Married Director Hong Sang Soo and Actress Kim Min Hee Declare Their Love for Each Other at Movie Press Conference

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• I know this is completely irrelevant and I don't agree with their approach, but seriously Kim Min Hee is GOREGEOUS! Sooooo pretty. I really feel like if it wasn't in this scandal she would get soo much more cfs.

  • I was just thinking that. I'm in no place to judge someone's personal relationships, but damn if i can't judge that her hair looks fabulous and bouncy.

    • She looks much prettier next to him than before without him. I never thought she was pretty until now.

      She is very good at getting BFs than all the other K-ent actresses. Some girls are very lucky.

    • @Rei or maybe she has a great personality? maybe you didn't mean to, but i found your comment to be really passive aggressive. or you just hate kim min hee, if so why bother to post?

    • Asdf
      Nothing wrong with my statements. Why accuse me of hating Kim Min Hee? I didn't not mention that word at all or anything remotely close. Please don't pick on me. The subject matter is not me, so please get your facts in order.

  • She's honestly my number one pick for Disney's live action Mulan since forever, if she's not such a shitty human being I'll still root for her sigh

    • umm..no, with so many beautiful Chinese Actresses, they need to pick someone of Chinese Origin to be Mulan. Zhou Wei did a great job as Mulan in her movie. Disney should pick Zhou Wei!

• Things happen. People cheat. Some people have four wifes. Lots of people divorce. Its not a pleasant situation no matter where you look at it, but from a film industry perspective this news doesn't bother me.

  • If doesn't bother you, then why bother to post?

    • Because he/she wants to?

    • Exactly, because I want to. Duh. Koala has an opinion and I do too. Obviously you do too. I'm just saying from a entertainment stand point it doesn't matter what stars do behind the scenes.

  • Your insensitive remarks towards the pain the betrayed wife and daughter is going thru is just sad. Till the day you become a victim of a cheat. You may no longer look at such pain so insensitively.

    • Clearly you don't understand what I am saying. Again, from a film industry stand point it doesn't matter what stars do behind the scenes. If this affected the Berlin Festival so much they wouldn't let her win an award. And going through this type of situation? Of course no one wants to go through heartbreak. Do you know how it feels to be cheated on? I'm sorry if I offended you but I'm looking at this from a film industry standpoint not who they hurt personally.

    • Hohliu, thanks for your inputs.
      Some people are insensitive to other people's plight and some accuse others of hatred

    • @Rei Since you are replying to a comment made to me from another reply, i hope you aren't talking about me as the "some people" who are insensitive to other's...

    • By the way, you aren't in anyone else's shoes except your own. It is what it is when it comes to cheating. I don't regret what I said because we are only humans who have too many emotions.

• Personaly I think this is very sad.

• His wife refuses to divorce him and publicly declares she "wants him back" not because she really wants him anymore, just to spite the couple and try to make their lives miserable.

  IMO it's a very silly thing to do. It's better for her to settle the matter and move on with her life - she would be so much happier.

  All i ever hear from divorcees is "i should have done it sooner."

  • I think its very a human thing. She is hurting and acting on it.

    .. maybe she does not want to give divorce so that he can be happy while she herself is in so much pain or maybe she one of the old values one where being divorced is the ultimate shame

    I feel in cheating cases, the person cheated on is under no obligation to be gracious and accommodating.

    He should have divorced her before he started having an affair and not flaunt his affair and expect her to roll over and take it. That would have been the decent thing to do. if she wants to just spite him, so be it. why should she make his life any easier?

    • +1 human thing indeed. Hopefully they all come to peace soon.

    • Perfectly right.
      Since he is flaunting his affair in public, why would the wife need to give in to her demands? Anyway he already filed for the divorce.... so do people still want her to consent immediately? What's the difference of waiting a few more years to let the court settle it?

    • Typo... why should she give in to "his" demands.

      Anyway, it's ridiculous to accuse the wife of being spiteful. She has every right to hang onto the marriage as long as she likes. It makes no difference to her since he already left the house and separated from her ...

  • Spite, I doubt that. She probably wants to save her marriage which is hardly wrong in any way. I wish these two were graceful about their affair. Its a professional event, why not keep their personal lives away. It takes away focus from their work and I think it's unfair to his family. I am no expert but there has got to be better ways to handle a divorce tgan this.

    • Affair is a both sided business. It's not like it didn't happen mutually..often women gets all the blame for breaking a marriage while it's the husband who took the first step towards other woman...more than the woman, the husband should be blamed, and in this case, I don't get why the wife would like to stay with a man like that in the first place. If he wanted to come back, that would have happened already. By stating that she doesn't want to divorce him, she's only making it hard for her and her children. Of course the father has to take responsibility of the children, but the wife needs to end this. It's unhealthy business for her...she's doing injustice to herself.

    • Its easy saying walk away from years of marriage, memories for somebody who is not in her shoes. I do hope she can but we can't dictate how long it takes for somebody hurt like his wife to heal the scars and let go. I think the director is an ass. I heard he stopped supporting their daughter's education to pay for his new love. Who knows maybe, the issues that are not letting them get a divorce is legal and financial issues.

  • There's nothing to lose for her to hang onto the marriage. If she divorced him, what can she do?
    Moreover it's just a matter of time the marriage would be dissolved anyway. Why does she need to follow his timeline?

    It's up to the wife whether she wanna agree to the divorce or not. It's her right. It's not the right of the adulterous couple to insist on that. I hope she stays strong and not succumb to any depression.

    • Very true. She must be over 50. Its easier to say start a new life, live life to the fullest.. But not true in real life.

      Even if she wants to hang on to the marriage to enjoy his money or status then so be it. He only thought of his needs. She should also think about herself. Why should she care about whata convenient to him?

      Btw i heard over netizenbuzz that he supposedly cut off all money and even refused to pay for his daughter's expenses and education. So his wife is pretty much broke. Does anyone know if this is true or not?

    • Kdramakrazy,

      You made valid points. She probably didn't work much for years in order to care for the daughter and family as a housewife.

      There's no point for her to sue him for adultery coz South Korea no longer recognises adultery as a crime since 2015.

      By agreeing to the divorce based on his terms, she may not get much since the daughter may be above 21 and he is not obligated to give child support.

      Basically she has nothing to lose by not divorcing him "yet". I am sure she is getting good legal counsel to wait and see what he can offer to get a quick divorce.

• not familiar with their law but if i were the wife, i'll sue him and her for adultery or whatever, divorce him and get the money. you hurt me emotionally so that'll be my revenge. idc about the money but i just want to piss you off. :) but oh man, kim min hee is gorgeous and talented and she ended up in this situation. what's the use of all that when you have no brains.

  • the bad thing is in South Korea, they abolished the law for adultery which sucks. A LOT. So South Korea doesn't really support woman to be independent after divorce. I mean, how conservative is their society that divorced women are still being perceived negatively regardless of the reason (with few exception).

• The only thing that pops into my head when i read about this relationship..... How did she move on from jo in sung to this?

  • Hahaha coz she looks prettier next to "this" than pretty Jo In Sung

  • Jo in Sung - I get the impression than KMH was already in love with HSS but tried to forget him by trying out with jo in Sung. I remember jo in sung once mentioned that he cudnt understand women. This statement reminded me that he already knew about thE involvement of KMH with HSS

  • She needs love. She doesn't need pretty face.

• Sigh, she is so pretty and talented and all she is ever talked about is for her dating scandals and this one tops all 3 of the rest. I get that they're in love and that she wants to be with him but if I were her I would think it's better to avoid this scrutiny and at least keep things low profile till he gets a divorce or something. I gotta say though that I cannot sympathize with his wife either. Their marriage is so obviously over now and I can't think of any reasons to want him back. Even a bitter divorce battle would be better than refusing to divorce him at all.

  • If she agreed to the divorce then it will be on his terms. Obviously he wants her to let him go without much benefits for the rest of her life coz he needs to pamper his new lady.
    How is she going to survive without his financial support?

    • THIS. I've been waiting for someone to remark on this. They've been married since the 80s and assuming the typical role for a woman in the South Korean society, she probably relied on him for most of her adult life. For him to divorce so suddenly and without future regard to her livelihood or possibly their offsprings, is quite disheartening. One of the few reasons why I'm still following this piece of news, because if she does divorce, I'm curious how the settlement plays out.

    • Hasy,
      Thanks. I am not familiar with divorce and marriage. But I just try to imagine how she felt about the whole situation.

      One of the reports highlighted that he threatened not to pay the daughter's university fees as he wanted to compensate KMH's loss of contracts. If it's true, that's really a terrible way to treat his own daughter. Makes me cringe.

      Since he has moved out from the house, I doubt he is even supporting her livelihood now. Perhaps she might be just using some life savings to get through this ordeal.

• What a pity, KMH is gorgeous and talented. She would be a big star in SK if she didn't have this affair in the first place. I think she's wrong to date a married man. But IMO, from his previous movies (that usually have theme of film director with worn out marriage and cheat), I doubt the director is an honest and upright man, either.

  I can't help but wonder, though. KMH probably knew her career is practically over after the scandal broke. Does she cling to this man because of "love" or is it a revenge to the wife for blowing up the story? Something like, "Well, you might have destroyed my career. But, you'll never have you husband back."

  • In a couple of years, KMH may find another man....
    Sigh
    The victims are the wife and the daughter.

    • You.... feel very strongly about this.

    • I wouldn't say that the wife and the daughter are the only victims.

    • Asdf
      In the first place I never say anything negative about your first posting.
      You wrote that her hair is nice and I replied that I didn't notice she is pretty until now which is actually an acknowledgement of your comment. She is pretty and she is lucky to get a trio of good looking BFs. That's a fact so why are you picking on my statements?

      I am not married and I am not a divorcee and I don't have any personal experiences like what they are going through. I don't feel strongly about this issue.

      I think you are the one having problems with nothing! From a simple statement, you are making a big deal out of nothing.

  • No human being is ever one hundred percent honest. We all are dishonest at some point in our life whether we mean it or not.

• oh they're married. so...????

• karma will get this bitha this man. she only after him for his money he wont be able to bang her he too old.