Numerous K-pop idols left their groups this 2022, and the reasons vary from health issues or scandals to expiration of contracts or desire to achieve new dreams or careers.
Below is a list of 10+ K-pop idols who parted ways with their agencies and their groups.
K-pop act TREASURE has been reborn as a 10-member act, with two members leaving the group. The boy group s agency, YG Entertainment, said Tuesday that TREASURE, which debuted in 2020 as a 12-member group, will continue its activities with just 10 members ― Choi Hyun-suk, Jihoon, Yoshi, Junkyu, Yoon Jae-hyuk, Asahi, Doyoung, Haruto, Park Jeong-woo and So Jung-hwan. It added it terminated the contract with the two others, Mashiho and Bang Ye-dam, after a long discussion.
Two members of K-pop idol group Treasure have left the group due to health and career reasons.
In an announcement on Nov. 8, YG Entertainment said Treasure's Mashiho and Bang Ye-dam are no longer members, a little over two years since the group debuted in August 2020.
Treasure's Bang Ye-d