Dream T Entertainment

Dream T Entertainment Co., Ltd. was a South Korean entertainment company founded in 2009 by Lee Jong-seok. It operated in the Korean entertainment industry as an artist-management and music-entertainment agency, representing singers, groups, actors, and other performers. Its activities included managing entertainment talent and supporting music-related releases and promotions. The company became especially associated with Girl's Day, whose membership during the agency's period included Sojin, Yura, Minah, and Hyeri, alongside earlier members Jisun, Jiin, and Jihae. Girl's Day was listed as a Dream T act from 2010 through 2019, making the group one of the company's most visible artist properties. Dream T's ownership structure changed significantly during the 2010s. In 2013, Imagine Asia acquired the entire company and became its majority shareholder. This placed Dream T within Imagine Asia's broader entertainment-business portfolio. In July 2015, Dream T announced that it had acquired 41 percent of YMC Entertainment, while its parent company Imagine Asia acquired a further 39 percent. The transaction linked Dream T with another Korean entertainment agency and expanded the corporate relationship between the two companies. The agency's roster also included solo performers and actors. Former artists listed in connection with Dream T include Jisun, Jiin, Jihae, Jevice, MC Mong, MAP6, I'M, Ji Hyun-woo, Hyang Un-mi, Lee Ji-an, Kim Min-jun, Baek Seung-heon, and Hong Soo-ah. The roster indicates that Dream T was not limited to idol-group management; it also handled solo music artists and acting or television personalities. Artist affiliations ended at different times, with several listed contracts concluding between 2018 and 2019. Dream T also participated in screen-content production. Its listed filmography includes the 2016 KBS2 television serial Secrets of Women, produced in cooperation with DK E&M. This suggests that the company pursued activities beyond recording and artist representation, although the available reference material does not provide a detailed account of its production slate or financial performance. Girl's Day's listed Dream T period ended in 2019, and many other artist relationships also concluded around that time. Dream T Entertainment officially shut down on June 30, 2021. Because the available sources do not describe a successor brand, liquidation process, or detailed reason for the closure, its post-closure corporate disposition remains unclear. The company is therefore best characterized as a defunct South Korean entertainment agency whose historical significance rests on its artist-management roster, its connection to Imagine Asia, its investment in YMC Entertainment, and its work in music and television production.

Dream T Entertainment was established in South Korea in 2009 by Lee Jong-seok. The company entered the entertainment business as an agency representing musicians and other performers. Its activities were centered on talent management, music-related work, and entertainment promotion, while its later roster also included actors and television personalities. The agency's most prominent long-term association was with Girl's Day. The group was listed as a Dream T act from 2010 to 2019. Members associated with the company during that period included Jisun, Jiin, Jihae, Sojin, Yura, Minah, and Hyeri, with individual affiliations changing over time. Dream T also represented Jevice, a duo listed with the agency from 2012 to 2014, and several solo performers and actors. Later former artists included MC Mong, MAP6, I'M, Ji Hyun-woo, Kim Min-jun, Baek Seung-heon, and Hong Soo-ah. The reference material also identifies Hyang Un-mi and Lee Ji-an among the company's former artists, although it does not specify their contract dates. A major corporate turning point came in 2013, when Imagine Asia acquired the entire company and became Dream T's majority shareholder. The change connected Dream T with a larger entertainment group and gave Imagine Asia control over the agency's operations. In July 2015, Dream T announced a further expansion through an investment in YMC Entertainment. Dream T acquired 41 percent of YMC, while Imagine Asia separately acquired 39 percent. The transaction represented a move into a closer corporate relationship with another Korean entertainment agency. Dream T's activities extended beyond artist representation. Its filmography includes Secrets of Women, a KBS2 serial from 2016 made in cooperation with DK E&M. The available sources do not provide a complete account of Dream T's production involvement, but the credit demonstrates participation in television content as well as music and talent management. The agency's artist roster changed materially between 2018 and 2019. MC Mong and MAP6 were listed through 2018, while several major artist affiliations, including those involving Girl's Day members and actors, were listed through 2019. The sources do not provide detailed explanations for individual departures or identify a replacement corporate structure. Dream T Entertainment officially shut down on June 30, 2021. No reliable information in the supplied material establishes whether its assets, contracts, or artists were transferred to a particular successor. The company is consequently treated as defunct, with its historical profile defined by its South Korean agency operations, Girl's Day association, Imagine Asia ownership, YMC Entertainment investment, and limited television-production activity.

• 2021

  Company shuts down

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  Dream T Entertainment officially ceased operations on June 30.

• 2016

  Secrets of Women is released

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  Dream T was associated with the KBS2 serial Secrets of Women in cooperation with DK E&M.

• 2015

  Dream T invests in YMC Entertainment

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  Dream T acquired 41 percent of YMC Entertainment, while Imagine Asia acquired another 39 percent.

• 2013

  Imagine Asia acquires Dream T

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  Imagine Asia acquired the entire company and became its majority shareholder.

• 2009

  Dream T Entertainment is established

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  Lee Jong-seok established Dream T Entertainment in South Korea.

A South Korean entertainment agency combining music-artist management with broader entertainer representation and selected television-content activities.

• Entertainment services · 2009

  Artist management

  Dream T's core business was the representation and management of music artists, idol groups, actors, and other entertainers. Its roster included Girl's Day, solo singers, groups such as MAP6, and performers working across music and television. The available sources do not provide detailed service-level information, such as contract structures or specific management departments.

• Music · 2009

  Music production and promotion

  The company operated in music entertainment through its management of recording artists and idol acts. This work included supporting artist activities and promotions, although the supplied reference does not enumerate a complete catalog of releases or identify specific proprietary labels.

• Television serial · 2016

  Secrets of Women

  Secrets of Women was a KBS2 television serial listed in Dream T Entertainment's filmography for 2016. Dream T participated in the project with DK E&M. The supplied material confirms the production association but does not describe the company's precise production role.

• 2021

  Cease operationsStrategy

  Background

  After its period of artist-management and entertainment activities, Dream T reached the end of its corporate operations.

  Action taken

  Dream T Entertainment officially shut down on June 30, 2021.

  Aftermath

  The company became defunct. The supplied sources do not identify a successor entity or explain the treatment of its remaining assets and contracts.

  Source

• 2015

  Acquire a stake in YMC EntertainmentM&A

  Background

  Dream T and its parent company Imagine Asia expanded their relationship with the Korean entertainment-agency sector.

  Action taken

  Dream T acquired 41 percent of YMC Entertainment, while Imagine Asia acquired 39 percent.

  Aftermath

  The transaction created a substantial combined interest in YMC Entertainment, although the supplied material does not describe later ownership changes or operating consequences.

  Equity stake. Dream T: 41%; Imagine Asia: 39% (July 2015)

  Source

• 2013

  Accept Imagine Asia's acquisition of Dream TM&A

  Background

  Dream T became part of Imagine Asia's entertainment portfolio after Imagine Asia acquired the entire company.

  Action taken

  Imagine Asia took control of Dream T and became its majority shareholder.

  Aftermath

  The acquisition established Imagine Asia as Dream T's controlling corporate parent during the following period.

  Source

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