Kim Soo Hyun’s Romantic Chats with Kim Sae Ron Uncovered

Mired in the center of a grooming controversy, Korean star Kim Soo Hyun of Queen of Tears and My Love From the Star fame will not be showing up for a scheduled appearance and fan meet at Kaohsiung, Taiwan on March 30. Organisers broke the news five days before the Sakura Music Festival, stating the reason as “changes in Kim Soo Hyun’s schedule”.

New Evidence Uncovered

On March 27, the late Kim Sae Ron‘s family held a press meet along with legal representatives, exposing new evidence of Kim Soo Hyun’s controversy in the form of the two’s KakaoTalk messages from as early as 2016, in which the actor expressed affection toward the then 16-year-old Kim Sae Ron. “I miss you! I wanna kiss you! I wanna hug you to sleep!” Evoking a fresh round of online criticism, the messages were a direct slap-in-the-face at Kim Soo Hyun’s studio GoldMedalist, which had initially denied underage dating accusations of the actor.

Text exchange between the two (translated from Chinese):

Kim Sae Ron: I’ll be heading for filming again. I’ll end quickly and get back…
Kim Soo Hyun: Get back quickly. Haha <3
Kim Sae Ron: <3 Kiss
Kim Soo Hyun: After that, I want a real kiss. Haha. Is that also prohibited?
Kim Sae Ron: No, not prohibited, ha

Financial pressure and Kim Soo Hyun ignoring the latter’s calls for help

While Kim Sae-ron’s 700 million won penalty for a drink-driving incident had been settled by her agency GoldMedalist, Kim Sae-ron later received legal notices requesting repayment in 2024, which sent her world “crumbling”.

Though GoldMedalist claims that the notices were part of procedures to write off the monetary debt, the text conversations released by her family indicated Kim Sae-ron’s distress, which was likely exacerbated by Kim Soo Hyun’s non-response to her texts and calls. “I have no money, it’s as good as asking me to kill myself, my first love treating me this way, my world has crumbled,” The late actress also revealed in the same conversation with her friend that the compensation claim was stated as 7:3 in the contract, but she was asked to bear the entire amount in compensation claims.

Unsent Letter Explaining Selfie Upload to Kim Soo-Hyun
In a handwritten letter by Kim Sae-ron revealed by her family, the late actress also goes on to explain that she had uploaded the controversial selfie of herself and Kim Soo-hyun (during the airing of Queen of Tears) as a last attempt to catch the attention of GOLD MEDALIST, adding that she was “sorry for bringing damage to you because of that”.

Additionally, a man who claims to be Kim Sae-ron’s husband allegedly approached Garo Sero Institute to refute claims that he was abusive towards her, saying that he had not been violent towards her and that the two have no plans to have kids, adding that Kim Sae-ron had taken birth control pills. However, netizens have cast doubt over the marriage certificate produced by the man, pointing out that the form resembled a marriage application form more, and that the name on the form was still “Kim Sae-ron”while letters received by the late actress in 2024 were already addressed to “Kim Ah-Im”(her new name).

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