{"id":557277,"date":"2026-08-03T07:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T07:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/557277\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T07:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T07:44:08","slug":"girls-generation-member-yuri-to-leave-longtime-agency-sm-entertainment-after-19-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/557277\/","title":{"rendered":"Girls&#8217; Generation member Yuri to leave longtime agency SM Entertainment after 19 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Girls&#8217; Generation member <a href=\"https:\/\/cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com\/entertainment\/girls-generation-member-yuri-currently-singapore-received-new-beary-plushie-singapore-airlines-flight-585686\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yuri<\/a>, 36, is set to leave her longtime agency SM Entertainment, with her contract ending on Aug 31. The announcement was made by SM Entertainment on fan platform Weverse on Friday (Jul 31).<\/p>\n<p>The agency said that following &#8220;extensive discussions&#8221; with Yuri, the two parties &#8220;mutually agreed to conclude [their] 19-year partnership&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>SM Entertainment proceeded to thank Yuri, saying: &#8220;Since Kwon Yuri (Yuri&#8217;s full name) debuted as a member of Girls&#8217; Generation in 2007, she has helped lead the global K-pop wave and grow the group into one that represents its generation. It has also been a privilege for SM Entertainment to be by her side throughout her journey as she established herself as a successful actress. Being part of every step of that journey has been truly meaningful for us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The agency also clarified that Yuri will continue being a member of Girls&#8217; Generation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We sincerely support Kwon Yuri as she embarks on this new chapter of her career,&#8221; added SM Entertainment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Girls&#8217; Generation member Yuri, 36, is set to leave her longtime agency SM Entertainment, with her contract ending&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,3623,156,3856,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-557277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity","tag-entertainment","tag-k-pop","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}