Hive has been subject to the National Tax Service's tax investigation. The impact is growing as the National Tax Service moves at a time when police are being investigated for fraudulent and ...

Hybe, the entertainment giant behind K-pop phenomenon BTS, is now under investigation by the country’s tax authorities, ...

The tax probe comes amid a broader crackdown targeting 27 companies and individuals suspected of tax evasion totaling about 1 trillion South Korean won.

On July 29, 2025, the Asia Brand Research Institute released its rankings for entertainment companies based on June 2025 data. HYBE was excluded from the "top 10," falling from its previous No.

The Seoul HQ of K-pop company HYBE has been raided twice in the last week, first by officials investigating fraud allegations ...

Police stormed K-pop giant HYBE’s headquarters Thursday in a sweeping probe into allegations that founder and chairman Bang ...

Bang Si-hyuk’s private equity fund earnings from HYBE's listing are reported to have exceeded 1 trillion KRW amidst IPO fraud ...

HYBE, the agency behind BTS, is facing major heat after South Korean police raided its Seoul HQ over allegations of insider ...

Bang Si-Hyuk opens up in Seoul about his vision for the industry and global ambitions. By Hannah Karp In March, as he weighed a takeover of one of his company’s biggest rivals, SM Entertainment ...

South Korean financial regulators have referred Hybe chairman and founder Bang Si-hyuk to prosecutors over allegations of ...

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.