SM has released an official statement regarding the civil appeal TVXQ fans submitted to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism that pertains to the group's China concert.

On the 24th, SM stated to Money Today Starnews that, "We had originally planned twelve concerts for TVXQ's third Asia concert tour with Korean Concert Agency Dream Maker in June of 2008," and "According to the contract, all concert procedures and permission applications, as well as ticket sales are being covered by Dream Maker and a domestic concert planning agency."

They strongly stated that, "Therefore, it is incorrect to say that SM sold TVXQ's Shenzhen concert tickets in China without the permission of the Chinese government."

SM also added, "We conversed with concert planning agency Dream Maker, who was in charge of the Shenzhen concert that was to be on the 21st as well as the entire Asia tour. Dream Maker stated that there were no problems with ticket sales or permission grants for the Shenzhen concert."



SM stated that Dream Maker said, "The Chinese concert planning agency we worked with was the 'Nanjing Asia Pacific Correspondence of Culture Exchange Corporation' and they were informed by the People's Republic of China's Ministry of Culture that 'Permission is granted for TVXQ's Guangdong (Shenzhen) concert' on the 21st of October. The Chinese agency also received the 'Ratification by the Ministry of Culture of Korean TVXQ's Concert in Guangdong (Shenzhen) [2009] Number 2146." Dream Maker states that it began selling tickets as soon as permission was granted on the 21st.

SM said, "The 'TVXQ Guangdong Concert Permission Related Ratification' that was released on October 28th was related to the documents and visas foreign artistes needed to perform in China, and had nothing to do with ticket sales."

They continued by saying "We are having to pay compensation to the Chinese concert planning agency as the Shenzhen concert was canceled," and "To say that we would sell concert tickets, then cancel the concert on purpose is just a spiteful statement; we would like it if people stopped saying false accusations that are far from the truth."

Source: [money today starnews+DNBN]
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