K-pop stars, workers like no other?

In South Korea, a decision by the Ministry of Labor is controversial. K-pop stars, Korean pop Music, are not considered, according to the government, as workers like any other. The ministry therefore indicates that these stars cannot complain about their working conditions, as permitted by law.

With our correspondent in Seoul, Celio Fioretti

It all started at the National Assembly of Korea. During a parliamentary commission on working conditions, the young singer Hanni of the group New Jeans spoke, with tears in her eyes, of her discomfort in her company: “ At the office, managers don't say hello to us, they avoid us and ignore us in the corridors. I really felt like the company hated us. This is not respectful, no one should feel excluded at their job. This is why I came to testify today, because this must not remain hidden. »

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