Park Jin Young (JYP) Leaves His Role In JYP Entertainment

He will focus on being an artist.

JYP Entertainment founder Park Jin Young (also known as JYP) will step down from his position as an internal director. JYP Entertainment announced on the afternoon of March 10 that Park will not seek reappointment as an internal director at the company’s shareholder meeting scheduled for March 26.

The company stated that Park plans to focus on his creative activities as an artist, mentoring junior artists, and taking on new external roles for the K-pop industry. Although he will leave JYP Entertainment corporately, he will remain as a singer and artist in the agency.

Park Jin Young has been active in the music industry as a singer, composer, and producer since his debut in 1994. Last September, he was also appointed co-chair of the Presidential Committee for Cultural Exchange in Popular Culture.