{"id":397899,"date":"2026-01-07T16:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/397899\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T16:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:56:11","slug":"illits-minju-in-talks-to-step-down-as-music-bank-mc-moon-sang-min-reported-to-be-leaving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/397899\/","title":{"rendered":"ILLIT&#8217;s Minju In Talks To Step Down As &#8220;Music Bank&#8221; MC + Moon Sang Min Reported To Be Leaving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.viki.com\/celebrities\/26178pr-illit?utm_source=soompi&amp;utm_medium=music&amp;utm_campaign=illits-minju-in-talks-to-step-down-as-music-bank-mc-moon-sang-min-reported-to-be-leaving&amp;utm_content_id=1810688wpp\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push([&#039;_trackEvent&#039;,&#039;outbound-article&#039;,&#039;http:\/\/www.viki.com&#039;]);\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ILLIT<\/a>\u2019s Minju is currently in talks to leave KBS 2TV\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.viki.com\/tv\/35526c-music-bank-k-chart?utm_source=soompi&amp;utm_medium=music&amp;utm_campaign=illits-minju-in-talks-to-step-down-as-music-bank-mc-moon-sang-min-reported-to-be-leaving&amp;utm_content_id=1810688wpp\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push([&#039;_trackEvent&#039;,&#039;outbound-article&#039;,&#039;http:\/\/www.viki.com&#039;]);\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Music Bank<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On January 7, both Minju and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.viki.com\/celebrities\/25268pr-moon-sang-min?utm_source=soompi&amp;utm_medium=music&amp;utm_campaign=illits-minju-in-talks-to-step-down-as-music-bank-mc-moon-sang-min-reported-to-be-leaving&amp;utm_content_id=1810688wpp\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push([&#039;_trackEvent&#039;,&#039;outbound-article&#039;,&#039;http:\/\/www.viki.com&#039;]);\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Moon Sang Min<\/a> were reported to be stepping down from their MC positions on the weekly music show.<\/p>\n<p>Later that day, a representative of KBS officially clarified, \u201cMinju is currently in discussions about the possibility of leaving \u2018Music Bank.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KBS has not yet made a statement on the reports of Moon Sang Min\u2019s departure.<\/p>\n<p>Minju first joined \u201cMusic Bank\u201d as an MC approximately one year and three months ago, in October 2024, while Moon Sang Min first joined the show back in May 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Watch full episodes of \u201cMusic Bank\u201d with English subtitles on Viki below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">   <a class=\"btn-watch-now\" href=\"https:\/\/www.viki.com\/tv\/35526c-music-bank-k-chart?utm_source=soompi&amp;utm_medium=music&amp;utm_campaign=illits-minju-in-talks-to-step-down-as-music-bank-mc-moon-sang-min-reported-to-be-leaving&amp;utm_content_id=1810688wpp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch Now<\/a>\n             <\/p>\n<p>Source (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.celuvmedia.com\/article.php?aid=1767773807513004007\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1<\/a>) (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/m.entertain.naver.com\/home\/article\/109\/0005458106\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.viki.com\/tv\/41302c?utm_source=soompi&amp;utm_medium=music&amp;utm_campaign=illits-minju-in-talks-to-step-down-as-music-bank-mc-moon-sang-min-reported-to-be-leaving&amp;utm_content_id=1810688wpp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1409760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/soompi-jan-idol-i.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"130\"\/>                           <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ILLIT\u2019s Minju is currently in talks to leave KBS 2TV\u2019s \u201cMusic Bank.\u201d On January 7, both Minju and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134,203726,9976,211966,211967,211968],"class_list":{"0":"post-397899","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-illit","12":"tag-kpop","13":"tag-minju-illit","14":"tag-moon-sang-min","15":"tag-music-bank"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}