K-pop group NewJeans’s contract omitted rights to ‘sleep and free choice’
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"K-pop group NewJeans’s contract omitted rights to ‘sleep and free choice’" is generating significant coverage in the Entertainment category, with 1 articles from 1 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
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Coverage (10)
- Min Hee-jin’s side: “Enough with the ‘Min Hee-jin is behind everything’ theory ... HYBE held the real decision-making authority over NewJeans’ contract” 매일경제 · 1d ago
- "No issues with contract, the entity is Minhee Jin"…HYBE refutes NYT NewJeans report DIPE.CO.KR · 1d ago
- ADOR NewJeans contract The Korea Daily · 1d ago
- HYBE and ADOR deny NYT claims, say Min Hee-jin signed NewJeans contracts Chosunbiz · 1d ago
- Audor refuted the controversy surrounding exclusive contracts of members of his group Newzins as min.. 매일경제 · 1d ago
- Foreign media reported that the exclusive contract signed by members of the group Newzins with their.. 매일경제 · 1d ago
- “NewJeans paid for their own plastic surgery and quit school”—Contract sparks controversy... HYBE says “by mutual agreement” 스포츠조선 · 1d ago
- The Dark Side of K-Pop The New York Times · 1d ago
- NewJeans Contract Omits Protections for Minors 조선일보 · 2d ago
- “Plastic surgery at their own expense, voices used even after the contract ends” ... A look at contracts NewJeans signed when they were 14 to 17 파이낸셜뉴스 · 2d ago
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