KARA's Ji Young has No Intentions of Renewing Contract with DSP Media

After Nicole's confirmation of leaving KARA, Ji Young is now on the verge of not resigning her contract with the agency

Jan 15, 2014 09:11 AM GMT

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After the confirmation of Nicole's departure, Sports Chosun, a news outlet reported that KARA's Kang Ji Young has no plans of resigning a contract with DSP Media. According to an insider, Ji Young has made her final decision to depart from KARA, and already sent a "I have no intention to re-sign" contents certification.

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Sports Chosun had also interviewed Ji Young's father, Kang Gun Wook via telephone, stating, "We have sent the contents certification. Before that, we notified DSP Media that we will send it. While we are separating, I thought it was right that we end on good terms so that is why we proceeded in that manner."

Ji Young's father added, "Before we sent the contents certification, we expressed our stance numerous times. The agency has not shown any particular reaction to it. Truthfully, we thought that when DSP Media released its statement about Nicole, there would be something about Ji Young too. It may be that the agency still has some lingering attachment to Ji Young."

Kang Gun Wook expounded that his Ji Young made such a decision because she has other plans beside group activities. He then said, "Ji Young had a hard time while promoting as Kara. Since she was in the group as the youngest for seven years, she couldn't do things she wanted. She is still young, and has a lot of things she wants to do. Since she had to fulfill her duties as the youngest, Kang Ji Young couldn't challenge new things or purse her dreams individually."

Ji Young's father then continued, "While she could certainly earn a lot of money as part of Kara in the next 2-3 years, money is not what is important. Because I thought I should help my daughter do what she truly wanted too, we decided to leave DSP."

When asked about her daughters future he said, "It is not time to reveal future plans as there is still time left on the contract, but it is true that Ji Young has dreams of being an actress."

As reported by Sports Chosun, an insider from DSP stated, "There is still a lot of time until April. We plan to meet with Kang Ji Young towards the end of this month and persuade her."

To Segye Ilbo, a source stated, "After confirming the contents about Kang Ji Young's stance, we will release an official statement."

What is the truth in this issue? Will Ji Young be departing from KARA as well?