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RIIZE Renege on Seunghan’s Return, K-Pop Star to Leave Group in Shock Announcement


Seunghan will leave K-pop group RIIZE after all, sowing confusion after his label previously said he would be returning after a hiatus.

On Sunday (Oct. 13), two directors under Wizard Production — the management division under the K- pop label SM Entertainment that is in charge of RIIZE — shared the news that Seunghan will permanently leave the boy band. Last November, SM Entertainment announced that Seunghan would “halt activities indefinitely” with no follow-up news from the label leading fans, media and industry insiders forced to speculate about RIIZE’s future. We made this decision after debating it for a long time because we thought that if Seunghan returned after reflecting on his past wrongdoings and RIIZE showed another level of growth as a group, we would be able to give the artist and the fans greater joy.

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