'Over the past few days you may have seen an airplane circling the area with a huge sign in tow that reads "J. What Time is It Now?"
It turns out what's behind that sign includes an international boy band, a MySpace post, and legions of heartbroken fans focused squarely on Edmonds.
Think of them as the Korean equivalent to Jonas Brothers: they're called 2PM and these guys have every teen, tween and pre-tweet in South Korea entranced.
Jay Park is one of the most popular members, but he's also Korean American and told KBS World Radio in June he auditioned for the group in the US where he grew up.
"I used to break, like b-boy and I used to rap. So my mom said go audition for this thing," Park told the radio interviewers.
Park made the cut and for months was one of the most popular members of one of the most popular boy bands in southeast Asia.
In early September, however, a fan discovered that before auditioning and while living in the US, Park apparently wrote a few disparaging sentences on his MySpace page regarding Koreans.
Those sentences were made public and Park abruptly left the group and went into seclusion.
Now fans believe they've found Park living at his parent's home in Edmonds. Fans have reportedly sent him gifts and letters begging him to return to 2PM and Korea.
KOMO News has been unable to independently verify whether Park is in the area or even whether his parents own a home in Edmonds.
One Korean music news web site, however, reports Park's church in the Seattle area has issued a statement on behalf of him, "Very thankful. This has given strength and bravery. Jaebeom [Jay Park] has revealed that he will live in the love and sincerity that everyone has showered on him."
Over the last few days some fans even hired a pilot to circle the Puget Sound area exactly at 2:00pm trailing that banner.
The author of another widely circulated internet post claims to be a close family friend.
The friend writes, "I asked him, Jaebeom, do you wanna go back to Korea?"
"Yes..but I'm not sure."
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However, please do not send any abusive messages to him. KHottest are currently working to clear the misinterpreation the Korean Media has written about this report!
This Is Jay's Message:
At 6.07pm Korean time, Jay left message at 2PM official cafe
[Jaebeom] Everybody ….
Everybody…..
I had a reason to leave……
JYP hyung and 2PM members are like family to me…..
They stayed by my side in a tough situation like this…..
I’m already having a hard time…..
Don’t make this even harder for me please…..
I’m very sorry to make you guys worry so much….
여려분 …..
제가 떠난이유가있는데….
진영형이랑 2pm 애들은 가족 이나마찬가집니다….
이힘든시기동안 계속제곁에있었습니다…..
벌써 너무 힘든데….제발더힘들게만들지말아주세요…..
너무걱정시켜드려서너무죄송합니다…
Credit: Kor-Eng by Kirstyn@2pm-online.com, Coordinator: Cassina@2pm-online.com & rinko17
JYP’s STATEMENT “2PM will continue with 6 members”
talked to JYPE staffs, 2PM members, and Jaebeom about our future plans. First of all, although many people have sent their encouraging words to Jaebeom, he hasn’t changed his mind; thinking he made a huge mistake. He said that he is still very sorry and too ashamed to be on the stage. He also told me that since other 2PM members have worked so hard, they should not be affected by this in any negative ways. That’s why he left 2PM so quickly.
I think the same way as Jaebeom. The reason why I didn’t stop him from leaving is because I thought whether Jay being in 2PM or not now won’t be that big deal when you look at his life as a whole. Some think 4 years of his hard working has been destroyed, but his skills that were built up in 4 years are still remained in his body.
If Jaebeom receives a chance to grow up and become more mature by this incident, he will be able to fly even further later on. As criticism against Jay was way too harsh, requesting to revoke Jay’s resignation is asking for too much as well. It’s my role to respect his opinion wanting to have his time alone apart from the stage, and help him later when he says he wants to be on the stage again.
I think you should give him supports by then. Again, I apologize for not being able to manage and protect him well. We’ll try our best to not make this happen again
Thank you again,
2PM will continue their schedule with 6 members as it was planned
JYP
credits: rinko17
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