Aren't they dating? Actor Kim Soo Hyun explains ”Love Affair Rumors with Minors” - the mother of the late actress Kim Sae Ron comments directly, ”I will release my daughter's frustration”

The mother of the late actress Kim Sae-ron opens up directly after all.

　Actor Kim Soo Hyun has explained the allegations that he had been in a relationship with the late actress Kim Sae-ron since she was a minor, saying that she was not a minor and that he had been in a relationship with her since he was an adult. However, public opinion remains negative as Kim Soo Hyun had earlier successively denied the theory of dating Kim Sae-ron and other rumors. Furthermore, Kim Soo Hyun's mother plans to directly refute Kim Soo Hyun's comments on his position, claiming that he distorted the facts.

　On the 14th (today), an aide who knows Kim Sae-ron's parents well told a Korean media outlet that Kim Sae-ron's mother made the position comment after all, and that it was made to "release her daughter's frustration."

　Kim Sae-ron's mother, Mrs A, revealed that her daughter Kim Sae-ron's death had caused her difficulties in her daily life, including symptoms of facial nerve paralysis due to severe stress. This revealed that Mr B, who had cared for Ms Kim Sae-ron since she was born, had come to the same place as Mr A to conduct interviews and other activities on behalf of the bereaved family.

　Kim Sae-ron was known to have referred to Mr B as her ‘aunt’ before her death.

　Earlier, the YouTube channel Garosero Institute revealed that the late Kim Sae-ron had been dating actor Kim Soo-Hyun since he was a minor. Kim Soo Hyun's agency, Gold Medalist, fully refuted this, saying that it was a ‘false fact’ and that they were ‘considering the strongest level of legal action’ after the broadcast by the Garosero Institute.

　However, the Garosero Institute continued to publish what amounted to additional evidence. It released photos of Kim Sae-ron and Kim Soo Hyun together and corroborated that they had been dating since Kim Sae-ron was a minor through a handwritten letter sent to Kim Sae-ron in 2018, when Kim Soo Hyun was enlisted in the military.

　Then Kim Soo Hyun's agency, Gold Medalist, announced its position earlier this day, although it said it would release an official comment next week.

　The agency said of their relationship, "They dated from the summer of 2019, when Kim Sae-ron became an adult, until the autumn of 2020. It is not true that Kim Soo Hyun was dating Kim Sae-ron when she was a minor", and added, "The photos that Kim Sae-ron released on her Instagram story at dawn on the 24th March 2024 and the photos that were released on the Garosero Institute broadcast on the 11th March, all in winter 2020. They are private images of the two people who were in a relationship on the same day", they explained.

　Another photo released by the Garosero Institute on the following 12th was taken by the two on Christmas Eve, 2019, and stated that "All the photos that were put up on the basis that Kim Soo Hyun was in a relationship with Kim Sae-ron since she was a minor at the Garosero Institute were taken after Kim Sae-ron was an adult. There are no ‘photos taken in 2016’ as repeatedly claimed by the Garosero Institute." It was claimed that ‘because the two were not in a relationship at the time’.