K-netizen Sentiment Continue to Turn Against Kim Soo Hyun After Latest Youtuber Lee Jin Ho Claim that Kim Sae Ron Dated Singer Woodz
It’s crazy how fast Kim Soo Hyun has fallen and it feels like from his side the responses and reveals continue to be more harmful to his position that he only dated Kim Sae Ron for one year after she became legally an adult. The latest salvo comes from Youtube Lee Jin Ho, the one who Kim Sae Ron’s family is currently suing and is under a gag order, who did a live broadcast where he alleges Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Sae Ron also dated other people during the time they were allegedly dating, and he shared blurry unidentifiable pictures of a couple on the streets of Seoul claiming that was Kim Sae Ron with her boyfriend. He said she also dated a third gen idol and his proof was her liking his SNS post and sent a coffee truck to his filming set. Netizens found it’s likely Woodz is the one Lee Jin Ho is alleging but Kim Sae Ron has posted a picture with Woodz before as a friend and sending coffee truck and liking SNS posts is basically a given for friends in in the industry lol so K-netizens are even more turned off with Lee Jin Ho spreading unsubstantiated and spurious allegations. And fundamentally, even if she did date Woodz it doesn’t make the allegation that Kim Soo Hyun dated her when she was a minor false simply because of it, so this reveal makes even less sense other than to try and attack the behavior of Kim Sae Ron, who is dead and cannot ever speak up for herself now.
Can’t let the dead lay to rest… good grief.
His fans are getting so extreme to grab any pic of her with any guy in the past and claim she’s dating him. They found this Chinese athlete in another post. His fans are so toxic doing all this smear campaign. So hypocritical of them to say Garo is a cyber bully but Lee Jin Ho is not.
There’s another update that Lee Jin Ho is being sued by a pub owner who said Lee is damaging KSR’s reputation
These fans need to wake up really
Kim saeron is dead but woodz still alive,he could outright deny it,if it’s not true.
No need, he has no need to step into this mess. Just stay away as he did no wrong.
That! Everyone who can should stay as far away from this mess as possible. At this point better not get involved in meaningless sh¡t that is their to distract from the original issues
Exactly lol. He doesn’t owe anyone an explanation whether he dated her or not. That’s nobody’s business. As long as he didn’t date her when she was a minor, who cares lol. People really trying so hard to divert the issue that KSH dated her when she was underage
oh he is DONE, his hallyu leading man career is finished and it looks like he was a little too good of an actor keeping the public fooled for so long believing he was like his characters – with media help of course. That tweet was right, her having dated other people (and good for her if she did, I hope at least one of them treated her better than he did) does nothing to distract from the actual issue which is the grooming! Her family also failed her really badly but that doesn’t make him any less of a predator and now he’s smearing her name even after she’s dead.
Back when she released the picture I didn’t think anything of it if they dated because the assumption was that she was an adult by then if they did date + his denial was so definite, him preying on a minor and lying about it gives it a whole other colour and I’m sorry she had to die for the truth to come out. I don’t blame people for being fooled but anyone who’s still defending him needs to wake up and look at themselves.
You forgot those who were fooled by KSH’s fabricated (perfect) image also ferociously attacked KSR and other people not on KSH’s side. No excuses to whitewash these toxic fans. Or are you also making excuses for yourself? LOL. One could be fooled unwittingly; but one doesn’t have to be completely foolish and obnoxious towards who are not on the same page. There’s a difference between the former and the latter. I hope people, at least the visitors of Koala’s blogs, really learn lessons.
I hope this website gets sued 😃 Gonna report this malicious website to GM.
Get sued for what exactly? Did you even read article? GM can sue people who calling KSH a pedo, as such thing need to be proven in the court first, they can try to sue some commentators here who calling him that way, but I doubt they can sue article which just providing information “This side said this, this side said that, netizens think that”.
What do you mean by let the death rest when people was blasting Kim soo hyun about her passing why didn’t they think that the death should rest and also people believe that lee Jin ho is trying to shift public focus and not trying to see if all that he said is wrong or are you saying that it is wrong for someone to say their opinion and when he say anything he back it with evidence .when other people were bringing up one accusations after another why didn’t you say anything now there is something different from what you believe it not true and even if it is true it does not matter as you want to insist on your beliefs.
I think you didn’t address this comment to me, as I say nothing about “let the death rest”. Although I have complicated feelings about her personal life being so exposed by people who doesn’t care about her.
About “why you didn’t say anything” – I said my opinion here a lot of times, don’t feel the need to repeat. If you’re interested you can read my comments under others articles about this case.
There are a lot of netizens in various platforms calling him a pedo. Is he really going to sue every one and hunt everyone down ? Every country has their own definition of defamation and even each state in USA is different. It can be argued that this is just a person’s opinion. Korea’s defamation law can’t be stretch over to foreign countries
I’d like to see you try, you deranged pedo apologist lmao. Good luck suing all the people calling him the pedo that he is, which is literally the majority of people. You deranged pedo apologist fangirls are the minority lmao. You all are the only supporters he has left, and you all can’t give him back the prestigious Hallyu career that he once had, so you all can cry about it 🤡
@lanita,
Some netizens made a good point his agency has resources to sue netizens but when ksr and seo ya ji got hate, his agency didn’t step in at all to defend them.
@Rollingstone, that is a good point! They did not step up for the 2 female actresses…
That’s the reason I stopped coming to this website, its not even alleged anymore but speculation of wrong doing is being repeated as if its true. I dont do ad hominem argument but koala you are part of the mob. if this revelation is true then it debunked previous information that KSH/KSR have 6 years relationship that GaroSero Research Institute said they were because it coincides with the date that GSRI and KSR’s family have revealed earlier. They said they dated from November 19,2015 to july 7, 2022. LJH claimed that KSR allegedly dated a singer from early 2021 to May 2022. Then there is overlap of the dates. If they were both true then someone is double dating. Why do you believe Garosero and not believe LJH. They both are cyber wreckers. Both information I am taking it as a grain of salt but dont assume that Garo sero is telling the truth while LJH is telling a lie. We just assume that they both are true. BTW there is no denial from Garosero and KSR’s family about this.
I hope koala you are more responsible ( and this is not responsible journalism) because you are part of the mob and in the past who had your pitchfork when KSR cyberbullying her in the past ( hypocritical at best). Have you heard of the phrase presumption of innocence. Someone should report it to GM.
Lee Jin Ho cannot be stopped even when Court have given him a gagging order.
I’m so glad their tactic of smearing a woman isn’t working – and it shouldn’t even if she was alive.
Less important but fyi – Koala, your site is still borked and has been for months – it sticks one post and then I have to go in and click ‘next’ many times. Every time I think it’s fixed it’s just stuck on another post.
Hasn’t it all got to come out, now? There is none of this (selectively) ‘protect her privacy and reputation because she’s dead’, that’s well passed. Either she had other relationships, or she didn’t. Either those earlier message exchanges were between just her and KSH or they weren’t, as he claimed. Surely, these can be proven/dis-proven aspects of this case.
I have a lot of unanswered questions, eg., am still uncertain whether she was actually married, or not and, if so, whether her family knew, or not. Her family seem to have shut up recently so, not sure what else they’re going to ‘share’.
Ignoring the tragedies, deaths, career destruction (both sides), character assassination (both sides), whatever that mess in the media/cyber world is, etc., one of the most fascinating parts, to me, in all of this, is the absolute and complete silence from ANYBODY famous in Korea (Sulli’s brother doesn’t count). They must be talking in private and some of them must know the TRUTH. Or, at least, some of it.
It’s silent because he has bought the media and silence reporters from discussing it from the beginning
How much kim Soohyun pay lee jinho? Lee jinho is so evil
And Korean Law is joke? He can go against court order without consequence?
This whole scandal is so sad, I just read some of the comments in the article about KSR posting KSH picture and his agency’s response. And there’s a lot of hurtful comments about how KSR was just attention seeking.
One year down the line she’s dead and its revealed they actually dated. Hmmmm…..That’s not even considering the maybe possibility of grooming.
It just made me sad and hope for people to always be kind in their thoughts and comments.
RIP to KSR.
Actually, I’m not sure that knetz sentiment are against KSH as much as it was before. There are actually a whole lot of articles with comments saying KSR’s family lied about the dates and there is talks of her having a bf during the 2016-2019 era etc. these articles are over 2000 upvotes etc so whatever they are doing, it’s not necessarily failing. I’m not sure how ppl are so gullible. When Saeron was alive, they practically killed her off. Now everyone’s acting like none of the hate thrown at her were from these same ppl. I just want her to rest in peace. Somehow, despite dying over 2 months ago, none of them can leave her alone and let her rest. It’s actually disgusting.
There were some rumors he paid people to say good things about him. Earlier when the scandal started, Naver didn’t even make any of Garo’s stuff trend but only Ksh’s response. So, seeing those upvotes in articles especially naver one can be misleading in my opinion
On the other hand, I saw the Ksh petition got over 50k in less than a month and I think that reflects Korean’s view about him. His fans also started a petition but that has only earned about 1k in a week compared to the prevention act
There was another post I read that there’s a pub owner suing Lee Jin Ho for defaming KsR and there’s another post saying when KSR got into DUI, Ksh was in the car. Not sure how true this is but I think digging up her old pics with whoever guy she was associated with doesn’t translate to her dating All of them like what his fans and PR team are trying to portray. So far, we don’t see any intimate pic of her with these guys like the ones out there of her with Ksh of him kissing on her cheeks
Ksh has lost all the goodwill from the public which is necessary if you want to earn off them. His fans aren’t as many as he thinks they are. They are just very loud and have many accounts. Ksr got him good and I hope she continues to haunt him for the rest of his life.
Not defending KSH since I’ve always been detesting how his rabid fans attacked others in the name of defending him in the past. But I’ll wait to judge anyone including KSH as I’ve treated KSR the same way before. What Koala’s post reveals is nothing more than more gossips. LOL. Here’s the most recent update from Soompi:
“On April 15, GOLDMEDALIST released the following official statement:
Hello, this is GOLDMEDALIST.
Recently, malicious posts, comments, and false information targeting our artist, Kim Soo Hyun, have been indiscriminately posted and circulated online. In particular, baseless speculative content and unverified claims have been continuously and repeatedly shared, leading the public to form misconceptions and damaging the artist’s reputation.
Malicious slander, the circulation of false information, personal attacks, and sexual harassment, which are rampant on online communities and social media, are criminal acts that should not be taken lightly. Based on active reports from fans regarding malicious actions and our own internal monitoring, we submitted a legal complaint to investigative authorities on April 14 for charges of defamation under the Information and Communications Network Act and for insult under the Criminal Act.
The actions of so-called “cyber wreckers” who exploit anonymity to create fake news and produce cyberbullying-inducing videos and shorts are also a serious concern. As identities of such cyber wreckers are now being revealed and legal action is being taken, we too will respond firmly in coordination with overseas legal representatives against foreign platforms such as YouTube and X (formerly Twitter).
We will continue to file additional complaints against malicious posts that defame our artist’s reputation, and we promise to do our utmost to protect the rights of our artist through strong legal measures against any clear criminal behavior.
Thank you.”
Good luck GM sueing Youtube and X, and everyone else in the world…hahaha. Hope you have lots of cash. It is more effective to sit protest outside of the Youtube headquarters with a florescent vest, head banner, and cardboard sign, with loud chants.
@somebody, sometimes I don’t know if all the people defending him are truly his fans or just paid supporters since there are rumors of that from this incident. I see a sudden surge in supportive comments from x and I looked at some of their images and past tweets and they all sound very robotic coming from Nigerian, Filipino and Brazilians
But anyways, his fans are on another level. They discredit costars and coworkers. The latest hate some of his fans are getting is saying how good day’s ratings were driven by Ksh and that upset a lot of G dragon’s fans
I see a lot of netizens on X responding that they are not afraid at all to what GM has said because GM’s move sounded more of a scare tactic to silence dissent, which his agency has done to Chinese netizens on Weibo and douban and now they’re trying to silence the other platforms. There hasn’t been a lot of successful lawsuits overseas. I thought his agency was facing financial issues but looks like they have money for international lawsuits
I don’t know much about S. Korea. But in Taiwan, people overseas did get sued for defamation in the Taiwanese court. Some of the defendants had to fly to Taiwan to appear in courts. Otherwise in case they skipped subpoenas, they might get extradited to Taiwan if they are Taiwanese citizens or banned from entering the country if they aren’t citizens. This happened a lot to political or financial disputes. Not sure though how SK’s legal system coordinates with other countries about extradition.
If GM does sue, e.g., Koala, for defamation as one commenter suggested above LOL, Koala most likely might as well not visit SK for a long time if she just ignores any defamation subpoena in SK since she’s not Korean. What she could miss is just authentic Korean food, nothing else LOL. But for SK expats who are sued for defamation, that may be a different story.
Posturing by GM. They have to come up with a strong stance. But reality is they won’t be able to carry through with it. Notwithstanding the enormous litigation cost across borders but they really do not have the time to do it. Each lawsuit just delays his return back to the entertainment and commercial world. With lawsuits hanging over his head, it means he won’t return till after a verdict is reached. That would take at least 6months, more likely years…if you consider appeals etc. In the meantime no one is going to hire him for commercials, or dramas etc. He’s already 37. Time is not on his side. Others will leapfrog him (and already have) and his star will fade. If he keeps adding more lawsuits, that will just drag it out even further.
KSH’s side is taking legal actions but it takes time to resolve in the court. Therefore, there will be other speculations circulating online in the meanwhile. I’m not interested in these speculations. But I’m curious how far his career is adversely affected because obviously he’s still able to retain some of his fans to side with him. I personally don’t think he can recover his past glory even he’s proven all innocent in the court. That’s too bad for him. Nevertheless, I don’t miss him given that there are many rising talent in K-ent who are ready to take his position in no time.
I get their decision to sue, but I can’t with the amount of information about the actual problem of the topic (grooming) was provided. The only thing which can prove to me his innocence right now is if text messages between KSH and KSR on her phone would be proven false. Not by “psychological analyse”, but by technical analyse of KSR’s phone.
I still wait for the court, but the more time passes and rumors circulating, the more I think it will be the same circus without any serious actions.
Did Kim Sae Ron turn down Lee Jin Ho for a date or something? Why does he hate her so much? His obsession with ruining her image is weird. Let the women rest in peace, fs.
I am personally cancelling him for 3 reasons:
1. He’s gross dating a childlike girl when he was late 20s.
2. His cold and frankly offensive treatment of KSR after breaking up with her.
3. IMO blank acting. I couldn’t feel his attractiveness even in all his hits. Sorry not sorry.
I excuse the lies he spoke because I get that certain inconvenient truths need to be hidden for PR sake. Even if he didn’t lie, the above 3 reasons are enough for me to drop him.
Agree with you. I never understand his looks. He looks ugly.
I agree with your comments!
@Coralie, @Wendy @Jasmine, agree with you all but his fans above will not like us saying anything unfavorable about their oppa and will ding us and send this to GM. So be careful lol.