Overview
- SM’s legal representative said CBX’s continued denial of their contracts makes it impossible for them to continue activities as EXO members.
- SM announced an EXO fan meeting and a studio album that list only Suho, Chanyeol, D.O., Kai, Sehun and Lay, excluding Chen, Baekhyun and Xiumin.
- INB100 stated it met SM on July 9, exchanged concrete terms on September 10, accepted all conditions after an October 2 mediation, and cleared December schedules for group work.
- Reports say CBX has now lost six legal or administrative rounds, as courts, the KFTC and the MCST found no evidence of illegality by SM and rejected broad document requests.
- The dispute traces to the June 18, 2023 agreement affirming contract validity and a 10% remit on personal activities, after which SM sued in June 2024 to enforce payment and prosecutors dismissed CBX’s counterclaims.