Rumors about Kim Sae Ron loving Kim Soo Hyun for 6 years and choosing to leave on her boyfriend’s birthday… were made public by a YouTube channel on the evening of March 10, causing a stir.

On the evening of March 10, a YouTube channel called “Garosero Research Institute” posted a video, revealing that Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Sae Ron had been dating since the actress was 15 years old. At that time, the late actress was in her second year of middle school. In addition, the channel had a phone call with Kim Sae Ron’s family to confirm the relationship.

The alleged relatives of the late actress also published a post by Kim Sae Ron on social media but not publicly, explaining the relationship between Kim Sae Ron and Kim Soo Hyun, as well as a photo of the two of them together . The post reads: “The photos uploaded to my Instagram story are from 2016. Our relationship started on November 19, 2015 and lasted until July 7, 2021. At that time, I was 15 years old and he was 30 years old, and our 6-year relationship ended like that.” The authenticity of the post has not been verified.

Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Sae Ron. Photo: Osen

Kim Sae Ron on screen. Video: Weibo

Responding to Chosun on March 10, actor Kim Soo Hyun’s side denied the one-sided information from the YouTube channel Garosero Research Institute, affirming that it was “completely false”. Gold Medalist announced that it would take legal action against the fabricated information: “What the channel ‘Garosero Research Institute’ has reported regarding actor Kim Soo Hyun is all false”.

Gold Medalist called the Garosero Research Institute YouTube channel an “online vandal”, accusing the channel owner of defaming the deceased, damaging the reputation of the company in general and Kim Soo Hyun in particular. A representative of Gold Medalist expressed condolences to the late actress Kim Sae Ron: “We are deeply saddened by the news of the passing of actress Kim Sae Ron, who used to work for our company.”

Actor Kim Soo Hyun. Photo: MK

Although the information has not been verified, topics related to Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Sae Ron are currently causing a stir on Chinese and Korean social networks, attracting hundreds of millions of views and comments. Some people commented: “There must be something unusual, it’s impossible for a girl to choose to die on Kim Soo Hyun’s birthday like that.” Currently, actor Kim Soo Hyun has not commented.

Kim Sae Ron entered the entertainment industry as a child model for Enfant magazine in 2001, and began her acting career in the 2009 film The Traveler . The film, a co-production between Korea and France and directed by Lee Chang Dong, was invited to the Cannes International Film Festival. At that time, Kim Sae Ron was recognized as the youngest Korean actress to walk the Cannes red carpet.

She then appeared in the films The Man from Nowhere, Dohee-ya , and the television dramas Can You Hear My Heart, What’s Wrong with Mom , and The Queen’s Classroom.

Kim Sae Ron took a break from acting in May 2022 after being involved in a drunk driving accident. She dropped out of her drama Trolley . Her screen time was also cut from the Netflix series Hounds of Dogs , which she had nearly finished filming.

Kim Sae Ron was found by a friend in a state of cardiac arrest at around 4:54 p.m. on February 16 at an apartment complex in Seongsu-dong 2-ga, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, and died after being transferred to the hospital. Police said, “We conducted an investigation but found no evidence of a crime and no suicide note.”