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Can K-Pop Idols Keep Their Stage Name After Leaving?
In Korea, an idol's group name and even their personal stage name are usually trademarks owned by the agency, not the performer — so leaving the company can mean losing the name too.
The contract dispute that changed how fans read K-pop labour news.
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In Korea, an idol's group name and even their personal stage name are usually trademarks owned by the agency, not the performer — so leaving the company can mean losing the name too.
What Korea is talking about today — with the context that does not make it into the English headlines.