Film director Hong Sang-soo (65) and actor Kim Min-hee (43) were captured holding a baby.
On the 25th, a post titled "Parents who took a walk with their baby at Misa Lake Park" spread on an online community. In the published photo, a woman believed to be Kim Min-hee is seen holding a baby, while a man resembling Hong Sang-soo is smiling. Next to them was a stroller, and in front was a middle-aged woman.
The netizen who posted the photo stated that it was taken at Misa Lake Park in Gyeonggi Province. Hong Sang-soo and Kim Min-hee live in Hanam City, and their son was born on the 8th. However, some netizens speculated that the baby looked somewhat large for having been born recently, leading to doubts that it could be their child.
Hong Sang-soo and Kim Min-hee became involved through the 2015 film "Right Now, Wrong Then," and at a press screening for the 2017 film "On the Beach at Night Alone," they acknowledged being "in a loving relationship," which was the first time they admitted to an affair.
Hong Sang-soo married a woman referred to as Ms. A, whom he met while studying in the United States in 1985, and they have a daughter together. He filed for divorce mediation against Ms. A in 2016, but it did not proceed, and his divorce lawsuit was dismissed in 2019.