Actress Kim Min-hee and director Hong Sang-soo have been spotted for the first time with their newborn after the birth of their extramarital child, stirring excitement online. In particular, the identity of the middle-aged woman accompanying them remains unknown, leading to various speculations among netizens.
Director Hong Sang-soo and Kim Min-hee met through the 2015 film "Right Now, Wrong Then" and developed a romantic relationship in 2016. Director Hong is legally still married but is maintaining a common-law relationship with Kim Min-hee.
In the meantime, it was reported in January that Kim Min-hee was pregnant with an extramarital child believed to be with director Hong Sang-soo, and in February, she was spotted at Incheon International Airport in an advanced state of pregnancy with director Hong, suggesting that the birth was imminent.
It is now known that Kim Min-hee has given birth, and recently, a photo of her and director Hong Sang-soo walking with their newborn at Misari Lake Park in Hanam, Gyeonggi Province, was posted on an online community. In the photo, Kim Min-hee is seen carefully walking while holding the baby, with director Hong looking down at the child affectionately and smiling.
However, another individual who caught attention in this scene was a middle-aged woman walking closely alongside the two. Netizens have been speculating about this woman's presence next to Kim Min-hee, who was holding the baby, with comments like "a postpartum helper?", "Kim Min-hee's mother?", and "a friend rather than family?"
As of now, the exact identity of this woman has not been revealed, but given that Kim Min-hee stayed at a postpartum care center in Hanam, opinions are gaining traction that she is likely a close family member who accompanied Kim to help with her recovery after childbirth.
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