K-pop group NewJeans’s contract omitted rights to ‘sleep and free choice’ – report
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Key context: <p>New report finds that record label Ador stripped child protections from group’s contracts when they were minors</p><p>The superstar K-pop group NewJeans signed restrictive record label contracts that waived their right to “sleep, rest and free choice”.</p><p>A new report from the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/11/05/world/asia/kpop-newjeans-contract.html">New York Times</a> found that the contracts were signed when the members of the record-breaking girl group were aged 14 to 17.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/nov/05/k-pop-group-newjeans-contract">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
New report finds that record label Ador stripped child protections from group’s contracts when they were minorsThe superstar K-pop group NewJeans signed restrictive record label contracts that waived their right to “sleep, rest and free choice”.A new report from the New York Times found that the contracts were signed when the members of the record-breaking girl group were aged 14 to 17. Continue reading...
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