diff --git a/libse/Forms/FixCommonErrors/FixHyphensInDialog.cs b/libse/Forms/FixCommonErrors/FixHyphensInDialog.cs
index 7a83af73a..dfdae9339 100644
--- a/libse/Forms/FixCommonErrors/FixHyphensInDialog.cs
+++ b/libse/Forms/FixCommonErrors/FixHyphensInDialog.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core.Interfaces;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core.Interfaces;
 
 namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core.Forms.FixCommonErrors
 {
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core.Forms.FixCommonErrors
             var language = Configuration.Settings.Language.FixCommonErrors;
             string fixAction = string.Format(language.FixHyphensInDialogs, Configuration.Settings.General.DialogStyle);
             int iFixes = 0;
-            var dialogHelper = new DialogSplitMerge { DialogStyle = Configuration.Settings.General.DialogStyle };
+            var dialogHelper = new DialogSplitMerge { DialogStyle = Configuration.Settings.General.DialogStyle, AllowDialogWithNoSentenceEnding = IsLanguageWithoutPeriods(callbacks.Language) };
             for (int i = 0; i < subtitle.Paragraphs.Count; i++)
             {
                 var p = subtitle.Paragraphs[i];
@@ -27,5 +28,10 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core.Forms.FixCommonErrors
             }
             callbacks.UpdateFixStatus(iFixes, fixAction, language.XHyphensInDialogsFixed);
         }
+
+        private static bool IsLanguageWithoutPeriods(string language)
+        {
+            return new List<string> { "ko", "zh", "ja", "th" }.Contains(language);
+        }
     }
 }