BTS agency employees accused of insider trading


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Three employees at Hybe, the agency behind K-pop megastars BTS (pic), have been accused of insider trading by South Korea’s financial watchdog over share sales before the group’s bombshell “hiatus” announcement.

In a YouTube video posted in June 2022, the seven members of BTS said they were taking a break from group activities to focus on their solo careers, citing exhaustion and the pressures of their stratospheric success.

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