Which is why the group’s announcement, last November, that it wished to terminate its contract with its label and management agency, Ador — a sublabel of the K-pop conglomerate Hybe — was ...

Related Billie Eilish & Finneas Hire New Management The pronouncement added another twist to a nearly year-long battle between HYBE-owned ADOR and its biggest act, who allege they were mistreated ...

K-pop group NewJeans announced an indefinite hiatus just days after a court in Seoul issued an injunction preventing them ...

NewJeans and Ador have been embroiled in a feud since last year’s ouster of Min Hee Jin, the band’s former creative director and Ador’s former CEO, by Ador’s parent company Hybe.

When they left in November, HYBE ... new label, but says, “We are looking for an agency to help us… a third party to help us in between to communicate with other people.” They’re also ...

NewJeans have released all of their music to date through ADOR a subsidiary of HYBE (home to K-pop artists ... and that they would be doing so under a new name, NJZ. The group also rebadged ...

The legal conflict began when New Jeans alleged mistreatment and lack of support. Critics are unsurprised by the ruling and expect no future collaborations with HYBE/ADOR. With the South Korean ...

Hybe Co. has won a legal battle to control K-pop group NewJeans, reinforcing the status quo for a Korean entertainment group that managed every aspect of its stars’ activities. The Seoul Central ...