This was lifted from Aespann Jeans, Tokkis' mortal enemy on X.
Lee Jin-ho: Some people say it was a brilliant move (a “divine move”), what do you think?
Lawyer Kim Kyung-nam: I don’t think so at all. It looks more like the worst possible move.
Lee Jin-ho: There’s an opinion in some quarters that if HYBE sues NewJeans, it will lead to a breakdown of trust. Is that true?
Lawyer Kim Kyung-nam: A lawsuit is the last resort for a citizen to claim their rights. J...
2024-12-07 07:05:44 +0000 UTC
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ADOR has responded to allegations from a former employee claiming the company "forced employees to stay in the office and demanded personal phones be handed over," stating, "There was no coercion involved."
In a statement released today (6th), ADOR explained, "A recent incident occurred where an employee in charge of artist management directly contacted an advertiser and encouraged a direct contract between the artist and the brand, excluding the company."
The company further st...
2024-12-06 22:28:18 +0000 UTC
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Below is the full statement from NewJeans:: ---
Hello, this is Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin, and Hyein.
We feel regretful having to release such a statement amid this unsettling situation. Recently, through the media, we learned that ADOR filed a lawsuit seeking confirmation that our exclusive contracts with them remain valid. In its official statement, ADOR failed to properly assert that there were no breaches of the exclusive contract. Instead, it merely repeated the claim tha...
2024-12-06 03:45:15 +0000 UTC
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[Official Statement] Below is the full official statement from the Korea Entertainment Producers Association (KEPA).
The recent controversy over the termination of the exclusive contract between NewJeans and their agency has delivered a deep shock to the entire Korean pop culture and entertainment industry. K-pop, our national pride and a cultural asset garnering global attention, is now shaken at its very roots due to the NewJeans incident.
The Korea Entertainment Producers Ass...
2024-12-06 00:14:55 +0000 UTC
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EDITED PART ARE HIGHLIGHTED BELOW
After Korean Entertainment Management Association's (KEMA) statements and ADOR's injunction to ask the court to confirm the validity of the contract, where does this leave New Jeans? What does ADOR really mean in the lawsuit?
First, let's read KEMA's statement.
"An Act That Shakes the Foundation" [Full Statement]
Recently, the dispute between ADOR and NewJeans has intensified, adversely affecting...
2024-12-05 09:35:00 +0000 UTC
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On his heady second solo album, RM interrogates the relationship between his world-conquering presented self and the “ordinary young man named Kim Namjoon” that he might’ve been. His lyrical ride is made even more mind-expanding by the music laid down by RM and his collaborators. Right Place, Wrong Person is psychedelia-tinged and soulful, it...
2024-12-02 16:32:17 +0000 UTC
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This is the official statement from former CEO Min Hee-jin’s representatives.
Hello, We are Markol Consulting Group, working with the law firm Sejong to handle media communication on behalf of former CEO Min Hee-jin.
Former CEO Min Hee-jin has filed complaints with the Yongsan Police Station against former HYBE CEO Park Ji-won and HYBE Chief Communications Officer Park Tae-hee for violating the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and I...
2024-12-02 09:29:32 +0000 UTC
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The Korea Exchange has acknowledged a "loophole" in its internal listing review process, particularly regarding the failure to report shareholder agreements during HYBE's listing process. Despite this, the exchange has decided not to impose sanctions on HYBE, opting instead to strengthen its review system.
On December 2, sources from the financial investment industry revealed that HYBE would not face a substantive review for delisting, despite the omission of critical information in its...
2024-12-02 09:22:45 +0000 UTC
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Let's wait for Mama Roach's statement.
[Dispatch=Reporters Jiho Kim and Hyejin Park]
① Starting with the Conclusion
"ADOR neither has the will nor the ability to protect NewJeans."
To fly freely like a bird. (But this bird is not tethered to a branch by a contract.)
NewJeans intends to follow Min Hee-jin, someone they b...
2024-12-02 08:19:10 +0000 UTC
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UNFOLDING... I WILL UPDATE THIS
IMPORTANT NOTE: THESE ARE ALL RUMORS. DISPATCH ARE PUBLISHING THEM
JUST A THOUGHT FROM ME: IF it is true that Hyein's uncle is the "Mr. B" and it is Hyein's father who are leaking these information. There might be some consistency. Mr. B is in corporate and a high ranking one at that. It would be expected for him to be more "inquisitive" and think this through. He li...
2024-12-02 07:53:51 +0000 UTC
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I was supposed to upload this last week. I have obviously never been to Hollywood parties and all I know of it is second hand info at best. That being said, take this as that, third hand info.
Everything he is saying, I've also heard from some Hollywood people I know.
2024-12-02 05:15:55 +0000 UTC
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Jungkook's GOLDEN is the fastest album to sell over 1 million total units in the US by a Korean Soloist and Asian Native soloist.
2024-12-02 04:51:00 +0000 UTC
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V (KIM TAE HYUNG) and Park Hyo Shin's "Winter Ahead" earns the biggest streaming debut for a Jazz song in Spotify history. Let's make it the biggest streaming week for a jazz song!
4.2 Million streams
2024-12-01 10:21:28 +0000 UTC
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source: https://korean-vibe.com/news/newsview.php?ncode=17956140265
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) -- ADOR, the agency behind K-pop girl group NewJeans, said Friday that the group's contract remains valid until July 31, 2029, a day after the group announced a decision to leave over a dispute between the label and its creator.
ADOR, a sub-label of Hybe, said it will continue fulfilling its...
2024-11-29 07:00:14 +0000 UTC
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https://m.entertain.naver.com/now/article/108/0003286216
“Hello, this is Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin, and Hyein. As of November 29, 2024, the five of us have terminated our exclusive contract with ADOR and will continue our activities independently, free from HYBE and ADOR.
ADOR, as the agency that signed an exclusive contract with us, has a duty to manage us diligently for our b...
2024-11-29 06:53:13 +0000 UTC
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source: https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/311/0001801170
Dear Minji, Hani, Danielle, Haerin, and Hyein,
After receiving the certification of contents, I hoped over the past two weeks that I might have a chance to meet you even once. However, I am left with mixed feelings as I address you through this email without having met you in person.
Over the past 14 days, the member...
2024-11-29 05:47:16 +0000 UTC
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HYBE has successfully identified the individuals behind YouTube channels maliciously defaming its artists. This was made possible after a U.S. court authorized Google and YouTube to provide evidence for use in a foreign legal proceeding. HYBE now plans to hold the operators of these channels accountable through civil and criminal legal actions in South Korea.
On the 27th (local time), Chief Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California...
2024-11-29 05:38:51 +0000 UTC
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source: https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/312/0000690946
ADOR has provided an explanation for the remark, "It's just a matter of dropping 'New' and creating a new plan."
ADOR stated, "According to HYBE's explanation, the phrase pointed out by the artist was an expression recorded in the LE SSERAFIM section around May 2023. It reflects the writer's personal idea based on community opin...
2024-11-29 01:04:57 +0000 UTC
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source: https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/109/0005204201
We are regretful that a press conference to terminate the exclusive contracts was planned and conducted without sufficient review, even before receiving a reply to the certified mail.
As a party to the exclusive contracts, ADOR has not breached any terms, and unilateral claims of broken trust cannot serve as grounds for term...
2024-11-28 23:25:14 +0000 UTC
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source: https://n.news.naver.com/article/422/0000695225?sid=103
1. Regarding the request to take all necessary actions as NewJeans' management company concerning HYBE's decision that "We can just abandon the new and create a new plan":
ADOR essentially distanced itself by stating that the report was written by HYBE. After demanding an explanation from HYBE and receiving it, they ...
2024-11-28 22:48:57 +0000 UTC
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source: https://x.com/alldoorsoneroom/status/1861651441104110029
As per the title, this is in compliance with the New Jeans list of demands. ADOR published an open letter addressed to BeLift and the public.
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Hello, this is ADOR.
On October 7, 2024, Belift Lab released a statement titled "Notice" through their Belift Lab X account regarding the "Disregarding Manager Remar...
2024-11-27 07:58:15 +0000 UTC
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The CEO of Big Hit Music, the agency for groups BTS and TXT, has been replaced from Shin Young-jae to Shin Seon-jung.
On November 26, Big Hit Music announced, "We have appointed GM Shin Seon-jung as the new CEO."
Shin Seon-jung joined Big Hit Entertainment, the predecessor of HYBE, in 2010 and contributed to the birth and early growth of the world-famous artist BTS.
In particular, as the head of HYBE's T&D (Training & Development) business division and GM, she led ...
2024-11-26 07:04:54 +0000 UTC
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SOURCE: http://m.stoo.com/article.php?aid=97536369427#_PA
It has been revealed that former CEO Min Hee-jin of ADOR repeatedly sent emails with similar content to media outlets, prompting criticism that this is an attempt to "muzzle the press."
M Consulting Group, which claims to be former CEO Min Hee-jin's PR agency, sent an email to our newspaper on the 25th. This was in response to a re...
2024-11-26 03:45:27 +0000 UTC
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source: https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/117/0003891325
Former ADOR CEO Min Hee-jin has filed charges against HYBE's Chief Communications Officer (CCO) and PR Director.
On the 26th, Min’s representatives stated, "Yesterday (25th), we filed a complaint with the Yongsan Police Station against HYBE's Chief Communications Officer, Park Tae-hee, and PR Director, Cho Sung-hoon, for ...
2024-11-26 02:01:11 +0000 UTC
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Pending confirmation from Billboard, BTS is the first Asian group and 2nd group overall to have all members land an album in the top 5 of Billboard Hot 100. The first confirmed group is The Beatles.
All other big group acts: 1Direction, Backstreetboys, NSync, Destiny's Child, Queen, Rolling Stone, and others had at least 1 member failing to land an album inside the top 5.
2024-11-25 05:31:08 +0000 UTC
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Best Male Artist" and "Best Dance Performance Male Solo" for 'Standing Next to You' at the 2024 MAMA Awards!
2024-11-23 11:33:09 +0000 UTC
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With the help of a writer I know, I drew the Happy Album cover myself
I'll leave it at home and at work. Hehe
&...
2024-11-23 10:29:55 +0000 UTC
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Jimin is only the 2nd soloist in history to win a MAMA Daesang. First was Taeyang in 2014.
2024-11-23 10:26:15 +0000 UTC
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The Chungnam Community Chest of Korea announced on the 22nd that BTS member Jimin recently donated 100 million won to the "Patriotic Comrades Love Fund," a program jointly run with the Army. With this donation, Jimin has also become a member of the Honor Society.
According to the organization, Jimin, who is currently serving in the military, conveyed his desire to contribute quietly through his...
2024-11-23 08:16:12 +0000 UTC
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