K-actor Kim Soo Hyun Officially Resumes Entertainment Activities with Philippines Clothing Brand Bench

There are various tiers of being cancelled across various reasons in K-ent and this one was fairly unique outside of the usual tax evasion, drug use, and drunk driving reasons. K-actor Kim Soo Hyun has been inactive for the past year and four months, basically since February 2025, after reveals and allegations that he dated now deceased actress Kim Sae Ron when she was underage, with further allegations that his treatment of her after breaking up contributed to her suicide by financial stress. The former would make him a pedophile, the latter just a very shitty and cruel ex-boyfriend. He held a press conference admitting to dating her but saying it was after she was of legal age and denied the other allegations. Since then there are lawsuits flying between him and her family and the Youtuber who revealed the allegations, and also between his agency and various brands that cut ties and sued him. Recently there was a change of status with authorities stating that videos and text messages released by the Youtuber could not be authenticated and hence manipulated and charged the guy who is denying it and vowing to clear his name. Since then Kim Soo Hyun’s side has made an all out approach for his return and this week is the first official step with him shooting a clothing campaign for Philippines clothing brand Bench in Manila. His agency also revealed that he’s been inundated with around 40 film and drama offers. Like it or not, he’s coming back, to what success remains to be seen.