The War is Over, Newjeans Returns to Ador, all 5 Members Confirmed their Return

Today, November 12, 2025, is the day! The day that many fans of the K-pop They have been waiting with their hearts in hand for more than a year!

The battle is over! It’s official: NewJeans Go back to Ador!

After a year of a bitter and public legal battle, which as you know, we have been closely following from this blog, the five members of the group have expressed their desire to return to their agency, Ador. But not everything was so easy… today in Crazy about Korea We tell you all the details of this day of heart attack!

A day of roller coaster: this is how the return was confirmed

Today was crazy! The news did not come all together, but in two parts that had us on the edge of the chair.

In the afternoon: Ador confirms the return of Haerin and Hyein

First, this afternoon (in Korea), Ador (The subsidiary of Hybe) dropped the first bomb statement: Hyein and Haerin will return to the agency.

The official statement said that the two members, ‘After long arguments between them and with adoration‘and’careful consideration with their families‘, they have decided respect the court ruling and fulfill their exclusive contracts. Ador promised to do ‘The best to support Haerin and Hyein in their activities‘.

But of course, the million dollar question was… and the other three?

Evening: Minji, Danielle and Hanni also announce their return!

Well, we didn’t have to wait long! hours later, tonight (around 7:45 p.m., Korea time), Yonhap News Agency He reported the news that completed the puzzle: Minji, Danielle and Hanni also return!.

The three members launched their own statement saying: ‘After careful discussions, we have decided to return to Ador‘.

NewJeans Hyein y Haeri — Hyein y Haerin, NewJeans

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Ador’s answer…I don’t blame them

But this is where the story gets… weird! The return of Minji, , Danielle and Hanni It was not a joint statement with the company. Members announced their decision to return through the news agency Yonhap!.

In its statement, the trio explained that they were delayed because (and this is real) ‘One of our members is currently in Antarctica’.

They even added: ‘Ador has not answered us, so we had to share our position separately‘.

And what did he say? Ador? Well, something that is quite logical given the background! The agency, which has just won a key trial on the October 30 where the court forced the girls to respect their contracts, he replied that he is ‘In the process of verifying authenticity’ of that decision.

And to make it clear: this is the 100% professional response of a company that was taken to court by these members, won, and now it finds out by the press What do you want to come back from? Of course they have to check it!

The end of a one-year legal battle

For those who are not up to date, this is the end of a nightmare that lasted a year!

the context: Everything exploded after the dismissal of the former CEO of adore, Min Hee-jin, in August 2024, in the middle of a conflict with the parent company Hybe.
the breakup: The November 28, 2024, the five members of NewJeans They announced at a press conference that their contracts were invalid because the agency had not protected them.
The Court’s decision: The group has been in a legal battle ever since. But October 30 this year, the Seoul Central District Court He ruled that his arguments ‘They were not solid‘And that the five members They must honor their exclusive contracts with Ador until 2029.
The last performance: The last time we saw them together on a stage was in March, under the temporary name ‘NJZ‘For a concert in Hong Kong.

What’s next for NewJeans?

Although the answer of Ador to the statement from minji, Danielle and Hanni was that they had to verify it, the agency’s promise to ‘support fully’ Haerin and Hyein It’s a good sign.

The group is complete again! After such a painful and divisive year for All The parties involved, we can only expect this to be the real beginning of their return. We want to see Minji, , Hanni, , Danielle, , Haerin and Hyein Together on stage again!

From Crazy about Korea We are sure that there will soon be news about the comeback of the whole group.

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The ABC of the NewJeans crisis: FAQs that explain everything

1. How did NewJeans start? If they seemed like the perfect group!

That’s the theme! NewJeans It was a dream debut. They appeared out of nowhere July 2022 with ‘Attention‘and’hype boy‘An instant hit! Then they came’ditto‘, ‘OMG‘and’Super Shy‘. They were the ‘sisters of the nation’, was a group in which Hybe (Through Ador) Really invested millions, in the development of their concept, visuals, etc., hiring the best, that was seen and the group was an instant success.

2. Who is Min Hee-jin and why is he so important in this?

Min Hee-jin We could say that it is the epicenter of the entire conflict. She was a legendary creative director in SM Entertainment (the mind behind f(x), shinee, etc.). Hybe hired her for the creation of a group of girls, later NewJeans, with so much confidence in his work that he gave him his own stamp: Ador. But on April 2024, , Hybe He accused her of ‘abuse of power’ and trying to make a ‘coup’ to steal Ador. After a brutal media battle, Min Hee-jin was officially fired as CEO on August 2024but left her as the producer and manager of NewJeans as up to that moment, a position that she herself resigned later.

3. And that’s where the girls ‘were bad’?

Exactly. Instead of staying on the sidelines, the members took sides with their former CEO farewell. First, they gave Hybe an ultimatum to reinstall. And then, the November 28, 2024, the five convened an emergency press conference where they declared that their contracts with Ador were ‘null and without effect’. A declaration of total war!

4. Was Hanni the one who spoke the most? What exactly did he say?

Yeah! Hanni She was one of the main spokespersons at that press conference. She was the one who said very harsh phrases against the company that maintained them, stating that Ador ‘He has neither the ability nor the will to protect’ to the group. He even said that staying at the agency would be a ‘waste of time and would cause more mental anguish‘Imagine saying that to your boss in public!

5. What was the position of Ador (the company) throughout the year?

Ador He was professional and legally advised all the time. As the girls gave press conferences, Ador (now controlled by Hybe) kept only one line: ‘Contracts are valid’. His position was: ‘A unilateral claim of broken trust does not constitute a valid basis for termination of a contract‘That’s why they took the case to court.

Ador gana newjeans vuelve a la empresa — NewJeans

6. And what did the Court say? Why did Ador agree?

Because the law was clear! The court ruling October 30, 2025 It was a reality blow for the girls. The judge said that the ‘personal trust of the members in Min (Hee-jin) alone’ Not It was an obligation of the contract, the judge addressed the issue of ‘production’ directly: he said that ‘Even if Min Hee Jin was removed from the CEO post, she could have served as producer and as director at the Board, and He didn’t have to be a CEO to do it.‘And that the dismissal of Min Hee-jin Not It was a valid justification for them to break their contracts. Basically, the Court told them that their tantrum had no legal basis and that they had to fulfill their contracts until 2029!.

7. Is it true that they tried to continue without adoration?

Simply! Not only did they try, but they even had a new name! The last time they performed together was in March in Hong Kong, under the temporary name ‘NJZ’. They were trying to continue as an independent group. But the court also forbids them! The October 30 ruling imposed ‘indirect execution measures’ (million-dollar fines) if they tried to make any activity on your own.

So, of course, now we understand! It’s not that Ador is ‘cold’ for ‘verifying authenticity’… It’s that they are being 100% professionals after a year of public war that they started and that the law forced them to finish!