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HYBE Faces Investor Backlash Amid K-Pop Scandals

HYBE Faces Investor Backlash Amid K-Pop Scandals

SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Investors in HYBE are voicing growing frustration and disappointment, a sentiment increasingly evident in recent discussions on online stock forums. The entertainment powerhouse behind global sensation BTS has seen its stock price nearly halve since peaking at 312,500 won in June last year, with recent scandals exacerbating the decline. HYBE’s [...]

Hybe Chairman Bang Si-hyuk Donates 5 bln Won for Education of Out-of-school Youths

Hybe Chairman Bang Si-hyuk Donates 5 bln Won for Education of Out-of-school Youths

SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Bang Si-hyuk, founder and chairman of Hybe, the entertainment firm behind K-pop supergroup BTS, donated 5 billion won (US$3.5 million) to a local charity, it has said. The donation will be used to help out-of-school youths and those in residential care facilities get fair educational opportunities without discrimination, the [...]

Hybe’s Bang Receives Honorary Doctorate from Seoul Nat’l University

Hybe’s Bang Receives Honorary Doctorate from Seoul Nat’l University

SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Bang Si-hyuk, founder and chairman of K-pop powerhouse Hybe that manages BTS, received an honorary doctorate on business administration from Seoul National University (SNU) on Thursday, saying he will work to improve the music industry for the future generation. “The pandemic was a global catastrophe that threatened the existence [...]

Bang Si-hyuk, Scooter Braun, Lenzo Yoon on Billboard’s 2022 Power List

Bang Si-hyuk, Scooter Braun, Lenzo Yoon on Billboard’s 2022 Power List

SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Bang Si-hyuk, founder and chairman of the powerhouse K-pop entertainment company Hybe, has been included on the Billboard’s annual list of the most influential figures in the global music business. Bang ranked 18th out of the 25 people on the Billboard’s 2022 Power List unveiled Wednesday (U.S. time), along [...]

Bang Si-hyuk Steps Down as CEO of BTS’ Agency-label Hybe

Bang Si-hyuk Steps Down as CEO of BTS’ Agency-label Hybe

SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Bang Si-hyuk, the legendary music producer behind the success of K-pop supergroup BTS, has stepped down as the chief executive of the group’s agency-label Hybe, the company announced Thursday. Bang’s resignation from the Hybe CEO position was announced as part of a company-wide restructuring of the agency, formerly known [...]

BTS Founder Delivers Commencement Address at Alma Mater, Seoul National University

BTS Founder Delivers Commencement Address at Alma Mater, Seoul National University

SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Bang Si-hyuk, the creator of BTS and CEO of the band’s management agency Big Hit Entertainment, gave a congratulatory address at the 73rd commencement ceremony at Seoul National University (SNU), his alma mater on Tuesday. During his speech, Bang explained that he did not have a dream, rather he [...]

BTS Producer Bang Si-hyuk Named One of Billboard’s ’25 Top Innovators’

BTS Producer Bang Si-hyuk Named One of Billboard’s ’25 Top Innovators’

SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Bang Si-hyuk, the producer of the K-pop phenomenon BTS, made Billboard’s list of “25 Top Innovators” who are “Music’s New Power Generation,” Billboard said on its website on Friday. “The K-populist: BTS — the seven-man K-pop band that South Korean songwriter-producer-executive Bang assembled in 2010 — catapulted into Western-pop [...]