Chronology of HYBE vs Min Hee Jin: Accusations of Controlling ADOR to Chaos at ILLIT's Debut

Liputan6.com, Jakarta The beginning of this week was marked by tremendous tension between the giant corporation in the K-Pop industry, HYBE, and Min Hee Jin. This woman is not just anyone. He is the CEO of ADOR, a subsidiary of HYBE, which handles the birth of NewJeans.

NewJeans himself shot up as a young K-Pop star after debuting in 2022, and is known for his fresh Y2K music style and appearance. On the other hand, another HYBE subsidiary, Belift Lab, introduced their new girl group, ILLIT, in March 2024.

Not a few netizens feel that these two groups have similar musical and visual styles. However, there was no explanation from ADOR or Belift Lab regarding netizens' reactions, until the “bomb” exploded on Monday (22/4/2024).

Reporting from The Korea Times And Yonhap News, This started when HYBE confirmed that it had conducted an audit of ADOR. The reason is sensational.

“It is true that the company exercised its right to audit ADOR management on suspicion that management was trying to take over control of the company,” said a HYBE official.

Apparently there are allegations that Min Hee Jin wants to control ADOR, by selling HYBE's portion of shares in this agency to the investors they want. For your information, HYBE holds 80 percent of ADOR shares while Min Hee Jin has 18 percent ownership.

The HYBE team has reportedly confiscated a number of data at the ADOR office, and conducted direct interviews with staff at this agency.

Proclaimed Korea JoongAng Daily, One of the “evidence” revealed by HYBE was a document stating a desire to “move away and leave” this company.