Cre.ker Entertainment

Cre.ker Entertainment (크래커엔터테인먼트) is a South Korean record label and entertainment agency under <a href="https://kpopping.com/company/Kakao-Entertainment">Kakao Entertainment</a>. Cre.ker is short for "Creative kernel". On September 17, 2021, <a href="https://kpopping.com/company/Kakao-Entertainment">Kakao Entertainment</a> officially announced that the company will undergo a merger with <a href="https://kpopping.com/company/Play-M-Entertainment">Play M Entertainment</a> before the end of the year. On November 12, 2021, it was announced that the company's new corporate name would be <a href="https://kpopping.com/company/IST-Entertainment">IST Entertainment</a>, which took in affect on November 1.