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NewJeans: Ex-K-Pop Boss Min Hee-Jin Offers to Forgo Compensation if Label Drops Lawsuits

Min Hee-jin offered to forgo a 25.5 billion won payout to stop all litigation involving NewJeans and related parties, prioritizing artists over legal battles, after a court ruling.

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Min Hee-jin has said she "can no longer bear to watch" the group get "torn apart".

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Min Hee-jin's proposal to waive 25.6 billion won in put options: Let's end the dispute and compete on the creative stage. Let's open a path for artists to shine, demanding the return of New Jeans Adore. Let's compete on the creative stage of K-pop, not the courts. Min Hee-jin, CEO of OK Records and Adore, held a press conference on the 25th in Jongno-gu, Seoul.

[Digital Daily Reporter Jo Eun-byeol] "I propose to Hive. I will pay 25.6 billion won, so please suspend all civil and criminal lawsuits." (Min Hee-jin, former CEO of Adore) It was clearly an unconventional proposal. The problem was what happened next. Min Hee-jin, former CEO of Adore (current CEO of OK Records), read the proposal written on her laptop and then hurried out of the press conference. There was no question-and-answer session. It too…

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pannchoa.com broke the news in on Tuesday, February 24, 2026.
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