A Seoul appellate court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal by the members of K-pop girl group NewJeans, effectively reaffirming a ban on the group pursuing any independent activities outside of their agency, ADOR.
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— Korea JoongAng Daily (@koreajoongangdaily.com) 17 June 2025 at 06:04
A Seoul appellate court has dismissed NewJeans’ appeal to overturn the injunction granted to ADOR in March that blocks the group members from independently pursuing activities.
In May, the existing injunction was strengthened when the Seoul Central District Court ruled that the NewJeans members would be fined ₩1B (~730K USD/992K CAD) per infraction per member involved. The court based its decision in part on NewJeans’ recent ComplexCon Hong Kong appearance (at which they attempted to re-brand/”re-debut” as NJZ). The fine is purely on a go-forward basis, meaning that while the ComplexCon appearance violated the earlier injunction the NewJeans members will not be fined for the incident. A repeat, however, would cost the group ₩5B.
Today’s dismissal further recognizes ADOR’s “exclusive rights as the group’s management agency under parent company HYBE”.
The civil suit filed by ADOR to uphold its exclusive contract with NewJeans is continuing separately.
