Korean Public Tears Into Kim Soo Hyun’s Agency Over Denial About His 2017 Picture With Kim Sae Ron

On March 18, KST, Kim Soo Hyun‘s agency, Gold Medalist, released a statement addressing the multiple claims made by Kim Sae Ron‘s family and their legal representative at a press conference the day before.

In their statement, the agency claimed that the man in the 2017 picture at Kim Sae Ron’s apartment wasn’t actually him. Gold Medalist accused the actress’s bereaved family of spreading false information about Kim Soo Hyun.

Garo Sero Institute once again claimed on YouTube that Kim Soo Hyun dated Kim Sae Ron when she was a minor, using a photo posted on June 23, 2017, by a fan SNS account for Kim Sae Ron as evidence. However, the person in the photo is not Kim Soo Hyun, but someone else. They argued that the outfit worn by the person in the photo resembles a product Kim Soo Hyun modeled for. However, the jacket in the photo and the one Kim Soo Hyun advertised are from different brands.

Even though the photo posted became a hot topic, we did not feel the need to respond to groundless suspicions coming from an image where the person’s face isn’t even recognizable. However, the bereaved family is now using this faceless photo as their evidence to claim that Kim Soo Hyun frequently visited the apartment where Kim Sae Ron lived with her family when she was a minor and that they secretly met when her family was not home. Kim Soo Hyun has never been to the apartment where Garo Sero Institute visited, pointing at a specific elevator and saying, “this is the one.” The only people who went there were Garo Sero Institute, not Kim Soo Hyun.

— Gold Medalist

Netizens have strongly reacted to Gold Medalist’s denial, calling out the inconsistencies in its statements.

• “Rather just say it was a deepfake.”
• “Every time they open their mouth, it’s just to lie.”
• “Bullsh*t.”
• “How many self-graves are you going to dig?”
• “But didn’t you guys say they never even dated???”

• “Bring evidence that it wasn’t him.”
• “Wow, this is what it’s like when someone purposely argues just to argue about something completely pointless…”
• “Ah, yes. Of course.”