunmi’s return is uncertain, we think that JYPE should agree to this request. If JYPE does not agree with this request, we will ask them for a video message from Sunmi.

Fourth, we want JYPE to change their attitude towards Korean Wonderfuls
- We know that the Wonder Girls are active in America, but since Korea is there motherland, we think we, the Korean Wonderfuls, should be treated as the foundation of the Wonder Girls.
JYPE wrote an important announcement only in English without officially notifying Korean Wonderfuls. We want an apology from JYPE for their disrespect to the Korean Wonderfuls.

What do you think of the Korean Wonderfuls’ opinion?

source: allkpop/as tagged

Zitat :

The representative of WonderGirls fan union revealed that their request for fan conference with JYP Entertainment has been rejected on 23rd January.

It has been known that fans requested for a conference with JYP CEO Park Jin Young regarding the shocking news of SunMi’s sudden leaving of the group, but it was rejected. According to the fans, JYP has personally rejected the request.

The representative of the fan union announced on 27th January, “We are still in shock and confused state of SunMi’s leaving of the group. Such an important piece of news and it was released through WonderGirls American homepage and not through the fanclub, explaining it briefly in a few sentence in English. We are disappointed with the way JYP announced it.”

“We have been waiting for JYP’s sincere answer but until now we have not heard anything. And when we request for conference, they simply told us that they will reject it.”

It has been known that the fan union had given JYP 4 conditions on 23rd January:

1.There is a need to explain clearly about SunMi’s activities discontinuity. And when will the discussion and official announcement about the case be released.
2.Clear explanation about new member HyeRim’s status. This is because in the announcement posted on JYP American website, it is known that SunMi may have her comeback in the future.
3.SunMi’s fanmeeting. WonderGirls will meet with fans personally and establish a consensus, and also do a goodbye stage, since the last stage they had was during their Seoul concert last March.
4.JYP to apologise for their unilateral communication.
The fan union has given JYP a notice to hold the conference before 31st January. But it has been unclear from JYP’s side about their stand on holding the conference.

S: TVDaily

source: kbites/as tagged

Zitat :

WonderGirls, with recent news of member SunMi leaving, is back in the States.

And member YooBin wrote on her twitter on 12th February (Korean time), “we’re back in New York~~ MIMI is sleeping next to me haha~ see you guys soon!!”

SunMi previously announced that she will be leaving WonderGirls temporarily to pursue her studies. And she will be with the group in the States till the end of this month, after which she will return to Korea to prepare for college.

Meanwhile, new member HyeRim is set to join the group around the same period that SunMi will leave the group.

S:Newsen

wondergirls, mit den neuigkeiten um sunmi gehend, sind zurück in den staaten.

mitglied yoobin schrieb in ihrem twitter am 12. februar (koreanischer zeit) "wir sind wieder in new york~~ MIMI schläft direkt neben mir haha~ bis bald!!"

sunmi hatte vorhergehend bekannt gegeben dass sie die wondergirls zeitlich verlassen wird um ihr studium aufzunehmen. sie wird die gruppe in den staaten bis ende diesen monats begleiten und danach nach korea fliegen um sich auf das college vorzubereiten.

in der zwischenzeit ist neues mitglied hyerim bereit sich der gruppe anzuschließen, in der zeit wo sunmi die gruppe verlassen wird.


credits to k bites/as tagged
translation: tiramixu