After being investigated for what seemed like forever over allegations of fraudulent and unfair trading, it’s been reported that police are now seeking an arrest warrant for HYBE chairman Bang …
Read More »HYBE, SME, JYPE, YGE unite for music festival aimed at surpassing Coachella, but actually sounds sorta like a reskinned KCON
South Korea’s Big 4 entertainment companies — HYBE, SM Entertainment, JYP Entertainment, YG Entertainment — have announced that they’re joining hands with the goal of creating a global music festival. …
Read More »BTS fans have to warn each other about their ‘It’s Not A Bomb’ merch, which is apparently a thing
In things I thought was a shitpost but turned out to actually be real, HYBE are selling green, military-looking bags for their ARMY Bomb lightsticks with “It’s Not A Bomb” …
Read More »South Korea’s National Pension Service had to address the Heeseung (ex-ENHYPEN) mess due to fans paralyzing their services … bleak
I was planning (or delusionally hoping) that the last post on Heeseung would indeed be the last on that particular aspect of the saga, but ENHYPEN fans apparently had other …
Read More »BELIFT confirms Heeseung will not return to ENHYPEN despite the ongoing mass psychosis
Another day, another borderline surreal update on now-former ENHYPEN member Heeseung. And while I promise I’ll write about something else soon, I’ve been busy with personal stuff and still have …
Read More »[Update] Details of Min Hee Jin’s legal victory over HYBE revealed, includes convo with BTS’s V as supporting evidence
Back to the Min Hee Jin and HYBE (and everybody else involved) legal mines, where details from the court’s ruling have been revealed, including evidence that caused a mess involving …
Read More »Min Hee Jin wins ~$18 million stock option lawsuit against HYBE, court mostly accepts her arguments
Back to the legal mess mines with a major update in the NewJeans/Min Hee Jin/ADOR/HYBE case, as courts ruled in favor of Min Hee Jin regarding her put option to …
Read More »Bang Si Hyuk under investigation for alleged IPO fraud that resulted in him pocketing ~400 billion won
Alright, before I try to catch up on the other ongoing legal messes, here’s a new one (I think, for here at least) that involves HYBE being investigated for alleged …
Read More »ADOR’s injunction request to limit NJZ activities granted, NJZ respond in statement
Hello and welcome back to HYBE/ADOR-turned-HYBE/ADOR/Min Hee Jin/NJZ/NewJeans updates where there’s finally substantial news to report as ADOR’s injunction meant to limit the activities of NJZ as the main case …
Read More »NewJeans members announce they are now NJZ, ADOR responds + some older legal updates
Alright, so I guess the headline news of this HYBE/ADOR/Min Hee Jin/NewJeans update is that NewJeans is no longer NewJeans according to NewJeans, but is instead now New ‘Dirty Jerz’ …
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