ADOR refutes NewJeans statement, claims contract with the group “remains in full effect”

nme.com:

K-pop label ADOR has refuted a recent statement by girl group NewJeans, claiming that their contract with the K-pop act has not been terminated.Yesterday (November 28), NewJeans held an emergency press conference announcing their departure from their label, ADOR.

The news came two weeks after the group issued a legal notice to the agency, stating that they would terminate their contracts if ADOR did not resolve alleged breaches of their contracts.ADOR has since sent out a press release stating that their contract with NewJeans is still in effect. “We regret that the press conference regarding the termination of the exclusive contract was planned and conducted without sufficient review, prior to receiving a response to the legal notice,” said the agency.The label added that it “has not violated the terms of the agreement” and that a “unilateral claim of a breach of trust does not constitute valid grounds for terminating the contract”.“The exclusive agreement between ADOR and the NewJeans members remains in full effect,” said the agency, which also requested for the group to continue collaborating with it on their upcoming activities.Around the same time, NewJeans also released a document from ADOR, which had addressed the girl group’s legal notice to the company earlier this month.

According to Korea JoongAng Daily, the label sent the letter an hour after the group called for an emergency press conference last night.In the letter, ADOR shared the steps it had taken to address the demands NewJeans outlined in their original legal notice.