According to reports by Osen, Seoul sports daily and other South Korean media on the 16th, after the south korean YouTube channel“Horizontal and vertical research institute” released photos of South Korean actor Kim Soo-hyun at the home of the late actor Kim Sae-ron, kim Soo-hyun’s previous statements were considered unconvincing and the controversy over their relationship continued to escalate.
According to South Korean media reports, the core of the controversy focused on the“Relationship as a minor”, “700 million (won) debt dispute” and“Rumored love position change”. Kim Sae-ron’s family and the institute allege that Kim Soo-hyun began dating 15-year-old Kim Sae-ron in 2015 and have released past photographs and letters as evidence. After repeated denials, Kim Soo-hyun’s agent confirmed the relationship on Thursday, but stressed that it began in the summer of 2019, when Kim Sae-ron was an adult, and ended in the autumn of 2020.
Despite Kim Soo-hyun’s corporate clarifications, questions remain about whether it made sense for Kim to enter into a relationship in 2019 when he was a young adult? What exactly did the letters Kim Soo-hyun wrote to Kim Sae-ron during his military service mean? Kim Soo-hyun said it was“A letter to a close friend”.
“The focus of public attention is how close they will be in 2015,” said a South Korean entertainment industry source. “Just drawing a line between ‘dating in 2019’ doesn’t completely dispel doubts.” A person who has sexual relations with a person who has reached the age of 13 and has not reached the age of 16, whether voluntarily or not, is guilty of statutory rape. “If Kim Soo-hyun just insists there are no legal issues, it will be difficult to settle the controversy,” said another person involved. “He needs to come up with a more resonant interpretation and apologise appropriately.”
Regarding the won700m debt dispute, Kim Soo-hyun said it was a measure to ease Kim Sae-ron’s burden and did not actually ask Kim to repay it. South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo newspaper said Kim Sae-ron’s family demanded a public apology from Kim Soo-hyun and his agent for Kim Soo-hyun’s explanation, kim Soo-hyun requested a private meeting with Kim Sae-ron’s mother to explain the dispute.
As the horizontal and vertical institute continues to release photos of Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Sae-ron’s private life, two voices have emerged in the Korean public opinion field. While some netizens supported Kim Sae-ron’s family and held Kim Soo-hyun accountable for his actions, others argued that repeatedly exposing the private lives of others raised serious ethical questions. It has been argued that in trying to sort out disputes, invasions of privacy should not be justified.
Kim Sae-ron Jong-woon’s family will sue Seoul Police Tuesday afternoon for defamation against video blogger Lee jin-ho, South Korea’s newsis news agency reported Wednesday. Lee had produced and posted a video of“Kim making up rumours that he had dated Kim Soo-hyun”. After Kim Sae-ron’s death, he set the videos to be private. The lawyer representing Kim Sae-ron’s family said that Lee Chun-ho had maliciously made several videos related to Kim Sae-ron, which contained false information, “Kinsaylon said many times during her life that these videos caused her extreme pain and even attempted suicide more than six times,” the lawyer added, “It is true that Kincellon dated Kim Soo-hyun as a minor, but Kim Soo-hyun has repeatedly lied about it.”