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ashleyalishaofficial Instagram Story (credited for #LOONA Curiosity, Satellite)
"broke my heart into a million pieces 😔
we love you so much Jiwoo-ya🤍"
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Anonymous post on dcinside in support of Chuu
"Instagram Story from a friend who works at Sugarlolo"
gall.dcinside.com/mgallery/board…
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Also on nationwide morning news segment SBS "Morning Wide" at 6:53AM KST
youtube.com/watch?v=6uXmsk…
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(7:08PM KST) JTBC news and current affairs program "Crime Chief" explores the Chuu situation in greater detail, in a 12min. segment
- They review BBCreative's statement
- Agencies typically have amicable statements when letting go of artists
youtube.com/watch?v=HhPEV8…
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They also see that...
- Chuu had alluded to this at her birthday party event
- When BBCreative statement dropped, fans and former staff expressed disbelief
Lawyer panelist says that the word choice is starkly different, "expulsion from the group" vs "withdraws from the group"
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Support for Chuu from staff from Chuu Can Do It, photographer who worked with her before, also with quite a different belief from BBCreative
Host: Typically when idol scandals drop, people start coming out of the woodwork, but in this case I'm also thinking "huh this is weird.."
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The show's psychologist panelist has actually worked with Chuu before for a show last year, including a psych check/analysis (T/N: it was for "Who Am I") - and she clearly remembers Chuu being so, so cute - of course she has no idea about Chuu's relationship with the agency
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The psych panelist also notes that Chuu made the biting circle / Chuu heart, saying that she's known to be a very cute idol. To the panelist, the Chuu that she met, fit that image extremely well.
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So though she doesn't know the details of the issue, people around Chuu saying that she's not that kind of a person, she understands what sort of nuance this entails.
Members support her too (she quotes Hyunjin asking for people to support Chuu)
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After her aforementioned analysis, the panelist had told Chuu that it is quite a hard occupation to be an idol in your 20s, and you miss out on a lot in that timespan, and Chuu cried hard when hearing that
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Host: Cried, in front of you?
Psych panelist: We were recording, and her tears started coming out. And I don't think that was at all a lie.
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Psych panelist: But I do remember encouraging her and saying that I think she has other concerns she hasn't shared. but since this was last year I think she was facing this issue on her own. So I hope the truth comes out.
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Host: When an agency uses a term like "expulsion" they have to bring forth details of the situation, don't they?
Reporter panelist: Yes. So the producers were curious about the details of this "power trip" and called to investigate, but got no answer.
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Reporter: But there's a new update as well - other than Hyunjin and Vivi, the other 9 members are in a lawsuit to terminate their contracts.
Host: Oh really?
Reporter: Yes (she quotes the report: due to breach of mutual trust)
* [ENG] Full report: twitter.com/gointosubbit/s…
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Host to the law panelist: So of the 12 members, 1 is out, and 9 remaining are suing for contract terminations, isn't this essentially a disbandment for the group?
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Host: Okay. So the 3 key points to check out for this situation.
1) Paid 0 KRW?
Investigator panelist: Typically, if I ask you if you're being paid, if you are, you just say: yeah? nothing out of the ordinary with getting paid.
But when Defconn asked her, she said "no, not yet~"
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And on another show she mentioned not receiving any income for the year before.
Everyone. This Ms. Chuu here has done advertisements for a beverage, promotion for the ocean, chicken. Bank card. Ramen. Education platform. She's had countless appearances so you'd expect money,
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Investigator: But to see that she's gotten none of that money, you can't help but to say out loud: isn't there a problem here?
Host: You know, her talking about payments on a show, do you think the agency tried to discourage her from this sort of behavior?
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On "Blind" (anonymous SNS that only shows your employer)
"The agency is painting Chuu as someone loathsome. They didn't even give Chuu a manager, to the point that she was taking taxis. Due to payment settlement issues, they're making a media play."
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[ENG] Munhwa News article excerpt:
PD for EBS show "The Dreamers" supports Chuu; already knew about Chuu's prior lawsuit; has a hard time believing the agency; no screentime changes for Chuu are planned
mhns.co.kr/news/articleVi…
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Two staff members in support of Chuu (Instagram Stories)
1. MUPLY staff member for LOONA's web miniseries "B-Side"
2. Dingo staff member for multiple LOONA shoots, including "Mafia Dance"
gall.dcinside.com/mgallery/board…
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Amusing things on the side about all this stuff lately:
1. There's someone on the Luna server on Maplestory using the megaphone (which sends the message to everyone online in the server), telling BBCreative CEO Lee Jongmyeong to pay back 30B KRW (the taxes he's delinquent on)
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2. CCDI Writer IG Story
"Infinite Challenge has a moment for everything"
(T/N: A variety show. Same joke as having a Simpsons moment for everything)
- In the scene the guy's saying that you can't have evidence for something you didn't even do
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3.
Two separate people said they saw Chuu today at the Lotte Department Store in Myeongdong
One of the two claimed to have seen her signing something there, and said the atmosphere seemed good
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BBCreative tries to get content that makes them look bad removed from Namuwiki (the less substantial, but much-more popular Korean wiki) while threatening legal action
Sends requests to the wrong place
The posts get reported
BBCreative account gets warnings for rule violations
(오러리) KR/EN translations for the 12 #LOONA #이달의소녀 members🌙
Part of fansub team: @gointosubbit