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JYP Founder to Face National Assembly Scrutiny over 'Korean Coachella' Trademark

Summary by The Korea Times
Park Jin-young, founder and chief producer of JYP Entertainment, is expected to be called to testify at a National Assembly audit over his company's move to secure trademark rights to Fanomenon, a government-backed large-scale K-pop event. Rep. Bae Hyun-jin of the main opposition People Power Party said she plans to summon Park, who also serves as co-chair of the presidential committee on popular culture exchange, to explain why his company appl…

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[OSEN=Reporter Seon Mi-kyung] Rep. Bae Hyun-jin of the People Power Party announced that she would summon singer and producer Park Jin-young, who serves as co-chair of the Committee on Popular Culture Exchange, to the parliamentary audit. The Committee's position is that "we plan to transfer the rights after securing the trademark rights first." On the 25th, Rep. Bae Hyun-jin stated on her social media, "The trademark rights for the government's…

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Following a TV Chosun report, the Committee on Popular Culture Exchange clarifies, "We plan to transfer the event to a corporation." Park Jin-young, founder and executive producer of major entertainment agency JYP Entertainment and co-chair of the Presidential Committee on Popular Culture Exchange, is embroiled in controversy.

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Following controversy over the revelation that JYP Entertainment, led by co-chair Park Jin-young of the Presidential Committee on Popular Culture Exchange, had filed for the overseas trademark rights for the government-supported global K-pop festival 'Phenomenon' first, the Presidential Committee clarified that it "plans to transfer the rights to the corporation dedicated to the event in the future."

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lim Soon-hyun = It has been revealed that JYP Entertainment holds the exclusive overseas trademark rights for the global K-pop festival 'Phenomenon,' which will be held next December...

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Following reports that the overseas trademark rights for the global K-pop festival 'Phenomenon,' scheduled for next December, belong exclusively to JYP Entertainment, the Presidential Committee on Popular Culture Exchange...

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연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency broke the news in Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) on Thursday, September 24, 2026.
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