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 ...

Min Hee Jin claims HYBE lacks legal grounds for terminating her contract. She says the decision was abrupt and unsupported by proof. Read the official statemnet from Min Hee Jin's side.

A separate lawsuit to determine if NewJeans/NJZ can legally terminate its contract with ADOR begins April 3, but if the court sides with HYBE/ADOR and the group refuses to make new music ...

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 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.

On March 25, 2025, a South Korean outlet, MediaUs, reported that Min Hee-jin, the former CEO of ADOR, had withdrawn from the legal dispute with HYBE much earlier. That left NewJeans to handle the ...

Previously, in March, a South Korean court blocked NewJeans from promoting themselves and performing at events under the new moniker NJZ ... ADOR a subsidiary of HYBE (home to K-pop artists ...

Instagram/NewJeans official 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 ...

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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 ...