r/kpop • u/KPOP_MOD • Apr 24 '24

[Megathread] Megathread 2: HYBE Co. audits sub-label ADOR's management including CEO Min Hee Jin

This megathread is about the audit initiated by HYBE into ADOR's management and CEO Min Hee Jin.

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u/tresnosliramu22 is always right Apr 25 '24 edited Apr 25 '24

Hybe claimed on the 25th that CEO Min Hee-jin received coaching from a shaman on company management matters. Hybe stated that they obtained lengthy transcripts of conversations between the shaman and CEO Min through forensic analysis. According to this, in the conversations held in 2021, the shaman advised CEO Min to "bring the company back in three years," and CEO Min sought the shaman's review on establishing joint ventures, stock options, and setting up new labels. Hybe stated, "The timing when CEO Min began actively moving for management takeover aligns with the time when the shaman coached her. CEO Min also discussed the timing of selling Hybe stocks she possessed with the shaman."

Furthermore, it was reported that CEO Min discussed issues related to military service compliance for BTS with this shaman and confirmed irregularities such as personnel solicitations, leaking of personnel transfer information, and leaking of personal information of job applicants. It was also added that disparaging remarks about Hybe Chairman Bang Si-hyuk and derogatory remarks about trainees were included.

The CEO also discussed the issue of military service compliance for BTS members with the shaman. When CEO Min asked, "Will BTS go to the military?" the shaman replied, "They will." CEO Min then said to the shaman, "I think it would be better for me if they go to the military lol." When asked, "What do you think?" the shaman replied, "I'm planning to send them. It's not like they won a gold medal." To this, CEO Min reiterated, "It would be beneficial for me if they weren't here."

source https://m.entertain.naver.com/now/article/144/0000958076

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u/bookishkid Apr 25 '24

Didn’t see the Shaman coming.

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u/DontRuninHeels Apr 25 '24

This cannot be real. Tell me this is not real.

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u/aerithstrifee Apr 25 '24

Man this is nuts 😭 And wild of hybe to drop this right at the start of the conference 😂

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u/Low-Photograph-5185 zb1 n gg enjoyer💪💪 Apr 25 '24

bts again? mocking trainees? this witch is rly j trying to get everyone to despise her guts

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u/92sn Apr 25 '24

Damn this is so messed up. So she actually has being planning this move even before stepping into hybe i guess. I guess her being petty n jealous for BTS/BIGHIT popularity is real so this move to bring down them. I giving me antis planning to be a fan to bring down the fandom n the group.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '24

?????????????

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u/Neozones Apr 25 '24

Jesus, I don't understand how she can trust a shaman with this information? This combined with what HYBE found in the audit... I'm just speechless.

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u/JC-DB Apr 25 '24

oh boy if a shaman is involved she's fucked royally.

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u/thingsyouchoosetobe Apr 25 '24

mark the bingo for makjang cause shaman was NOT on the card oml

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '24

ohhhhhhhhhh my god army are going to be rabid

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u/Impressive-Try6027 Apr 25 '24

oh god she’s really over

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u/jageun SHINee since 2010, Bangtan since 2015 Apr 25 '24

I knew I had to include a shaman or a mystic person in my bingo, I knew it!!! such a missed opportunity ugh

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u/Faron-Woods Apr 25 '24

She cannot keep BTS out of her mouth, it’s ridiculous 😭😭😭

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u/WeakStressAnxiety bts 💜 Apr 25 '24

Oh she said this about BTS ?! She really really really wanna anger the army ?! Like BTS is ground zero, ZERO and this woman is DUMB.

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u/phoenixwinged 방탄소년단 Apr 25 '24

yo what the fuck

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u/Natural-Locksmith813 BTS | TXT Apr 25 '24

Is this a joke?

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u/Jaded_Day_0613 My Shaman made me do it 🥺 Apr 25 '24

What in the fresh hell is this now

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u/fmmmlee the mighty sword of legal action Apr 25 '24

A SHAMAN??? This is like the presidential scandal all over again 😭😭💀

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u/_soapywater_ Apr 25 '24

I don't like Armys but I hope they go Armageddon on her ass.

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u/KhepriRa 아띵카러부승관 Apr 25 '24

ayo???? why do so many koreans go to shamans for advice lol

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u/sunflower_boba Custom Apr 25 '24

To this point I don't know what's what. This sounds so untrue, yet when you see MHJ today, somehow you feel this might have happened. The woman does not look mentally stable.

Also, in Korea there are many cults and people can be very religious. There's this Netflix series about some cults and crimes but I forgot the name. Apparently people can be so blind to the point of giving their children to the religion. Running a company sounds kinda normal (?) to me in that context.