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| April 2 2025 | Hybe donated 1 billion won to the National Cultural Heritage Administration and National Trust for Cultural Heritage to help repair and restore national heritage damaged by wildfires in the Ulsan, Gyeongbuk, and Gyeongnam regions. |
| 2025 | Phoenix is set to release 'It Starts at Zero', a new rock album. |
| March 10 2025 | Xiumin released his second solo EP 'Interview X' under INB100 Entertainment, which led to a dispute with KBS regarding program appearances. |
| 2025 | Feature film 'Whitney Springs', directed by Trey Parker, is set to be distributed by Paramount Pictures. |
| March 4 2025 | One Hundred (parent company of INB100) released a statement condemning KBS for allegedly blocking Xiumin's participation in music programs. |
| February 2025 | Hearts2Hearts, an eight-member girl group and SM's first since Aespa in 2020, is set to debut. |
| January 9 2025 | Chairman Park Jung-kyu of Davolink alleges in an interview that Min had made efforts to 'poach' NewJeans and discussed potential alternative contract arrangements. |
| 2024 | Phoenix releases multiple albums: 'Underdog', 'Heart of the Ocean', and 'Insurgent', which includes previously unreleased demo tracks. |
| 2024 | Midnvght joined Cash Money Records. |
| 2024 | Jaden signed to Gamma media company, with 0 releases under the label |
| 2024 | Adds Three Six Zero Recordings and Whutitdo Music to its distributed labels |
| 2024 | Hybe Corporation produced the documentary 'Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE' in collaboration with Interscope Films (PolyGram Entertainment) and Boardwalk Pictures. |
| 2024 | GFriend returns to Source Music, reestablishing their connection with the label |
| 2024 | Hybe Corporation collaborates with Chorokbaem Media to produce the drama 'Begins Youth'. |
| 2024 | Kendrick Lamar releases 'Not Like Us' music video directed by Dave Free and himself, and 'Squabble Up' from the GNX album directed by Calmatic |
| November 22 2024 | PGLang releases Kendrick Lamar's studio album 'GNX' through PGLang and Interscope Records, which charted at US #1. |
| November 20 2024 | Min Hee-jin resigns from all her positions, including board internal director, at both ADOR and Hybe. |
| October 29 2024 | Hybe CEO Lee Jae-sang issued a public apology regarding the leaked internal document. He explained the document was a compilation of public opinions about K-pop trends, acknowledged its inappropriate content, and committed to directly apologizing to affected artist agencies. |
| October 24 2024 | During a National Assembly audit, Representative Min Hyung-bae questioned Hybe's COO Kim Tae-ho about an internal document containing derogatory remarks about K-pop idols. The 18,000-page 'Weekly Music Industry Report' was revealed, which included unverified rumors and harsh commentary about artists. |
| August 27 2024 | Min Hee-jin was dismissed as CEO of ADOR, with Kim Ju-young taking over as the new CEO. |
| June 2024 | Exile Music rebrands to Zarpazo and relocates to Miami. Simultaneously, the company renames its podcast service from Exile Podcasts to Ajá Podcats. |
| June 2024 | South Korean prosecutors charged three Hybe subsidiary employees with insider trading related to the BTS break announcement, alleging they sold shares to avoid potential financial losses ranging from $24,000 to over $108,000. |
| May 30 2024 | A court case results in accepting Min Hee-jin's injunction to stop Hybe from exercising voting rights to dismiss her, with potential compensation if violated. |
| April 2024 | Thomas Bergersen and Nick Phoenix announced they would be pursuing solo careers and ending Two Steps From Hell. |
| April 30 2024 | Hybe requests ADOR to organize a board meeting and threatens to file a court request for a shareholders' meeting if board members refuse to attend. |
| April 25 2024 | Min Hee-jin holds an emergency press conference to deny Hybe's accusations, sharing her own text messages and accusing Hybe of fabricating her words and mishandling NewJeans. |
| April 24 2024 | Hybe officially reports Min Hee-jin to the police for 'breach of trust' and releases text messages allegedly showing her attempts to gain management control of ADOR. |
| April 22 2024 | Hybe requests Min Hee-jin to step down from her position as ADOR CEO following an audit, accusing her of attempting to make ADOR independent. Min releases a statement dismissing the claims and counter-accusing Hybe of overlooking similarities between NewJeans and Illit. |
| March 2024 | Illit, a girl group under Hybe's sub-label Belift Lab, debuts, sparking controversy over similarities with NewJeans. |
| March 2024 | Kah Jong-Hyun appoints Fernando Grediaga, a former EMI and Universal Music México executive, as general manager of Docemil Music, located in Mexico City. |
| March 18 2024 | SM's music publishing subsidiary Kreation Music Rights launched new production label Kustomade, managing soloist Kim Woo-jin and Yelo from MonoTree. |
| February 2024 | NCT Wish, the final NCT sub-unit, made their debut. |
| 2023 | Sean Combs created Love Records, a successor label, to independently release his fifth studio album, The Love Album: Off the Grid. |
| 2023 | A 2018 video leaked online of West publicly disavowing GOOD Music, expressing a desire to separate from the label during a phone call with Scooter Braun. |
| 2023 | Bergersen releases 'Humanity - Chapter V', his seventh solo studio album, continuing the 'Humanity' series. |
| 2023 | Two Steps from Hell released 'Maze of Dreams', an epic/dramatic album composed by Phoenix. |
| 2023 | B.G. re-signed to Cash Money Records, returning to the label. |
| 2023 | Expands distribution to multiple labels including Maybach Music Group, Death Row Records, Mega, and Open Shift Distribution |
| 2023 | Moonchild, a girl group co-produced by Hybe Labels Japan and LDH Japan, made their debut. |
| 2023 | Hybe Corporation produced the reality show 'R U Next?' in collaboration with Belift Lab, Studio JAMM, and Mushroom Company, which was broadcast on JTBC. |
| 2023 | PGLang won the Cannes Lions Special Award for Independent Agency of the Year – Craft, highlighting the company's creative achievements in the media and advertising industry. |
| 2023 | Tanna Leone's association with PGLang ended |
| 2023 | Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar collaborate on 'The Hillbillies' music video directed by Neal Farmer |
| 2023 | Kreation Music Rights and Studio White were established as new divisions. |
| November 2023 | Hybe Corporation establishes Hybe Latin America, a Latin music division based in Mexico City, Los Angeles, and Miami. Kah Jong-Hyun, former YG Entertainment vice president, is appointed as the division's CEO. The company also acquires Exile Content studio. |
| November 2023 | PGLang releases their second Converse footwear collaboration and first mobile phone collaboration with Light Phone, featuring Dominic Fike and Baby Keem in the advertising campaign. |
| November 16 2023 | SM Entertainment signed an agreement with British entertainment company Moon&Back and partnered with gamma to debut a new British boy group dearALICE. |
| October 23 2023 | PGLang launched another Converse advertising campaign, directed by Jack Berget from Hidji Films, featuring Dominic Fike and Baby Keem, running from October 23-25. |
| August 2 2023 | SM Entertainment established its music publishing subsidiary, Kreation Music Rights. |
| August 1 2023 | SM Entertainment announced a joint venture division with Kakao Entertainment in North America. |
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