Tag Archives: Dating

C-netizens Overwhelmingly Turn Against Kim Soo Hyun for Dating Underage Kim Sae Ron and C-ent Gossip Columnist Claims Insiders Have Known About the Relationship and He Broke Up with Her the Day Before Her 21st Birthday

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K-actor Kim Soo Hyun isn’t just a top star domestically in South Korea, he’s also a top Hallyu star around almost all of East Asia and Southeast Asia with so many popular K-dramas of his that exported over to those countries for airing. He’s been consistently popular in Mainland China, but C-netizens unlike other groups have nearly immediately and collectively … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

K-actress Kim Min Hee Spotted Heavily Pregnant at the Airport with Director Partner Hong Sang Soo as They Jet to the Berlin Film Festival

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K-actress Kim Min Hee and her director boyfriend/partner Hong Sang Soo, after being in the news constantly for his dating her but being still married to his wife (she refuses to divorce him), went for a few years of being out of the news cycle because how long can K-ent cover this story. That all changed late last year when … Continue reading →

Chen Xiao and Michelle Chen Officially Confirm They are Divorced by Posting the Same Message Wishing Each Other Well and Vowing to Coparent Going Forward

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Well this was a long goodbye, in the sense that C-ent and TW-ent has been loudly discussing these two being estranged and divorced/heading for divorce for over a year now. Cross-border married couple C-actor Chen Xiao and TW-actress Michelle Chen (the Chens are no more) have formally announced they are divorced after 8-years of marriage. The two share a young … Continue reading →

Director Hong Sang Soo and Actress Kim Min Hee Reportedly Expecting a Baby After 9 Years Together

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Well this is definitely more spicy sauce on an already messy dish. K-ent is reporting that award winning director Hong Sang Soo and his actress girlfriend Kim Min Hee are expecting a baby together. He’s 64 and she’s 42 and have been together for 9 years since she starred in his movie Right Now, Wrong Then in 2015. Her career … Continue reading →

Gulinazha and Zhang Yun Long Reportedly Dating After Working Together on Variety Show

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So this should be the type of news that is just “oh wow” and “how nice” except in Asian entertainment there is the added layer of “not good enough” and “how dare they!” C-ent is reporting that stars Gulinazha and Zhang Yun Long are dating after working together on a variety show. Both are adults, very good looking, and in … Continue reading →

Upcoming K-drama Social Savvy Class 101 Leads Kim Woo Seok and Kang Na Eon Confirmed to be Dating After Meeting on Set

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This is certainly an unexpected way to promote an upcoming drama. High school romance drama Social Savvy Class 101 premiering in November got extra publicity this week with news that the leads are actually dating in real life. Costars Kim Woo Seok and Kang Na Eon were rumored to be dating and in a rare case their respective agencies actually … Continue reading →

Dilraba Dilmurat Leads the Value in Media of All Chinese Actresses Representing Top Brands at the Paris Fashion Shows

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The Paris fall fashion shows are over and many top C-actresses were there attending for the brands where each is a global or Asia region ambassador. This week a marketing analysis came out ranking which actresses delivered the value in media (媒体价值) for their brand, i.e. how much the actress added actual dollar value in sales/exposure by the actress being … Continue reading →