'Lee Soo-man Line' Kim Min-jong left SM... "Exclusive Contract Termination"
'Lee Soo-man Line' Kim Min-jong left SM... "Exclusive Contract Termination"
Singer and actor Kim Min-jong left SM Entertainment, where he worked for 17 years.

On the 13th, SM said, "The exclusive contract with Kim Min-jong ended at the end of June, and we mutually agreed not to renew the contract."

Kim Min-jong signed an exclusive contract with SM in 2006 and has been with him for 17 years. He was also listed as an outside director of SM C&C, a subsidiary of SM.

Kim Min-jong, in particular, has maintained a special relationship with former general producer Lee Soo-man, the founder of SM. In the process of selling SM in the first half of this year, he publicly expressed his support for Lee Soo-man.

Kim Min-jong criticized Lee Soo-man's resignation in February when Lee Seong-soo and Tak Young-joon, co-CEOs of SM, announced that they would break away from Lee Soo-man's monopoly production system and open the 'SM 3.0 era'. At that time, he sent an e-mail to all SM employees, saying, “Contrary to what was announced, Lee Seong-soo and Tak Young-joon, co-CEOs, cut off all conversations with the teacher (Lee Soo-man) and said goodbye to the unilateral announcement without any discussion with the insiders.” "As an actor and singer, the activities of SM artists, including me, require (Lee Soo-man) teacher's producing and sensory capabilities," he insisted.

Reporter Kim Ji-won, Ten Asia bella@tenasia.co.kr