Hoverlab, a South Korean news commentary site on YouTube, claimed that the actor and the late actress Kim Sae-ron had been in a six-year relationship since she was 15 years old.

South Korean actor Kim Soo-hyun is facing mounting backlash over allegations that he was in a relationship with the late actress Kim Sae-ron when she was a minor. The controversy has intensified both in South Korea and in China on Friday,

Kim Soo Hyun's agency issued a statement on Mar. 14 confirming that the Korean actor had indeed been in a relationship with late actress Kim Sae Ron. But it denied that she had been a minor at the time.