SEOUL – K-pop boy band Exo member Baekhyun, Xiumin and Chen have lodged a complaint with South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission over their so-called “slave contracts”, their lawyer said on Monday. The trio, who are also in the sub-unit Exo-CBX, made the news last...
SEOUL – K-pop boy band Exo member Baekhyun, Xiumin and Chen have lodged a complaint with South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission over their so-called “slave contracts”, their lawyer said on Monday.
The trio, who are also in the sub-unit Exo-CBX, made the news last Thursday when they notified their long-time management agency, SM Entertainment, of their decision toThey had been in a dispute over excessively long contract durations, lasting up to 18 years, and alleged lack of transparency in financial matters.
Their attorney, Mr Lee Jae-hak from the Seoul-based law firm Lin, said in a press release that the three members were asking the authority to intervene in “the company’s act of abusing its dominant position in business”, according to a Yonhap news agency report carried in The Korea Herald. The complaint also questioned the relatively long contract durations for artistes of the K-pop powerhouse compared with those managed by other agencies.
“If the minimum number of albums is not released, the contract period automatically extends until the requirement is met, and there is no specified upper limit on the duration,” it said. “This is clearly a slave contract.”
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