Park Jae-beom to leave 2PM for good
Former 2PM leader Park Jae-beom will not be making his much-anticipated comeback to the K-pop music scene as the group's agency JYP Entertainment (JYPE) has decided to terminate its contract with the singer.
JYPE announced the unexpected outcome through a message on its official website Thursday, saying that Park's confession to "a huge personal wrongdoing" led to the decision.
The singer had called his agency's president Jeong Wook in late December, admitting to a "mistake" he made while promoting 2PM's hit single "Again and Again" last summer which was belatedly causing problems.
JYPE did not reveal further details, saying it was linked to his personal life, but explained it was "far worse" than the controversial comments Park came under heat for last year and "something that could create much more serious trouble on a societal level."
Park, 22, had quit the boy band and returned to his hometown of Seattle in September after remarks he made before his debut on his MySpace account regarding Korea became public and sparked national controversy.
As fans pleaded for his return and the public outrage died down however, JYPE founder and the band's producer Park Jin-young hinted at readmitting the singer to the boy band early this year, even mentioning it several times on television shows.
JYPE explained in its message yesterday also that Park Jae-beom's comeback had been long planned; when he returned to his hometown in Seattle, Park Jin-young set the singer up with local instructors -- in acrobatics, dancing and vocals -- to continue training him.


