Bang Si Hyuk, founder and chairman of HYBE and the man credited with turning BTS into a global sensation, is under a travel ban in South Korea as part of an ongoing police investigation.

The allegations, which had been brewing for a while, gained momentum after BTS was fully discharged from the military . The group is planning a full album comeback next year; however, given the current situation and HYBE’s increasing legal issues, the chances of the project being delayed seem inevitable.

Police place travel ban on HYBE founder

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s Financial Crimes Investigation Unit confirmed that Bang was barred from leaving the country on August 11, immediately after he returned from a US business trip. The music producer, often known as “Hitman Bang,” is being inv

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