HYBE Chairman Bang Si-hyuk said in an internal email to employees that he will return to South Korea to cooperate with a fraud investigation there.

HYBE Chairman Bang Si-hyuk, who faces allegations of insider trader and tax evasion, emailed an apology to his employees ...

HYBE chairman Bang Si-hyuk addresses stock manipulation probe, vows to return to Korea and fully cooperate with investigators ...

Bang told staff in an email that he will return to Korea “to fully and transparently work with investigators and put these ...

Hybe founder and chair Bang Si-hyuk vows to return to Seoul to face the music with investigations into allegations tied to ...

On August 11, 2025, K-media Field News reported that the National Tax Service has launched a tax inspection into HYBE.

HYBE founder and chairman Bang Si-hyuk has issued a formal statement addressing the ongoing stock manipulation investigation ...

Hyuk, chairman of K-pop giant HYBE that houses BTS and Le Sserafim, among others, has expressed regret over how ongoing ...

HYBE founder Bang Si-hyuk has told staff that he is returning to Korea to “transparently work” with officials investigating ...

HYBE's chairman, Bang Si-hyuk, issues an apology to employees amid escalating securities fraud investigations that accuse him ...

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.

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.