# K-pop group NewJeans’s contract omitted rights to ‘sleep and free choice’ – report

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-11-05T17:08:29+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/nov/05/k-pop-group-newjeans-contract
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/k-pop-group-newjeans-s-contract-omitted-rights-to-sleep-and-free-choic-d67f13/

New report finds that record label Ador stripped child protections from group’s contracts when they were minors The 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

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