The first round of court-ordered mediation of 2015 has resulted in "no settlement" for EXO's Kris Wu and Luhan.

As previously reported, a third round of mediation took place for Kris on January 16, while the same was done for Luhan's second mediation after failing to reach an agreement. Reportedly, their respective meetings took place within 40 minutes of each other.

"The court-referred mediation resulted in no settlement," said Kris and Luhan's legal rep according to allkpop.

"We have set another mediation date. We can't reveal the specific details."

Reportedly, Luhan claimed that SM Entertainment treated EXO-K differently than EXO-M.

"SM treated EXO-K, filled with Korean members, differently from how they treated the EXO-M members with Chinese members," said Luhan through the alleged lawsuit. "From the beginning of our debut, EXO-K received support from SM and actively did promotions, but EXO-M had no promotions, received no financial backing, and endured a difficult time."

If a compromise is not reached during mediation, both lawsuits will be taken to court.

"This is just another example of the Korean courts being too cowardly to rule a verdict because they know in the end SM will lose and that's not good for Hallyu or the Korean music industry," commented Tvxqfangril85 on allkpop.

"So they force mediation to make it easier for themselves. It's basically a practice of making the plaintiffs (in this case Kris and Luhan) become worn down from litigation until they just drop the lawsuit like JYJ did."

Meanwhile, SM Entertainment has released a teaser for EXO, alluding to an early 2015 comeback for the K-pop group.

"I'm so thankful to our members of EXO-L, the people who have helped us shine and the managers who have worked tirelessly for us," wrote EXO member Chanyeol on Instagram on the day the teaser released.

"You can trust and follow us, okay? We love you."