i wish people wouldn't pin this all on "crazy young JYJ fans." honestly from what i've seen, korean JYJ fans haven't been happy with this casting but they aren't demanding her to be cut. believe it or not, the majority of JYJ fandom are in their 20s, and more with women in their 30s and 40s than you think.

the fans in the article mentioned are a minority in JYJ fandom, and no one is more embarrassed than us fans that yoochun had to apologize for the behavior of a few, and in doing so giving a bad name for all JYJ fans.

just wanted to point that out before everyone starts talking about how all JYJ fans are crazy jealous teenagers who can't stand seeing their idol with another woman.

lol. Netizens are still giving fucks about jyj oppars?

WTH? I'm Cassie, JYJ fandom too... but I've never heard of this controversy O.o Well... I don't even know this actress well... But how can someone demand something soooo stupid? Well, they don't know how she will act in this particular drama...

Sorry, I really don't understand this and it's sad that 'fans' are capable of doing something so stupid.

*googles Jang Mi-in-ae* OOOoooh now I get it. Her trampy soulmate character wasn't one of my favorites either, but this is a big whatever since it was the character, not the actress. I wish they had been this vocal over a different casting for a certain other drama. But whatchagonnado...

Really Idols fans in kpop are themselves a story :(
seriously they can make the life of any person a hell , i am sad that Park Yoo Chun is Gentle but little annoying nuisance called themselves fans ????

Meh. Publicity stunt. Next.

..did someone mention Choi Kang Hee & Joo-won? *wink wink*

Not only does the fans have problems with her casting, so do the scriptwriter. Her role originally had much more going, but the writer reduced her scenes to a minimal because the writer does not like her casting as well.
Han Jungwoo's (Yoochun's role) halfsister, and the love triangle (Yoochun, Eunhye and Seungho) will be getting more airtime.
So whatever the rep supposedly said, it's probably just paying lip service.

1) The fans have no life
2) How old is she? She looks much older than the rest of the cast.
3) I was thinking how she's got a great body to flaunt and then bam! her topless picks o.O

More drama for the drama!

I really liked her in SoulMate. Her character was quite amusing and harmless.

lol funny... cuz I don't see these /fans/ complaining about Song Jihyo (working with Jaejoong) who had very explicit scenes in Frozen Flower... there was a 69 too lolol ... only because she is famous :|

Now I want Yoochun to go out with Jang Min-in-ae just to spite the fans. lol

Dramabeans needs to apologize for generalizing all JYJ fans. If you even bothered to do your research, you'd realize the only ones who had a problem with this were a minority of Yoochun's fans and some drama fans.

You're angering an entire fanbase and scolding JYJ fans when the majority had nothing to do with these demands.

JYJ fans are accepting of the works each member does. If this truly applied to the whole fanbase, everyone would be just as upset over Jaejoong working with JiHyo.

Again, this has little do with the fanbase as a whole. It had more to do with drama fans and some Yoochun fans that disagreed with the casting decision.

Besides, this information is over a month old now..... why is it surfacing in the media just now? People are over it. Move on!

Next time, research properly before you jump on a story.

I....just don't get "fandom". I mean I certainly have actors or actresses that I like more than others. But to have that kind of investment of time and energy over someone who is really unknown to you in real life is just scary to me. And to get so upset over the casting in a tv drama? Really just doesn't compute.

I'm glad to see that it doesn't look like the drama is going to drop her over this.

The hell? That poor girl. She's not even going to get the guy anyway.

Also, really? Sexy image? Have they not seen Yoon Eun-hye in her underwear shoot awhile back? What's up with these stans?

Are there two actresses with the name of Jang Mi-in-ae because there was a movie a couple of years ago called "The Secret Rose" and an actress with that name was in the movie. That movie was rated 18+ and she appeared naked in several scenes. Maybe this is what is upsetting people.

Getting up in protest over boob shots? Why not just go to the public bathhouse and tell all the women there to be ashamed of themselves?

Seriously, besides the boob shots aren't that sexy anyway. It's not like she's squeezing them or squeezing them together... or trying to seduce the camera. Some of them actually are taken professionally and pretty well. It's like getting upset at Venus De Milo... or the Statue of David.

And I don't get some fans... really? Sounds like they are jealous. He's going to get older and he's going to marry. He might pull a Jae Hee stunt considering this. Get over it. He's not going to be an idol forever. *sighs* I don't understand.

This truly is the dumbest thing I've ever heard! What's wrong with those folks!

Obsessive fans knows no bound. Its very frightening!! I can't imagine how idols in Korea deal with this kind of thing. If I were an idol in Korea, I'd be like f*** you people, who cares what you think.
Sasaeng should be illegal. I dont understand why no one is doing anything about that.

wtf, this poor girl. Fangirls, kill them with fire.

Please please please, do not call this the doing of the "JYJ fandom". Seriously?

The people in protest are those who are die-hard Yoochun drama fans...come on. Linking this to people who like JYJ? Geez, way to spread your hate man. Whoever wrote this article, please take a chill pill and stop hating on a fandom that you think is crazy. Guess what? Any one who is a fan of anything in Kpop is crazy, I'll just say that.

Wow, they better stop it now cuz I bet Yoochun's feeling pretty bad about it and they're making it awkward for him to face her.

Dear Javabeans,

The complaints are from Yoochun's drama fans. They mostly support only YC not JYJ.
Please do not generalize all JYJ's fandom. These hardcore YC's fans only love him, they are called acgae fans, in fact they also bashed Jaejoong and Junsu and prefer YC to go solo. They mostly hate Jaejoong because he is also an idol actor.
I know these fans are crazy, but they do not represent JYJ's fandom, in fact alot JYJ's fans were against the petition to fire Jang Mi-in-ae.

Repeating what was said, the ones involved in this whole stupid brouhaha are the crazies that are from the elitist yoochun's 'drama' fandom and are in no way (and i very much doubt they like to be affiliated with) connected to the JYJ fandom.
Some people just need to stop thinking from their arses, these crazies need to sort out their priorities and fight for more important issues, they're embarrassing themselves and that poor dude they're obsessing over.

that i scrolled through and read more than 100 comments on this topic just goes to show you how 'wack-a-doodle' i am.

but hear ye this, although i'm self-diagnosed crazy, news like this makes me feel very very sorry for koreans cuz this is 'off the charts' shameful behavior. sorry to appear judgemental but wow, shameful.

These kind of stories are sad for many reasons.

I feel sorry for Jang Mi-in-ae. They are already judging her before they even saw her act in the drama. And with such a strong hatred towards her, she could doing Meryl Streep-level acting in this drama and they will still say she's a bad actress.

And these kinds of stories bring out the angry detractors/instigators (see first page of comments) and the extreme supporters that just leads to arguments, personal attacks from both sides, etc. This is not omona or allkpop! Sigh.. such is the internet. Thankfully the vast majority of people that frequent this site are able to act maturely, but the few that infest their comments of hatred in this site... ugh...

Errr.... do you have any proof that the JYJ fanbase organized this protest against the casting of Jang Mi In Ae, and not individual fans of Yoochun?? Just because riled up Yoochun fans congregate on Missing You message boards and protest and complain and whatnot doesn't mean it's an organized attack by an entire fandom...

Sigh... I'm tired of everyone vilifying JYJ fans and I'm not even a JYJ fan.

And this holier-than-thou attitude is rather hypocritical, don't you think? What about the hundreds of thousands of netizens that joined T-jinyo and Taejinyo? Can't pin all the crazy netizens of the world as JYJ fans...

Do these people have too much in time their hands?
Or is this a media play?
I don't know the truth is, @lovelyday above mentioned the other side of the story ... But hey, all and all let's just hope it's a good drama, because I don't like seeing the other casts -especially uri YSH - get tainted in this.

seriously??

i'm a JYJ fan and i don't care who they cast along with Yuchun to make the drama interesting.

if it is only K-JYJ (korean netizens sure are scary! *shivers*) doing this, why generalized JYJ fandom though?

Please do not generalize the entire JYJ fanbase. These demands and requests did not come from our fandom. We did not organize any kind of demand.

This article is not reporting the story as it is.

SOME of Yoochun's fans have made this type of request awhile back. It had absolutely nothing to do with the entire JYJ fanbase. Most JYJ fans didn't even know this was taking place as it was organized by a select group of Yoochun's fans (acgaes) and some people (drama fans) who do not like the actress.

Sure, there are some of us JYJ fans that do not like the actress, but we are accepting of who the members work with and what they choose to do with their career path.

Even some dedicated Chunsas did not agree with the demands that were made.

Please correct the article. It is entirely misleading and you are fueling hate against the JYJ fandom when we are innocent of making any type of requests.

I think they really need to take out the word "fan" from saesang because they are not fans, more like stalkers and psychopaths. I'm a huge fan of DBSK & JYJ but I'm not that crazy. To me they are simply idols; people I will never meet nor know except for the fantasy that I dream of :) Anyhow, this is beyond crazy. Korean saesangs do go the extreme so I feel so sorry for all idol groups.

Omo Omo...what is wrong with all these fans?...you are making it difficult for your idol...Just enjoy the guy onscreen...and go get a life... for crying out loud!!!

I wish we could all bake a cake filled with rainbow and smiles and everyone would eat and be happy...

Sorry you have to go through that, girl! She shouldn't even be hearing this crap! What nonsense! Thanks, javabeans for your insights into the entertainment industry!

Craziness, but not surprising given how some insane fans act. Though I do find this post and comments sort of funny considering the horrible comments about Choi Kang Hee a few days ago here.

I hope Jang Mi-in-ae has a kiss scene with him and some heads explode.

Honestly I think the problem actually lies with the media and entertainment companies, they're the ones encouraging this type of ridiculous behavior by spreading it like news and replying to these people...just ignore them!!!

They don't even deserve to have a small article written about their stupid demands..who cares what these kind of people think/say???

They only have "power" if you give it to them, if you don't feed their craziness they will eventually get bored and stop because they won't have anyone to whom they can make demands/complain to!!!

I think I know why the fans are doing this. In their thoughts, they believe that Yoochun is innocent and a virgin so having a person who has exposed so much impurity to the cameras will only taint Yoochun.

People, I think we should be behind these fans and save Yoochun from all dirty thoughts and actions.

Why does Yoochun look like a communist in this drama

aigooo..
so DB will not recap IMY?

I can imagine 15 years from now there will be drama called Reply 2012 (or any year between 2008-2012). But instead of romantic comedy, it will be action-melo with a lot of war scenes, spy actions, car chasing, angst, cyber crimes, etc.
Damn, why do I suddenly become excited?