The shares are currently held by Lee Soo-man, founder of SM Entertainment, who is embroiled in a dispute with the current management of SM Entertainment.
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HYBE is home to K-pop acts such as BTS, Seventeen, Tomorrow X Together, Enhyphen, NewJeans, Le Ssserafim and more. SM Entertainment holds the intellectual property rights for a number of the biggest K-pop groups of the last decade, including TVXQ, Super Junior, SHINee, Exo, NCT and aespa.
BY LIM JEONG-WON [lim.jeongwon@joongang.co.kr]