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The Korea Times

South Korean actress Kim Min-hee, 43, and film director Hong Sang-soo, 65, recently became parents to a baby boy.
According to sources on April 8, Kim gave birth at a hospital and later stayed at a postnatal care centre in Hanam, Gyeonggi province, South Korea.
Speculation about her pregnancy had circulated in January, when reports emerged that Kim was expecting a child with Hong and was due to give birth this spring.
Witnesses also claimed to have seen the couple visiting an obstetrics clinic in Hanam for regular check-ups.

In February, the heavily pregnant Kim was spotted at Incheon International Airport with Hong, en route to attend the Berlin International Film Festival.
Kim and Hong first met while working on the 2015 film Right Now, Wrong Then, and later began dating. Hong publicly acknowledged their relationship at a press conference for the 2017 film On the Beach at Night Alone.

Hong remains legally married to a woman he wed in 1985 while studying in the United States. In 2016, Hong filed for divorce mediation, but the process fell through after his wife refused to receive the court documents. He later filed a formal divorce suit, which the court dismissed in 2019.
This article from the Hankook Ilbo, a sister publication of The Korea Times, is translated by a generative AI and edited by The Korea Times.
Read the original story at The Korea Times.


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Actress, 43, who has been in relationship with filmmaker Hong Sang-soo, 65, for about a decade, gave birth at hospital in Hanam, South Korea


Actress, 43, who has been in relationship with filmmaker Hong Sang-soo, 65, for about a decade, gave birth at hospital in Hanam, South Korea.


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.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Actress, 43, who has been in relationship with filmmaker Hong Sang-soo, 65, for about a decade, gave birth at hospital in Hanam, South Korea

Actress, 43, who has been in relationship with filmmaker Hong Sang-soo, 65, for about a decade, gave birth at hospital in Hanam, South Korea