NewJeans’ Hanni to testify earlier than Seoul lawmakers

NewJeans’ Hanni arrives to testify on the Nationwide Meeting in Seoul on Oct. 15, 2024. Hanni, 20, who’s Vietnamese-Australian, has spoken publicly about being bullied within the office, saying she overheard a supervisor linked to her company’s mother or father firm instructing different idols to “ignore” her. (Picture by Kim Min-Hee / AFP)

SEOUL, South Korea — A member of chart-topping woman group NewJeans will testify for South Korean lawmakers Tuesday, Oct. 15, as a part of an inquiry into office harassment, amid a boardroom drama over her tremendous producer.

In recent times, South Korea’s Ok-pop trade has develop into a world juggernaut powered by the success of teams like BTS, however domestically it’s identified for imposing strict requirements and controls on fledgling stars.

Rising Ok-pop idols are anticipated to stick to their highly effective company’s conduct and look pointers, with many stars describing receiving excessive backlash from followers over perceived errors of their private lives, for instance relationship.

Hanni, 20, who’s Vietnamese-Australian, has spoken publicly about being bullied within the office, saying she overheard a supervisor linked to her company’s mother or father firm instructing different idols to “ignore” her.

“I greeted a supervisor and artists from one other group on the HYBE constructing, however the supervisor advised them to disregard me. I nonetheless can’t perceive why,” she stated throughout a YouTube dwell stream in September.

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Hanni wrote on a fan platform final week that she would attend the parliamentary listening to to debate the alleged bullying.

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The alleged occasion occurred amid a dispute between NewJeans’ producer and mastermind, Min Hee-jin, and HYBE, the South Korean company that manages BTS, after HYBE filed a authorized criticism in opposition to Min for breach of belief in enterprise.

Min, who headed HYBE’s subsidiary ADOR which manages NewJeans, was changed as ADOR’s president in August amid the boardroom battle.

Through the dwell stream through which Hanni had raised the harassment declare, all NewJeans’ members demanded that Min be reinstated as ADOR’s CEO.

A number of courtroom instances on the difficulty are ongoing.

Hanni will testify earlier than South Korean lawmakers who sit on the parliamentary committee overseeing office circumstances and security.

ADOR’s Min, who joined the trade within the early 2000s, is extensively considered one of the vital profitable producers within the Ok-pop scene, having labored with stars comparable to Women’ Era, EXO and SHINee, amongst others.

NewJeans, produced by Min, is amongst HYBE’s most profitable Ok-pop teams, alongside BTS, which is at the moment on a hiatus as some members carry out South Korea’s necessary army service.

BTS member J Hope is scheduled to complete his army service this Thursday.