Gold Medalist Releases Official Statement Admitting Kim Soo Hyun Dated Kim Sae Ron But Claims it Happened in 2019 After She was Legally an Adult and Denies Trying to Collect Debt that Contributed to Her Stress

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So the public won’t need to wait until next week as today Kim Soo Hyun and his agency Gold Medalist released its official statement on the allegations Kim Soo Hyun dated Kim Sae Ron when she was still underage. The statement is very long (translations will abound) but here I’ll just do the TL:DR: the statement admitted Kim Soo Hyun … Continue reading →

Garo Sero Institute Posts Another Cozy Picture of Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Sae Ron on Fourth Day of Scandal Reveal and Threatens Three More Even More Scandalous Pictures and Video Depending on His Statement Next Week if He Doesn’t Admit and Apologize

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This is a David v. Goliath battle where even if David is a sleazy tabloid Youtube scandalmonger if this is all true then it’s doing God’s work in revealing the dark underbelly of top Korean star Kim Soo Hyun. Garo Sero Institute responded on this fourth day of the Kim Soo Hyun dated underaged Kim Sae Ron scandal to Gold … Continue reading →

Netflix Four Seasons of Family, Love, and Struggle K-drama When Life Gives You Tangerines Premieres to Glowing Reviews, Viewership, and Online Buzz

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This past weekend big budget Netflix exclusive K-drama When Life Gives You Tangerines premiered the first four episodes, with three more four episode drops on the subsequent Fridays to come. The theme is love, family, adversity, and life through the four seasons, literally and figuratively. The first poster of leads IU and Park Bo Gum they are school students in … Continue reading →

Kim Soo Hyun’s Agency Gold Medalist Announces that It Will Provide Factual Statement Response to the Current Kim Sae Ron Allegations Next Week

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Hahahaha, OMG I’m dying at the ballsy and shameless response from Gold Medalist on behalf of Kim Soo Hyun. In the face of three days worth of mounting allegations and evidence that he dated now deceased actress Kim Sae Ron when she was still underaged and also contributed to her stress and worries with a debt collection notice after her … Continue reading →

Dispatch Confirms Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Sae Ron Did Date and Garo Sero Institute Releases Two More Intimate Photos and Kim Soo Hyun’s Handwritten Love Letter During His Military Enlistment and a Postcard From Paris

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I’ve covered so many wild fall from graces – drug use, prostitution, drunk driving, bullying, assault, tax evasion, and more – and cannot believe that the top drama actor from South Korea will also top the list for one of the grossest violations in pedophilia, i.e. romantically intimate with an underage person. I don’t know if those two actually had … Continue reading →

Modern C-drama The Best Thing with Zhang Ling He and Xu Ruo Han Ends Run with 6.5 Douban Ratings and More Coverage About the 60 Kisses and Male Lead’s Swollen Lips than the Plot

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I don’t know which title is blander for this modern C-drama, the Chinese title of 爱你 (Ai Ni) or Love You/Loving You or the English title of The Best Thing. It’s like creativity and originality took a nap during naming session. To be fair to the drama, its adapted from the novel Loving You Is the Best Thing I Have … Continue reading →

Garo Sero Institute Releases New Picture Allegedly of Kim Soo Hyun Cheek Kissing Kim Sae Ron and Text Message From Her Pleading for Help on the Debt Repayment Demand

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Well, unless Kim Soo Hyun and his agency Gold Medalist sues all the parties involved and gets a full retraction and apology, its hard to believe this was all made up and nothing happened with him and now deceased young actress Kim Sae Ron. Just saying it’s all lies is not enough with so much information out there and now … Continue reading →

Korean Singer Wheesung Found Deceased in His Home in Another Tragic Passing in the Industry

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There is another sad news out of K-ent this week and its the passing of a singer that I remember his OST songs so well is some of my favorite K-dramas. R&B and ballad singer Wheesung has passed away, having been found deceased in his home and the cause of death is under investigation though it’s being initially identified as … Continue reading →

Youtube Gossip Site Alleges Top Actor Kim Soo Hyun and Late Actress Kim Sae Ron Dated for Six Years Starting When She was 15 Years Old

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Well this may be the biggest scandal of 2025 in the making, if true and goodness so much to unpack. Youtube K-ent gossip channel Garo Sero Institute released a video today alleging that top actor Kim Soo Hyun dated late young actress Kim Sae Ron for six years starting when she was 15 years old (16 in Korean age) and … Continue reading →

Period C-drama Love Travels Through Time Cast More Age Appropriate Leads with Li Hong Yi and Yang Yu Tong

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I don’t know which insano in the casting department for period C-drama Love Travels Through Time thought it a good idea to pair up Liu Xue Yi with underaged rising actress Ai Mi, but it did make for fun times with a rare moment of collective online cringe and howls of ewwwww. There was an attempt to keep one of … Continue reading →

Credible Rumors that BL-novel Adaptation Drama Winner is King with Tan Jian Ci and Chen Zhe Yuan Will be Airing End of March in Thailand

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So the periodic rumors about the potential release of any one of a slew of BL-novel adaptations into C-dramas shelved due to the government crackdown on the genre has so far not had any come true, other than Justice in the Dark which released 8-episodes before getting the kibosh and remains unfinished in airing. This week there is growing rumors … Continue reading →

Xianxia C-drama Love of the Divine Tree with Deng Wei and Xiang Han Zhi Ends Decent Run and Solid 7.0 Ratings on Douban

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So xianxia C-drama Love of the Divine Tree is definitely the winner in the head-to-head premiere showdown with Kill My Sins, but is it a winner over all? Industry says not really, it’s one of those that did just well enough not to hurt the prospects of the leads Deng Wei and Xiang Han Zhi, but not good enough to … Continue reading →

K-actress Jeon Ji Hyun Channels Her Best Cheon Song Yi Impression at Incheon Airport Heading to Paris Fashion Show

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You know a drama is a once-a-generation type hit when I can still immediately remember the female lead character’s name off the top of my head and also throwback to a scene with her in a nanosecond. Top actress Jeon Ji Hyun joined the parade of K-stars in the recent week heading to Paris for fashion events, and she brought … Continue reading →