Min Hee-jin offers to give up 25.6 billion won if HYBE drops all lawsuits — as it happened

JIM BULLEY JIM BULLEY

SHIN HA-NEE SHIN HA-NEE

JIN EUN-SOO JIN EUN-SOO

Published February 25, 2026 - 12:59 p.m. Modified February 25, 2026 - 2:15 p.m.

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Min Hee-jin speaks to reporters on Feb. 25, with a laptop bearing an “ooak records” sticker. [NEWS1] — Min Hee-jin speaks to reporters on Feb. 25, with a laptop bearing an “ooak records” sticker.

BY JIM BULLEY, SHIN HA-NEE AND JIN EUN-SOO [[email protected]]

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