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NewJeans’ Hanni has tearfully testified on workplace harassment at South Korea’s National Assembly.Hanni, real name Phạm Ngọc Hân, alleged that the entertainment agency Hybe deliberately undermined the group, while she also accused senior management of deliberately ignoring her.She said, “I came to the realisation that this wasn’t just a feeling.

NewJeans’ parents and HYBE subsidiary Belift Lab have trades opposing statements over an alleged bullying incident involving NewJeans member Hanni and the manager of girl group ILLIT.Last month, NewJeans held a surprise livestream voicing their support for former ADOR CEO Min Hee-jin amid the music executive’s ongoing feud with parent company HYBE. During the stream, Hanni spoke of an alleged incident where the manager of another group told them to “ignore her” when they encountered one another at the company’s headquarters.During the stream, Hanni did not name the group involved but claimed she had reported the incident to new ADOR CEO Kim Ju-young, who allegedly “tried to gloss over the situation” due to lack of evidence.In a new interview with Ilgan Sports, the mothers of two NewJeans members voiced their concerns over Kim’s handling of the matter, expressing doubt on the integrity of the investigation.

NewJeans‘ Hanni has been selected to testify in a workplace harassment inquiry of the K-pop industry by South Korea’s National Assembly.According to a new report by The Korea Times, NewJeans singer Hanni has been selected by the Environment and Labor Committee as a reference witness for an upcoming national audit that will address workplace harassment issues in the entertainment industry.The K-pop star is one of 35 witnesses and reference witnesses who have been chosen for the upcoming audit. Another notable name among the pool of witnesses is Kim Joo-young, the new CEO of K-pop agency ADOR, which is home to NewJeans.According to The Korea Times, Hanni’s is “not obligated” to testify at the upcoming audit.

ADOR CEO Min Hee-jin has claimed that she may have to sell her home in order to cover about KRW15billion (about US$1.7million) in expenses in her legal dispute with HYBE.On September 27, Min Hee-Jin recently made her first public appearance since May at the Hyundai Card Davinci Motel lecture program in Itaewon, Seoul. During her talk, she criticised HYBE of being “ignorant” for filing police reports against her.“There is no meaning to doing this job if management and [music] production are separated,” Min told those in attendance, per Korea JoongAng Daily.

ADOR CEO Min Hee-jin has spoken about her ongoing feud with K-pop giant HYBE, describing the situation as a “public execution” for “offending” the company.In a new interview with JoongAng Ilbo, via Korea JoongAng Daily, Min Hee-jin spoke about her feud with HYBE and removal as CEO of K-pop agency ADOR, which is home to girl group NewJeans. “This is nothing more than a public execution of a subsidiary’s president for blatantly offending the parent company,” she told the outlet.Min claimed in the interview that she is “committed to this challenge” and is refusing to “back down easily” because she feels that is it “crucial to change the rigid dynamic between producers and artists” in the K-pop industry.

ADOR has rejected a request by girl group NewJeans to reappoint Min Hee-jin as the CEO of the K-pop agency, while announcing plans to retain the music executive as a board member.Today (September 25), HYBE subsidiary ADOR announced in a statement, via Korea JoongAng Daily and The Korea Herald, that it “cannot accept the request” to reappoint Min Hee-jin as the CEO of the K-pop agency. Instead, the company has “decided to convene a shareholder meeting to vote for Min Hee-jin to stay on the board”.ADOR’s announcement today comes after NewJeans held a surprise livestream on YouTube calling for HYBE to reinstate Min.

ADOR, Min Hee-jin, has filed a court injunction seeking reappointment as an internal director for the company board.On September 13, a representative of Min released a statement to press announcing that the music executive had filed for an injunction for an “extraordinary general meeting of shareholders to reappoint Min Hee-jin as an internal director of ADOR with the Seoul Central District Court”.“The dismissal of former CEO Min Hee-jin is a violation of the shareholders’ agreement and contradicts the court’s decision to prohibit the exercise of voting rights,” the statement read, as translated by Soompi. “Considering the need for an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders to reappoint [Min Hee-jin as] ADOR’s director by November 2, 2024 and the court’s review period for the injunction, we applied for an injunction to reappoint former CEO Min Hee Jin as a director of ADOR and then appoint her as CEO.”According to the statement, Min was guaranteed a five-year term as ADOR’s CEO and an internal director of the ADOR board of directors under the shareholders’ agreement.

BTS member Jungkook has seemingly voiced his support for K-pop girl group NewJeans in new Instagram posts amid the ongoing HYBE–ADOR feud.BTS’ Jungkook uploaded two posts of his dog to his personal Instagram page on September 14, with captions that seem to reference K-pop quintet NewJeans. The first featured five different coloured hearts and the English sentence, “Artists are not guilty.”A post shared by Bam's dad (@bowwow_bam)Fans began speculating that the post was made in support of NewJeans, as the colours of the five hearts match the quintet’s individual official colours.

NewJeans have called for Min Hee-jin to be reinstated as the CEO of their agency ADOR in surprise YouTube livestream. It comes amid a heated feud between Min and HYBE, the owner of ADOR.The members of NewJeans held a surprise 30-minute livestream yesterday (September 11) on a now-deleted YouTube channel, where they spoke about the ongoing HYBE-ADOR feud.

NewJeans recently voiced support for former ADOR CEO Min Hee-jin during their award acceptance speech at The Fact Music Awards.NewJeans appeared at The Fact Music Awards on September 8, held at Osaka’s Kyocera Dome. The K-pop girl group were both performers and nominees at the ceremony, where they went home with four awards, which included Artist of the Year, alongside IVE and aespa.During their acceptance speech, NewJeans give a shout-out to ex-ADOR CEO Min Hee-jin, amid the music executive’s feud with the label’s owner, HYBE.

K-pop singer Bada of girl group S.E.S has voiced her support for the members of NewJeans amid an ongoing feud between their former CEO Min Hee-jin and HYBE, the owner of their label ADOR.Last month, HYBE announced that ADOR founder Min Hee-jin would be stepping down as CEO of the label following a months-long conflict between the two parties. Earlier this week, the members of ADOR girl group NewJeans took to their fan community app to share their uneasiness over the situation.Veteran K-pop singer Bada has now spoken out about NewJeans’ situation on social media, sharing that her “heart is really hurting” for the young group.

NewJeans, after she stepped down from the role last week.According to a new story by Yonhap News Agency today (September 4), where it cited “music industry sources”, the publication reports that over 1,000 self-identified fans of NewJeans have expressed concerns about “the management shake-up” at ADOR and how that could “impact the group’s future” in an open letter to HYBE.The letter was reportedly addressed to new ADOR CEO Kim Ju-young, three other ADOR board members and Lee Jae-sang, the newly appointed CEO of HYBE.

NewJeans members Hanni, Minji and Danielle have voiced frustration over the ongoing feud between ADOR and HYBE in new posts to fans.The two K-pop idols took to fan community app Phoning yesterday (September 2) to speak out the ongoing feud between their label ADOR and music giant HYBE, which owns the K-pop agency. It comes shortly after Min Hee-jin stepped down as the CEO of ADOR, a move which the music executive has alleged as something that wasn’t her choice.Australian-Korean member Danielle wrote that she had “a lot of concerns” since Min Hee-jin was dismissed as CEO of ADOR, according to Yonhap News Agency. “It’s been difficult in many ways […] For a while, I was in a state of mental breakdown and very anxious,” she added.Similarly, Minji said that she wanted to “comfort” them despite her frustration that “nothing has been solved” about the situation, per Korea JoongAng Daily.

ADOR CEO Min Hee-jin has claimed that an offer from HYBE, which owns the K-pop agency, to continue producing for NewJeans is “unreasonable” in a new statement.Today (August 30), Min Hee-jin released a statement saying that she would not be signing a contract offered to her by HYBE that would allow her to continue producing for NewJeans, claiming that the terms of the contract are “unreasonable”.The contract offered to Min allegedly would retain the ex-ADOR CEO to produce for the girl group from August 27 to November 1. The music executive has claimed that “it is unrealistic to expect the successful completion of crucial production tasks, such as preparing for NewJeans’ world tour in 2025, under such a short-term contract”, per The Korea Herald.Min has also claimed that the proposed contract contains “harmful” clauses not found in other contracts issued by ADOR or its parent company, HYBE.

ADOR, home to girl group NewJeans.According to news reports today (August 27) by South Korean media – including Korea JoongAng Daily, Yonhap News Agency and Hankook Ilbo – ADOR announced in a statement that Min Hee-jin will step down as the K-pop agency’s CEO.Min, who has been in a protracted feud with HYBE over control of ADOR in the past several months, will reportedly keep her position on the K-pop agency’s board of director. Additionally, the music executive will also continue to produce music for NewJeans.Per Yonhap, Min’s resignation was announced during an ADOR board meeting today.

ADOR.Earlier today (August 27), ADOR announced in a statement that Min Hee-jin had stepped down as the CEO of the K-pop agency, which is notably home to popular girl group NewJeans. The announcement came amid a lengthy feud between Min and HYBE, which owns the majority of ADOR, over the control of the company.However, two hours after ADOR’s announcement, Min claimed in a new statement to Korea JoongAng Daily that it was not her choice to step down as the CEO of the company.

ADOR CEO Min Hee-jin has released a letter NewJeans member Danielle wrote to her amid the music executive’s dispute with HYBE, which owns the K-pop agency.Yesterday (July 31), Min Hee-jin took to Instagram with a post of an image of a card that was alleged written by NewJeans’ Danielle, where the K-pop idol described the ADOR CEO as her “mother and warrior”, per Korea JoongAng Daily.“It’s been two years already. Our CEO who really did the most, thank you so, so much,” wrote the NewJeans member.

ADOR, home to popular girl group NewJeans, has lambasted HYBE and the media in a new statement addressing plagiarism allegations over the quintet’s 2024 single ‘Bubble Gum’.Today (July 23), ADOR released a statement addressing and denying claims made by English band Shakatak that the writers of NewJeans’ ‘Bubble Gum’ had plagiarised their 1981 hit, ‘Easier Said Than Done’. Per The Korea Times, Shakatak alleged that the two songs share similar melody hooks, instrumentation and tempos, among others.In its statement, ADOR offered up an analysis of the two songs, claiming that they “differ in their chord progressions… their bpm, and in their overall feeling and movement”.

Source Music, a subsidiary of HYBE Labels, has filed a lawsuit against fellow subsidiary ADOR’s CEO Min Hee-jin.On July 15, Sports Seoul reported that Source Music had filed a lawsuit against Min at the Seoul Western District Court. According to the report, the agency is seeking KRW500million (roughly US$360,000) in damages for defamation and interfering with business.

ADOR, which is home to girl group NewJeans, was recently questioned by South Korean police for eight hours amid her feud with HYBE.ADOR CEO Min Hee-jin was seen leaving Yongsan Police Station in Seoul, South Korean at 10pm on Tuesday (July 9), eight hours after questioning begin at 2pm the same day, according to Korea JoongAng Daily.While leaving the police station, Min told reporters that her questioning “wasn’t supposed to take place today” but that she had “requested that I be questioned today because I wanted to”.“I told the truth. […] I’m glad to tell the truth and let it all out,” she said of the session, while also confirming that she had denied breach of trust allegations levied against her by HYBE.

K-pop girl group NewJeans have dropped the second part of their ‘Supernatural’ music video.Last month, NewJeans made their official Japanese debut with their single album ‘Supernatural’. The group have now dropped a second music video for the title track, this time featuring a Korean-language version of the single.The new visual continues the TV series concept of original music video, this time with the members investigating the strange weather phenomena from the first clip.