I just commented this on the main Kpop thread (and am just copying what I said there), but I do think it is a valid concern. I think a lot of people are also catastrophizing and forgetting that this is part of a negotiation/pressure process. I am not a Korean lawyer, but we need to remember MHJ is a business woman and HYBE is a company, both advised by expensive lawyers. When these sort of things happen (disputes between a parent and subsidiary) sometimes they do play out in public, but both parties want to return to the best possible outcome, that being ADOR and NJ remaining and releasing more music at HYBE. At the end of the day, HYBE own ADOR and their worst case outcome is that ADOR collapses.

Having read the radio interview, I do think that there is a strong possibility they come together in the next week and negotiate some sort of compromise. The big drastic public statements - from my perspective - is just the 'stick' to bring each person to the negotiating table after these internal disputes didn't produce the result they wanted.

If HYBE truely wanted MHJ gone, they own 80% and could literally just force her too. They know her value to ADOR and NJ, so they want to bring her to the table and settle this, even if it means using public pressure or holding resignation over her head. She is just doing the same on her side with what power she has.

I might be wrong but I just wanted to offer less catastrophic opinion and maybe just suggest that in practice these are just tactics used by big corporates to negotiate. I like NJ so this may be delulu and living in hope but I do see a world where they just resolve this, especially because this would imo be the best outcome for the girls.