NewJeans round up: MHJ resigns and terminates shareholder agreement, Hanni's complaint closed

[varioussaints]

I'm once again relying on PannChoa, so if anyone has better sources, please link them in the comments. Thank you.

Comments

[miwa201]

mhj def has an investor waiting to pay the penalty fees. i think ultimately newjeans will be fine

can't say i'm surprised about hanni losing that, i don't think the same country that has normalized trainee debt would care about idols getting bullied (esp when it seems like this was a he said she said situation)

[fauxkaren]

tbh it's not even about if they care about idols getting bullied or not. it's more about idols not having employee contracts like a wage worker. best move for idols would be to form a union to get protections that they do not have due to not being wage employees.

[fantastiche]

Classing it as her "losing" isn't quite correct. The National Assembly basically said "legislation doesn't exist for this" and closed it because idols are not classed as ordinary workers (a politician is now working on a bill to change this - we'll see what happens). They made no ruling on the rightness/wrongness of her claims.

[maclou]

I’m really not sure how all of this is going to end and I kind of just want to like fast forward and see how this all end. It’s a bit interesting to compare this. To the fifty fifty law suit thing, I couldn’t follow that one well either but I mean like going off of ppl’s reactions to them and vibes.

[fauxkaren]

Another party not mentioned much in this saga that I've been thinking about is the trainees currently signed with Ador who are projected to debut as a boygroup in 2026. I hope Ador can keep it together to debut them or the trainees can be moved to another label and debut there. Because it'd suck for them if they get screwed over in all this.

[vanilla_09]

Oh the girls are so fucked. Like is she leaving them to dry?? Is she going to help them buy out their contracts? I think a lot of misogyny was at play here but there's a reason LSM never made her a director. And this makes New Jeans' ultimatum last week very sus and leaves a bad taste in my mouth because that means they probably refused their/MHJ's demands.

[fauxkaren]

NewJeans made demands that were non-starters because the letter was just a formality. They were always planning to file for contract termination. As for if MHJ is going to help them buy out their contracts? Idk. I hope so! If not, that's super fucked up.

[topismine]

She’s too obsessed with them to be leaving them out to dry. I’m almost 100% sure MHJ has been communicating to secure investors during this whole legal fiasco so that she and NWJNS can start anew somewhere else.

[evett]

in no way shape or form does the idol system allow artists to ever be equals with their company. they are subordinates who are controlled, harassed and can be discarded at any moment. but she isn't getting paid like a worker so POOF her mental health isn't protected. the law always siding with corporations. tale as old as time