The first half of 2024 in the music industry can be said to have started and ended with Min HeeJin. It doesn't matter who started this war first or who is more at fault. Star News revisited the conflict that will go down in K-pop history, which took place at HYBE, the first domestic entertainment company designated as a conglomerate group.
The conflict between HYBE Chairman Bang SiHyuk and Min HeeJin, CEO of ADOR, a subsidiary label and the agency for the girl group NewJeans, surfaced on April 22. The beginning was HYBE's audit of ADOR. HYBE identified circumstances suggesting that ADOR's mana