Min Hee-jin's team denies plot to 'poach' NewJeans, stock manipulation involvement — as it happened

JIM BULLEY JIM BULLEY

SHIN HA-NEE SHIN HA-NEE

JIN EUN-SOO JIN EUN-SOO

Thomas McCarthy Thomas McCarthy

Published January 28, 2026 - 12:30 p.m. Modified January 28, 2026 - 3:16 p.m.

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Min Hee-jin, former CEO of girl group NewJeans' agency ADOR, appears at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on Sept. 11, 2025. [NEWS1] — Min Hee-jin, former CEO of girl group NewJeans' agency ADOR, appears at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on Sept. 11, 2025.

BY SHIN HA-NEE, JIN EUN-SOO, JIM BULLEY AND THOMAS MCCARTHY [shin.hanee@joongang.co.kr]

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