NewJeans/NJZ's legal loss to HYBE could end up costing the company. Here's how — and what the court decision could mean for the K-pop industry.

In an industry where stars are often silenced, NewJeans’ courage to challenge the status quo is a beacon of hope. Their ...

by Ador’s parent company Hybe. Matters came to a head after the group held a press conference, unilaterally declared their exclusive contract with Ador invalid, and accused the agency of having ...

Their separation from ADOR stands to hurt the firm, as the industry at large reels from 2024’s flagging worldwide sales of K-pop albums. When they left in November, HYBE lost almost half a ...

NewJeans are on hiatus after HYBE’s Ador secured an injunction from the courts last week preventing the group from pursuing ...

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

During a show that was meant to launch their independent rebrand as NJZ, the group told fans they need to take a break amid ...

The court sided with the girl group’s record label, Ador, barring the quintet from planning commercial pursuits after trying ...

ADOR has received a clear chit for allegations of illegal detention, confiscation of company assets and mistreatment of NJZ ...

Where is Min Hee Jin as NewJeans’ feud with ADOR escalates? As the battle for creative control intensifies, questions swirl ...

By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall On Sunday (March 23), two days after a South Korean court ruled that ADOR, an imprint of K-pop giant HYBE, retains the right to manage the groundbreaking girl band ...