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Shares of K-pop firms dipped briefly on Wednesday after a reported examination by South Korea’s antitrust guard dog.
South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission introduced an examination into claims of power abuse in the big home entertainment firms, South Korean regional media Yonhap News reported Wednesday, mentioning unnamed market sources.
The report stated federal government firms sent out “inspectors” to the workplaces of Hybe, SM Home Entertainment, YG Home entertainment, according to a CNBC translation of the post.
Yonhap reported that these business have actually apparently broken the country’s “subcontracting law,” consisting of utilizing spoken agreements rather of composed files and postponing payment when producing albums and product.
Hybe, the firm behind BTS, saw its shares fall as much as 3%, while SM Home entertainment fell as low as 2.19%. Both stocks pared a few of their losses by lunch break on Wednesday.
YG Home entertainment, which handles woman group Blackpink, saw a smaller sized loss of as much as 1.49%, however reversed course to trade 2.23% greater.
When called by CNBC, South Korea’s FTC stated they might not validate or reject the Yonhap report. Hybe stated that it has no remarks, while YG Home Entertainment and SM Home entertainment did not react to demands looking for remarks to the Yonhap report.
— CNBC’s Kimberly Kao added to this report.