{"id":18011,"date":"2025-07-23T13:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T13:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/18011\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T13:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T13:09:11","slug":"man-fined-for-breaking-into-newjeans-former-dorm-and-taking-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/18011\/","title":{"rendered":"Man fined for breaking into NewJeans&#8217; former dorm and taking photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                                                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"NewJeans members respond to questions from the local press at Seoul Central District Court in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on March 7. [NEWS1]\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/626737b8-5bd4-4b99-b960-e0dd86d31850.jpg\"\/>                                              <\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">NewJeans members respond to questions from the local press at Seoul Central District Court in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on March 7. [NEWS1]<\/p>\n<p>                      \u00a0  <br \/>   A man has been fined for breaking into the former dormitory of girl group NewJeans, stealing items and taking photos.  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   The Seoul Western District Court on Wednesday sentenced the 28-year-old man, surnamed Kim, to a fine of 10 million won ($7,200) for trespassing and theft. Prosecutors had sought a 10-month prison sentence.  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   Kim was indicted without detention for breaking into NewJeans\u2019 former residence in Yongsan District, central Seoul, on two occasions in December 2024. He stole items including a clothes hanger and a banner while also taking photos of the interior that he posted on an online community.  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   The members of NewJeans had vacated the dorm after notifying their agency ADOR of their decision to terminate their exclusive contracts in November that year.  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   \u201cThe location was no longer occupied by the celebrities, so the risk of a direct violation of their privacy was relatively low,&#8221; said the court. &#8220;The defendant admitted to the crime during the investigation, showed remorse and has no prior criminal record.\u201d  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   NewJeans marked its third anniversary on Tuesday but remains on hiatus.  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   The group&#8217;s last official activity was the release of their Japanese debut single \u201cSupernatural\u201d on June 21, 2024. Their most recent Korean release was the single \u201cHow Sweet\u201d on May 24, 2024.  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   Since then, members Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin and Hyein have been embroiled in a legal dispute with their agency ADOR and held a press conference last November to address the matter. Plans for a redebut under the group name NJZ were ultimately scrapped.  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   On June 17, the Seoul High Court rejected the members\u2019 appeal of a lower court decision that temporarily upheld ADOR&#8217;s status as the singers&#8217; management agency under the exclusive contract, maintaining a ban on independent activities.  <\/p>\n<p>Translated from the JoongAng Ilbo using generative AI and edited by Korea JoongAng Daily staff.<br \/>BY CHO MUN-GYU [<a href=\"https:\/\/koreajoongangdaily.joins.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"acd5c3c3c282dfc3d5c9c3c2ecc6c3c3c2cbcdc2cb82cfc382c7de\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NewJeans members respond to questions from the local press at Seoul Central District Court in Seocho District, southern&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":["post-18011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}