HYBE's recent controversies around Chairman Bang Si-hyuk and three ex-employees made news. What do they mean for BTS' label and the K-pop business?

On Tuesday, July 29, the South Korean media outlet Yonhap News reported that HYBE Labels is currently under investigation for ...

K-pop giant HYBE says there was nothing improper about the company’s 2020 IPO, and plans to cooperate with investigators.

On August 1, 2025, a viral clip drew attention online after Pink Slip, one of the producers of KATSEYE’s song Gnarly, ...

Police stormed K-pop giant HYBE’s headquarters Thursday in a sweeping probe into allegations that founder and chairman Bang ...

The Seoul HQ of K-pop company HYBE has been raided twice in the last week, first by officials investigating fraud allegations ...

Bang Si-hyuk is stepping down from his role as CEO of HYBE (formerly known as Big Hit Entertainment) as a part of a major restructuring of leadership at the company that launched BTS, one of the ...

HYBE Chairman Bang Si-hyuk purchased a $26.4 million residence in Los Angeles through a real estate company he wholly owns. After previously failing to disclose the information, Bang revealed that he ...

HYBE chairman Bang Si-hyuk is being investigated by Korean regulators over over allegations he made $285 million from the company’s IPO.

Initially founded as Big Hit Entertainment in 2005 by musical mastermind Bang Si-hyuk, the company listed publicly on the Korean exchange in 2020 as HYBE; it’s valued at $9.5 billion today.

When Scooter Braun and Bang Si-hyuk first began to discuss the possible merger of their two companies, their Zoom calls had surprisingly little to do with business. As Braun, whose Ithaca Holdings ...

BTS is Bang Si-hyuk's greatest strength and biggest vulnerability. The seven-member group from South Korea has succeeded to a historic degree, far beyond anyone's imagination – even Bang's.