Hybe sells entire SM Entertainment stake in RM618m deal, making China’s Tencent second-largest shareholder 28 May 2025
NewJeans members accuse Hybe of blocking NJZ ‘debut’; K-pop industry groups warn of ‘tampering’ crisis 21 February 2025
K-pop group NewJeans vows not to return to Hybe or Ador, announces public contest for temporary name amid contract dispute 24 January 2025
Former ADOR boss Min Hee-jin files defamation suit against HYBE executives, Dispatch journalists after scathing ‘exposé’ 3 December 2024
Min Hee-jin resigns from ADOR board, calls efforts to resolve issues with HYBE ‘a waste of time’ after NewJeans’ ultimatum 20 November 2024
In California, K-pop boy group Seventeen gets warm welcome from Carats despite HYBE tussle 17 November 2024
HYBE leaked internal reports: More controversy abound as company’s stand on pro-Palestine protests, attempts to make its chairman likeable, LE SSERAFIM’s lip-synching revealed 2 November 2024
‘I bow my head and apologise to our artists, industry insiders, and fans’: HYBE CEO promises end to company’s toxic culture 30 October 2024
HYBE internal documents shocks KPop community: plans to ‘dispose NewJeans’, derogatory remarks dished at Blackpink, TWICE, IVE, aespa, Stray Kids, NCT Dream, (G)I-DLE 27 October 2024
