[instiz] KIM SOOHYUN’S REPS “RELATIONSHIP WITH KIM SAERON AFTER SHE BECAME AN ADULT, DID NOT DATE HER WHEN SHE WAS A MINOR”

Gold Medalist, Kim Soohyun’s agency, released an official statement on the 14th, stating,

“Early this morning, Kim Soohyun exhibited severe psychological distress. Our company took measures to ensure he could receive absolute rest and stability. Since the reports by Garo Sero Institute (Gaseyeon), he has been suffering extreme confusion due to claims that he was responsible for the sudden passing of the deceased.

Additionally, on the night of March 12, after Gaseyeon’s broadcast, a vehicle with a person holding a camera remained stationed across from our company’s main entrance and in the parking lot until dawn. On March 13, around lunchtime, people with cameras were seen loitering around the building, continuing to exert psychological pressure on Kim Soohyun.

In response, we urgently decided to release a statement to clarify key issues, asking for your understanding. Though this was not our original plan, there is nothing more important than addressing this matter, even if parts of our response may be insufficient.”

The agency continued,

“Kim Soohyun and Kim Saeron dated from the summer of 2019 to the fall of 2020, after Kim Sa-ron had already become an adult. The claim that Kim Soohyun dated Kim Saeron while she was a minor is not true.

The photos Kim Sa-ron posted on her Instagram Story on March 24, 2024, and the ones revealed by Gaseyeon on March 11, 2025, were taken on the same winter day in 2020 when they were dating. The outfit Kim Saeron wore in the pictures was from a brand collection released in June 2019, making it impossible for these photos to have been taken in 2016, as Gaseyeon claims.”

The agency further clarified,

“The additional photo released by Gaseyeon on March 12, 2025, was taken on December 24, 2019, on Christmas Eve. We have secured its metadata. The photo revealed on March 13 was taken on the same day, as seen from the matching outfits. Every photo Gaseyeon presented as ‘evidence’ that Kim Soohyun dated Kim Saeron while she was a minor was actually taken after she had already reached adulthood. There is no possibility that a photo from 2016 exists because the two were not in a relationship at that time.”

Addressing the controversy surrounding their past relationship, the agency stated,

“Many criticisms have been directed at Kim Soohyun regarding his relationship with Kim Saeron. While their relationship was a private matter between two consenting adults, we acknowledge that, as a beloved public figure, Kim Soohyun is subject to public scrutiny. We take such criticism seriously and with humility.

However, Gaseyeon’s reports continue to spread numerous falsehoods and misinformation as though they are facts. The informant who appeared on their broadcast claimed to be a family member of Kim Saeron, but according to a media report, they were actually an acquaintance of Kim Saeron’s mother. Despite this unclear identity, distorted information was presented based on a few misleading photos, without any verification from the individuals involved, leading to the spread of baseless rumors.”

The statement concluded with,

“Kim Soohyun’s personal life has been forcibly exposed by third parties, and this has resulted in immense suffering for him, the deceased, and those around them. While Kim Soohyun accepts public opinions regarding his choices, the distortion of past events and the continued spread of falsehoods make this situation unbearably painful. Furthermore, delving into and defaming the deceased’s personal life must stop immediately.”

1. Someone predicted that he would say exactly this

2. Then can you please clarify the letters and postcards?

3. But the clothes he wore were from 2016 though??

4. The general public already predicted that he would say something like thatㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ But who cares anyways?

5. But you said that you never dated herㅋ

6. A public apology would be the right move. You should have just admitted it and apologized from the start, especially to Saeron firstㅋㅋㅋㅋ But you didn’t even attend the funeral because you had something to feel guilty about, right? You enjoyed everything while you could, and now you’re suddenly feeling “severely distressed”? Of course, you’d be anxious, because you know you’re guilty.

7. That’s the only thing he could come up with after thinking through it for so long?

8. Because the de*d can’t speak, he’s just making things up now…

9. What about the letters..?

10. So you weren’t dating her as a minor but kissed her on the cheek?