(JYP Entertainment)

JYP Entertainment on Tuesday celebrated Park Jin-young’s 44th birthday.

Park established JYP Entertainment in 1999 and put together some of the most popular K-pop groups, such as 2PM, 2AM, Miss A, GOT7, Twice.

He produced Wonder Girls’ 2008 global smash hit “Nobody,” which introduced K-pop to the world.

Park is currently a judge on survival audition show, “K-pop Star Season 6 - The Last Chance.”

By Lim Jeong-yeo (kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)

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