[theqoo] SHINHAN BANK, ENDS CONTRACT WITH KIM SOOHYUN IN JULY… “IT WILL BE HARD TO RENEW”

Shinhan Financial Group is expected to cut ties with actor Kim Soohyun, who has been accused of dating the late Kim Saeron when she was a m*n*r, according to observers in the banking industry.  

“I understand that Shinhan Financial and Kim Soohyun have a few months left on their contract,” a banking official familiar with the internal situation said on the 27th, adding, “I think it would be difficult to renew the contract.”

Shinhan appointed Kim as a model for its premier wealth management service in July last year. Given that modeling contracts are usually for one year, Kim’s contract runs until July, which means he has more than three months left. 

Until recently, Shinhan Financial had been “taking down advertisements, images, etc. featuring Kim Soohyun,” but its official stance was that it was “monitoring the situation” regarding the termination of the contract. 

However, as the allegations of Kim’s relationship with Kim Saeron as a m*n*r intensify, there is reason to believe that Shinhan Financial’s response will change. 

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1. 🤮

2. Shinhan-ah, snap out of it

3. Why are people making a fuss towards Shinhan?

4. July?

5. So many people here have no experience with social life

6. They already removed all his advertisement. They might not want to go to court and ask him for a penalty fee so they are just ending things cleanly at the end of his contract

7. They already removed all his ads but you guys are out there crying about penalty feesㅋㅋ According to the contract terms, past incidents before the contract might not be an immediate issue, and since the advertisement has been taken down, there’s nothing more to say. The mention of a renewal was made by someone unrelated to Shinhan

8. The people getting worked up here honestly just seem to be consuming this as gossip or a way to satisfy their own dopamine cravings, they’re proving it themselves.

9. July is so far

10. So they won’t be asking for a penalty fee?