ZE:A’s leader Lee Hoo (Junyoung) posted an explosive series of tweets earlier today detailing the abuses he and his group faced under the management of Star Empire, which ended with him going into discussions with the agency’s president.

 After several hours of anxious waiting on the part of his fans, Lee Hoo returned to post the results of his meeting.

 “I finished speaking with President Shin Joo Hak,” he posted. “It has been decided that Star Empire will be operated by me, by us, as a ZE:A company. I promised all of you that ZE:A’s Day will be coming, I said I will either knock it down or absorb it … now is the time for you to protect us.. But the truth is…”

 "Lastly, President Shin Joo Hak who lost everything and was left with empty pockets… I still deplore and hate you but you were our President for 8 years. You were my responsibility and.. that responsibility.. I’ll take the shaming from the public and the fans. Myself and President Shin Joo Hak will take the responsibility. The contract has been flipped, we now receive 7 to every 3 for the President.“

 "What I want to say is, with this incident, I know that many other agency presidents are having problems with contracts. I will close my mouth so please fix the problem and treat your artists better. I will make this last request politely. If they can hear my heart ..”

 "We will start fresh from the very beginning.. put everything down and consider it my baby.. I humbly request that you do it one more time.“

 "And to everyone, the fans, the reporters, who helped us.. thank you. Thank you so much for revealing our truth. To everyone reading this… in the name of ZE:A, the singers, the actors, the dancers, the variety people, and in the name of our seniors, friends, juniors and all of the artists… putting ZE:A and my name, Lee Hoo, on the line, I wanted to tell you that we will live bravely.”

 "I’m not a coward… but I will be quiet for the time being. I will be watching.. To all of the agency presidents and management, take care of your issues, fix your mistakes, apologize and acknowledge them.. what I, what we want is to put down everything and get the hearts of your artists.“

 "If something like this happens again in the future, this entertainment industry that I know, that I see, that I feel… please keep in mind that I have a weapon that will flip the entire industry on its head. I’m sorry for causing trouble.. and thank you again. Because of you, we found again.. the words of hope, dreams, goals. Thank you and please take care of us.”

It looks like there are big changes on the horizon for K-Pop contracts, and especially Star Empire. 

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