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K-actress Kim Min Hee Gives Birth to Baby Boy with Director Partner Hong Sang Soo Welcoming Their First Child Together

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 10, 2025 by ockoalaApril 9, 2025
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Spring is here and there is a new spring arrival baby in K-ent. Movie actress Kim Min Hee welcomed a healthy baby boy this week, the father being her director partner Hong Sang Soo. She’s 43 years old and he’s 65 years old but they have been together close to a decade, though he remains legally married to his wife … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Hong Sang Soo, Kim Min Hee

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

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 25, 2025 by ockoalaFebruary 23, 2025
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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 →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Baby, Dating, Hong Sang Soo, Kim Min Hee

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

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 17, 2025 by ockoalaJanuary 17, 2025
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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 →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Baby, Dating, Hong Sang Soo, Kim Min Hee

Hong Sang Soo Premieres at Berlin Film Festival New Movie The Woman Who Ran Starring Girlfriend and Muse Kim Min Hee

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 28, 2020 by ockoalaFebruary 27, 2020
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Time really does lessen any scandal and none more notable that the relationship of award winning South Korean director Hong Sang Soo and his muse and girlfriend K-actress Kim Min Hee. When their cheating scandal erupted three years ago, all the attention and castigating was against him for being a husband who cheated on his long suffering wife and her … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Hong Sang Soo, Kim Min Hee, The Woman Who Ran

South Korean Court Rejects Director Hong Sang Soo’s Divorce Petition as He Continues to Date Actress Kim Min Hee

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 14, 2019 by ockoalaJune 15, 2019
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This is such a frustrating story to cover, I almost wish the threesome in question would reach a practical settlement and move forward. This week the South Korean court handling award winning director Hong Sang Soo‘s divorce petition rejected it, leaving him still married to his wife of nearly thirty years. Hong Sang Soo is for all intents and purposes … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Hong Sang Soo, Kim Min Hee

Black and White Dominate the Red Carpet at the 2017 Asia Artist Awards

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 15, 2017 by ockoalaNovember 15, 2017
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The 2017 Asia Artist Awards went off without a hitch, other than the usual fashion boredom that is now part and parcel with every Korean red carpet. It’s like the ladies make no effort to be creative or challenging, or if they did make an effort and that’s the dress each chose then that’s even worse! The men get a … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Ji Soo, Kim Hee Sun, Kim Min Hee, KIm Tae Ri, Lee Jun Ki, Lee Seung Gi, Min Hyo Rin, Park Min Young, Park Shin Hye, Sung Hoon, Suzy, Yoona

Cannes Festival Snafu as B1A4’s Jinyoung is Accidentally Listed as Male Lead Opposite Kim Min Hee in On the Beach Alone at Night

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 21, 2017 by ockoalaMay 21, 2017
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This is an awkward mix up to have but no harm no foul I guess. Director Hong Sang Soo‘s art house flick On the Beach at Nigh Alone is screening at the Cannes Film Festival and it remains to be seen if the movie gets the same positive feedback here as it did at the Berlin Film Festival. It was … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Hong Sang Soo, Jinyoung, Kim Min Hee

Hong Sang Soo and Kim Min Hee’s Film On the Beach at Night Alone Fails at the Box Office

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 28, 2017 by ockoalaMarch 28, 2017
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The South Korean wallets have spoken and a first ever prestigious award win isn’t enough to overcome the personal life gossip at the box office. Director Hong Sang Soo‘s latest indie film On the Beach at Night Alone starring Kim Min Hee premiered last Thursday in South Korea and after the weekend is ranked a paltry 9th on the box office … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Kim Min Hee

Estranged Wife of Hong Sang Soo Gives First News Interview and Blames Kim Min Hee for Putting Her Through Hell

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 22, 2017 by ockoalaMarch 22, 2017
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The messy pending divorce case of Korean director Hong Sang Soo and his estranged wife took another step in the court of public opinion as his wife has given her first onscreen interview to MBC. When asked about how she is proceeding after Hong Sang Soo’s side attempted for the third time to serve the divorce petition on her, she … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Dating, Hong Sang Soo, Kim Min Hee

Director Hong Sang Soo’s Wife Refuses Third Divorce Petition and Still Wants Husband Back from Kim Min Hee

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 19, 2017 by ockoalaMarch 18, 2017
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This is a sad situation all around, whether one roots for the left behind wife or the couple in love, someone’s getting hurt and likely all three. That’s why love triangles are only good for generation tension in dramas, in real life it feels like everyone loses. Still married director Hong Sang Soo has openly declared his love for actress … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Hong Sang Soo, Kim Min Hee

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

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 13, 2017 by ockoalaMarch 13, 2017
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It’s hard to cover award winning director Hong Sang Soo and his new movie On the Beach Alone at Night starring award winning actress Kim Min Hee without being back splashed with their messy personal life romance. After holding hands all over the Berlin Film Festival last month where Kim Min Hee took home the coveted Best Actress Award, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Hong Sang Soo, Kim Min Hee

Kim Min Hee Wins Best Actress at Berlin Film Festival for Movie Directed By Her Affair Partner Hong Sang Soo

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 19, 2017 by ockoalaFebruary 19, 2017
Award winner holding trophy at film festival.

This is the oddest accolade to write about because absent context it would appear all of Korea should be heralding a win on the global stage. K-actress Kim Min Hee just took home the Best Actress Award at the Berlin Film Festival for the movie On the Beach at Night Alone, directed by critically acclaimed director Hong Sang Soo as … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Hong Sang Soo, Kim Min Hee

K-actress Kim Min Hee Reportedly Having Affair with Married Acclaimed Movie Director Hong Sang Soo

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 21, 2016 by ockoalaJune 21, 2016
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The scandal-filled days of summer isn’t slowing down one whit in K-ent. Following on the heels of Park Yoochun‘s series of rape allegations, less legally damaging but salacious enough is news that actress Kim Min Hee is reportedly having an extra-marital affair with acclaimed movie director Hong Sang Soo. The 57 year old director and 35 year old actress met … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hong Sang Soo, Kim Min Hee

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