A slave contract (Korean: 노예 계약; Hanja: 奴隸契約; RR: noye gyeyak) refers to an unfair, long-term contract between Korean idols and their management agencies. Idols under such a contract often face harsh treatment especially in their initial years, including the lack of privacy, starvation and solitude, which has often been criticized as an attempt by management agencies in wanting to produce "machine-like idols" who are "designed solely to entertain".