Please also check out u/yunglethe's timeline of events. It covers a lot of what's here but goes more in depth on Chuu's timeline, breaking down the lengthy December Dispatch article.

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• Before debut, LOONA members signed a predatory contract with BBC that had members splitting revenue 30/70 with BBC, but splitting expenses 50/50. Due to this, members didn't receive any pay for years after debut despite having successful comebacks and activities.

• In 2021 or 2022 some members elected to have their contract adjusted to more favorable terms (we don't know the details) while the rest stayed under the old terms (including Chuu).

• In December 2021 Chuu filed a lawsuit to end her exclusive contract with BBC. A partial injunction is granted and Chuu is able to freely conduct her personal activities without BBC. Chuu proceeds to partake in some LOONA group activities, but not all.

• LOONA's first world tour, [LOONATHEWORLD] occurs over the summer of 2022. Many members sit out of some stages completely, others perform while seated at times. Choerry and Haseul do not perform during the European tour due to health concerns.

• BBC continues to deny that Chuu has a different agency up until she is expelled from LOONA in November 2022. BBC cites an abuse of power for their reason to expel Chuu.

• Days later, all members of LOONA (minus Hyunjin and Vivi) file to terminate their contracts.

• In December 2022, BBC files a petition to groups in South Korea to halt Chuu's activities in the entertainment industry.

• A 2023 comeback, [0] is announced. Orbits successfully boycott the comeback, forcing BBC to delay it indefinitely.

• In January 2023 members under the original contract terms, Heejin, Kim Lip, Jinsoul, and Choerry, win a temporary suspension of their exclusive contracts. Other members are able to appeal the decision. All members are still under contract with BBC pending a final decision in court.

• In February, BBC says they will attempt to ban the activities of Heejin, Kim Lip, Jinsoul, and Choerry as well.

• It is rumored that Universal Music Japan will enact the clauses in their existing contract with LOONA and force OT12 to promote in Japan.

• On February 3, Hyunjin and Vivi also file to terminate their contracts.

• On March 17, it is announced that Heejin, Kim Lip, Jinsoul, and Choerry have signed exclusive contracts with Modhaus.

• On April 1, Modhaus' ARTMS Strategy project, teasing a new future for LOONA, is revealed.

• Approximately 1 week later, it is announced Chuu has signed an exclusive contract with ATRP.

• May 9, 2023: Hyunjin and Vivi win their injunctions

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• BBC: BlockBerry Creative, LOONA's company

• UMJ: Universal Music Japan, the company LOONA is signed to for Japanese promotions

• BY4M: BY4M Studio, a company that Chuu appeared to be working with after being fired from LOONA

• ATRP: A subsidiary of BY4M that Chuu has signed an exclusive contract with in April 2023

• MODHAUS: A South Korean entertainment company founded and led by Jaden Jeong. Home to tripleS.

• OEC+: An unofficial subunit consisting of members Heejin, Kim Lip, Jinsoul, and Choerry

• Idal5o: A term to discuss the members still with BBC as of May 9, 2023: Haseul, Yeojin, Yves, Go Won, and Olivia Hye. A play on LOONA's Korean name, Idalui Sonyeo (IdalSo).

• ARTMS: A project started by Heejin, Kim Lip, Jinsoul, and Choerry (OEC+) under Modhaus. ARTMS, pronounced Artemis, is not a new group.

• CCDI: Chuu Can Do It, a YouTube show that features Chuu as the main cast and focuses on helping the environment and self care/fitness

• Exclusive contract: A type of contract that restricts one party from doing business with anyone except who they have signed the contract with. Meaning, if one signs a contract with a company to work for them as an idol, you cannot sign with a different company to conduct the same type of work. Exclusivity can be very far reaching or more focused on one aspect of an idol's career, and the exact terms and conditions will vary between idols, groups, companies, and industries.

• Injunction: A temporary decision of a court. An injunction is rendered in the form of a court order that requires a party to do or refrain from doing specific acts. There are various reasons why an injunction may be granted. An injunction is not a final ruling and contracts are still legally binding until the court reaches a final decision.

• Tampering: Speaking with a member of a rival organization in an attempt to lure them to a different organization. This is a term used in sports, and BBC has accused Chuu of tampering in order to sign a contract with BY4M. Tampering (as used in this context) is a violation of Chuu's management contract, per BBC.

• CEMA: Korea Entertainment Management Association

• KEPA: Korea Entertainment Producers’ Association

• CEMA DMEC: CEMA Disciplinary Mediation Ethics Committee

• CEMA and KEPA are two groups in which artists, companies, and other relevant parties can become members. They strive to promote Korean culture and media, discuss legislation to support the Korean pop culture industry, discuss the standardization of contracts, and protect the rights and interests of members.

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December 2021

• Chuu files a lawsuit against BBC to end her exclusive contract. Fans will not know this until months later.

January 16, 2022

• [LOOΠΔVERSE : FROM] Concert is announced

February 8, 2022

• [LOOΠΔVERSE : FROM] LOONA Group Photos | [Mod note - Chuu present]

• Chuu will not participate in the LOONA concert [LOONAVERSE: FROM] due to health reasons | Translation

February 12, 2022

• Chuu makes appearance at LOONA's concert and apologizes that she couldn't perform, and she wasn't "that sick."

February 21, 2022

• LOONA Announced as part of Lineup for Queendom Season 2 | [Mod note - Chuu present]

March 29, 2022

• LOONA’s Chuu Reportedly Files Lawsuit Against Blockberry Creative To Suspend Her Contract

June 1, 2022

• 2022 LOONA 1st World Tour : [LOONATHEWORLD] announced

June 3, 2022

• BBC announces Chuu will not participate in 2022 LOONA 1st World Tour : [LOONATHEWORLD] due to a fixed schedule of personal activities | [Mod note - announcement came minutes before tickets went on sale]

June 20, 2022

• Comeback: Flip That | [Mod note - Chuu included]

June 22, 2022

• [Pannchoa Article] Chuu and Yves fansites express frustration seeing Chuu attending events by herself without support from BBC

• Chuu sends message on Fab stating that she will do her best for Orbits and the members and protect what she wants to protect

June 23, 2022

• BBC refutes claim that Chuu is seeking management outside of BBC and threatens legal action against those claiming otherwise.

July 15, 2022

• 2022 Summer Package is announced | [Mod note - Chuu present]

July 18, 2022

• LOONA Japanese comeback and Tokyo concert announced

July 23, 2022

• European leg of [LOONATHEWORLD] Tour is announced

July 25, 2022

• Chuu will not participate in Luminous nor the Tokyo concert due to pre-determined personal schedules

August 11, 2022

• Heejin reminds fans to treat all members with respect after fans cheer over Kim Lip during ments. | [Mod note - Kim Lip stopped performing early and did not attend that date's hi touch event.]

August 13, 2022

• Choerry unwell and ends her performance early

August 17, 2022

• Jinsoul does not perform during the Washington, DC stop and does not participate in the hi touch event due to health concerns

August 19, 2022

• Yeojin leaves the stage for a bit, then performs the encore while seated due to leg pain.

• Yves sits down between sets due to not feeling well.

August 23, 2022

• Haseul to perform rest of the tour seated due to shoulder injury

• LOONA announced for Popstival 2022, and Chuu would not be attending due to pre-determined personal schedules.

August 28, 2022

• Choerry and Olivia Hye sit out from tour stop in Mexico City on doctors recommendation

August 30, 2022

• LOONA x Wonderwall. ArtLab Trailer | [Mod note - Chuu present]

September 3, 2022

• Choerry will not participate in 2022 LOONA 1st World Tour : [LOONATHEWORLD] in Europe due health reasons.

September 6, 2022

• Haseul will not participate in 2022 LOONA 1st World Tour : [LOONATHEWORLD] in Europe due to her shoulder injury.

September 16, 2022

• Seoul tour dates announced

September 17, 2022

• Japanese Comeback: LUMINOUS | [Mod note - Chuu not included]

September 21, 2022

• Chuu confirmed to not be participating in Seoul concerts

September 23, 2022

• Yeojin confirms on Fab that earnings distributions have not begun

• Chuu and Choerry not to participate in Wonderwall fansign

• SuperStar LOONA is officially announced and features Chuu's representative color, but not her image

September 26, 2022

• Tokyo concert postponed due to visa issues

September 28, 2022

• Chuu opens personal Instagram account

October 6, 2022

• Virtual competition show GIRL'S RE:VERSE is annouced, with Heejin and Olivia Hye participating

October 8, 2022

• BBC announces LOONA HOBBY PLANET Official MD | [Mod note - Chuu present]

October 20, 2022

• Chuu holds a birthday fanmeet event, funded by herself. She hints that surprising news is coming and it's out of her control.

• Official loonatheworld Twitter account posts birthday picture for Chuu

October 27, 2022

• Chuu Sets Up Her Own Agency, BlockBerry Denies Rumors Of Her Leaving Their Company

Novemeber 5, 2022

• Official loonatheworld account posts CSAT support messages | [Mod note - Chuu present]

November 25, 2022

• Blockberry Creative expels and removes Chuu from LOONA

• Chuu Can Do It writer Instagram Story: “Power abuse, that's really funny 🙃 Even when it was tiring for Jiwoo she was someone who worried in case the staff wouldn't get paid…” | [Mod note - CCDI is a YouTube show that features Chuu as the main cast and focuses on helping the environment and self care/fitness]

• [Mod note - many artists and people who have worked with Chuu publicly voice their support for Chuu on social media]

November 26, 2022

• [AKP Article] Blockberry Creative CEO + COO suspected of evading over $37 million USD in taxes

November 27, 2022

• LOONA 2023 Season's Greeting coming soon update | [Mod note - LOONA's merch like season's greetings, fan kits, and summer packages follow the member's official colors. This SG is peach, Chuu's color, but Chuu is absent.]

• Hyunjin changes her bio on Fab to all 12 of the LOONA members representative animals.

November 28, 2022

• JTBC shares 9 members of LOONA members excluding Vivi and Hyunjin have filed an injunction against BlockBerry Creative to terminate their contracts | Translation

• Chuu to reportedly have a fresh start with new agency BY4M Studio | Translation

• Chuu's statement after getting expelled from LOONA, with translation

• Fab effectively suspends Chuu's account.

• GIRL'S RE:VERSE delayed indefinitely due to art licensing issues.

December 5, 2022

• Group of fans called LOONA Union posts statement with demands for a formal explanation from BBC about Chuu's expulsion, LOONA's treatment on tour, and the ongoing legal conflict between BBC and the group.

December 7, 2022

• Rumor surfaces that LOONA is preparing an early 2023 comeback. BBC confirms comeback but denies the timing.

December 8, 2022

• LOONA Union decides to proceed with boycott

December 11, 2022

• What’s NEXT [ ]? teaser is posted on the official loonatheworld Twitter account, confirming a January 3, 2023 comeback.

December 15, 2022

• Previously delayed Tokyo concert is rescheduled for March 3, refunds offered.

December 16, 2022

• Chuu Can Do It Instagram Unfollows LOONA Official Instagram Account

• LOONA not to hold a media or fan showcase for [0]

December 19, 2022

• Dispatch - "Is it a right or a power abuse?"... Chuu, the whole story of 'LOONA' incident" | Translation | [Mod note - BBC contract explained]

December 22, 2022

• Orbits boycott is successful and [0] reaches 0 preorders on Ktown4u after the comeback is postponed indefinitely. | [Mod note - boycott is ongoing]

January 1, 2023

• Hyunjin opens personal Instagram account

January 2, 2023

• GIRL'S RE:VERSE resumes, with Heejin and Olivia Hye still participating

January 13, 2023

• Heejin, Kim Lip, Jinsoul, Choerry won their lawsuits to cancel exclusive contract - the other 5 lose their cases | Translation | [Mod note - These members won a temporary injunction and their exclusive contract is suspended, pending a full trial]

• Jinsoul opens personal Instagram account

January 14, 2023

• Choerry opens personal Instagram account

January 15, 2023

• Kim Lip opens personal Instagram account

January 19, 2023

• JTBC News: BBC still selling fansigns and merchandise to fans amid boycott and declining public sentiment, shameful

January 20, 2023

• Olivia Hye withdraws from GIRL'S RE:VERSE due to health problems

January 23, 2023

• LOONA Union announces they are in contact with LOONA's lawyers and ask Orbits to sign a petition and write a note explaining how they, as consumers, have lost trust in BBC

January 31, 2023

• After months of LOONA and Chuu talking about each other, chatting with each other on Instagram, and overall showing that they ARE 12 and WANT to be 12, Hyunjin, Vivi, and Chuu go on Instagram live together.

February 1, 2023

• BBC submitted a petition to the CEMA DMEC to ban Chuu’s entertainment activities in December 2022. They plan to do the same to Heejin, Kim Lip, Jinsoul, Choerry. | Translation

February 2, 2023

• Chuu defends herself and the LOONA members and accuses BBC of lying

• SBS is sharing LOONA may become active in Japan (under their existing contract with UMJ) instead of Korea with all 12 members. | Translation

February 3, 2023

• Hyunjin and Vivi also file a lawsuit to terminate their contracts | Translation

February 10, 2023

• LOONA's contract with Fab officially ends.

• HeeJin, Kim Lip, Jinsoul, and Choerry return to Fab as individual artists.

February 11, 2023

• LOONA's Japanese team confirms that LOONA members will continue to prepare as planned for LOONATHEWORLD in TOKYO

February 14-24, 2023

• LOONA 1st Live “LOONATHEWORLD in TOKYO” clips are posted.

  • Kim Lip | Heejin | Jinsoul | Choerry | Yves | Hyunjin | Go Won | Olivia Hye | Vivi | Yeojin | Haseul

February 16, 2023

• LOONA Union unanimously decides to include LOONA's Japanese concert and all associated MD as part of their ongoing boycott

February 25, 2023

• LOONA holds fan sign in Seoul for the 2023 Seasons Greeting

February 28, 2023

• Haseul to perform Tokyo concert while seated

March 3, 2023

• LOONA holds their concert in Tokyo | March 5: LOONA thanks Tokyo Orbits for a successful concert

March 4, 2023

• LOONA holds fan sign for LUMINOUS

March 6, 2023

• Rien (HeeJin) announced as part of the final debut line up for FE:VERSE, a virtual idol group created at the conclusion of survival show Girls RE:VERSE

March 11, 2023

• It is brought to fans attention that the moment Hyunjin references LOONA as 12 is removed from the official VOD of the Seoul concert

March 14, 2023

• Court date for Chuu exclusive contract nullification confirmation was changed from the 16th to the 27th due to court wanting both parties to mediate and come to a common agreement / reconciliation | Translation

March 17, 2023

• Heejin, Kim Lip, Jinsoul, Choerry sign exclusive contracts to Modhaus

• Modhaus announcement in Korean with English and Japanese translations

• BADD (producer on Rosy, love4eva, favOriTe, and Colors) celebrates on Instagram

• Jaden Jeong (former LOONA creative director, former BBC employee, current CEO of Modhaus) teases a possible involvement in the future of LOONA

March 27, 2023

• Mediation falls through, Chuu contract lawsuit to continue

March 28, 2023

• Modhaus applies for trademark for the name ODD EYE CIRCLE (in Korean)

March 30, 2023

• Haseul opens individual Instagram

• Yeojin opens individual Instagram

• Yves opens individual Instagram

• Go Won opens individual Instagram

March 31, 2023

• Jaden Jeong talks plans for ex-LOONA members now under Modhaus: “We already started recording”

April 1, 2023

• ARTMS Strategy announced on Twitter

April 3, 2023

• Modhaus applies for trademark for the name ODD EYE CIRCLE (in English) and ARTMS (Korean and English)

• BBC's application for the trademarks "LOONA [stage name]", "LOONA's [stage name]", and "이달의 소녀 [stage name]" enters the "Under Examination" phase

April 4, 2023

• CEMA finds no evidence of tampering, advises BBC to sort the matter with Chuu legally | English Translation

• BY4M accepts CEMA advice and will not sign other LOONA members | English Translation

• BBC respects CEMA's decision but claims CEMA acted without a clear standard and that BY4M changed position. UMJ update expected in 1-2 weeks. BBC will not attempt to block the activities of the other members and is attempting mediation. | English Translation

April 6, 2021

• Chuu signs exclusive contract with newly formed agency ATRP | Mod note - ATRP is a subsidiary of BY4M

• New official Twitter account for Chuu is opened along with a new Instagram

• I'm Chuu.A dreamer. teaser images posted

• Chuu welcome kit teased

  • Packaging updates 04/19

April 9, 2023

• ARTMS Verified Beauty: Choerry teaser images posted | 1 | 2 | 3

April 10, 2023

• ARTMS Verified Beauty: Jinsoul teaser images posted | 1 | 2 | 3

April 11, 2023

• ARTMS Verified Beauty: Kim Lip teaser images posted | 1 | 2 | 3

April 12, 2023

• ARTMS Verified Beauty: Heejin teaser images posted | 1 | 2 | 3

• Heejin opens individual Instagram

April 13, 2023

• ARTMS Verified Beauty moving poster teaser

April 14, 2023

• ARTMS Verified Beauty: Group teaser images posted | 1 | 2 | 3

• ARTMS' First Step Explore Log Ep. 0

• Web portals' entertainment agency searches no longer list OEC+ under Blockberry Creative

April 15, 2023

• Orbit 4.0 membership period extended 2 months

April 19, 2023

• The BlockBerry Creative Shop has closed as of April 16

May 9, 2023

• Hyunjin and Vivi win their injunctions | Translation

• Hyunjin Fab service to start again May 11

• Feverse debuts with song CHO

May 15, 2023

• Modhaus file trademark applications for "yyxy" and "와이와이바이와이"

May 17, 2023

• Haseul, Yeojin, Yves, Go Won, and Olivia Hye to join Fromm messaging service

June 1, 2023

• Chuu's lawsuit against BBC to conclude on August 17

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