[Exclusive] Hybe denies seeking US help to lift Bang Si-hyuk’s travel ban

[Exclusive] Hybe denies seeking US help to lift Bang Si-hyuk’s travel ban

Hybe on Monday denied involvement in a rare US Embassy letter reportedly sent to Korean police, seeking to lift a travel ban on Chairman Bang Si-hyuk. The ban has been in place since August amid a Capital Markets Act probe. Hybe's denial followed reports by local Korean media that said the US Embassy had sent a letter to the National Korean Police Agency earlier this month, requesting that the law enforcement agency allow Bang and other Hybe executives to travel to the US. The embassy reportedly