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Director set to marry his boyfriend
Kim Cho Gwang-su, the director of “Two Weddings And A Funeral” and “Love, 100 Degrees,” is rumored to be planning an unofficial wedding ceremony next year.
A source from his production company told News N on Wednesday that Kim will marry his boyfriend, who is 19 years his junior, sometime next year. They have dated for eight years.
“The date hasn’t been set yet,” said the source, who singled out parents’ discord as the reason for the delayed event.
The couple revealed they were dating to their parents last year in March, and although it took some time for the family to accept the news, Kim has been playing a more active role in his boyfriend’s family events of late.
As one of the openly gay figures in the Korean entertainment industry, Kim has previously spoken out about his love life. At a press conference for his movie “Two Weddings And A Funeral” in June, the 48-year-old film director announced that “if things had gone according to plan, [he’d] be married already.” Same-sex marriage is not legally recognized in Korea.
source: Korea Joongang Daily
Hong Seok-cheon made a confession.
Hong Seok-cheon posted on his Twitter on the 9th, "Living in the Republic of Korea as a tiny population of gays could never have been tougher. Today is a hard day. Living in ridiculous misunderstanding and surveillance, I look at myself and think, 'what a sad life'. I can't even have decent loving for the reason that I 'came out'".
"I pity myself for being misunderstood and having my friends and family misunderstood because of me. I need to prove innocence. I am going to fight no matter how strong the other is. Even if it means I have to break. I am going to prove that I don't believe gays in this country should shut up and be treated like scum".
He continued, "You have no idea how frustrating it is to be treated like a criminal when I've done nothing wrong. I am yelling on behalf of the people like me. Even if it means I'll get hurt. I can't get to sleep tonight because of the thorns in my heart".
He ended with, "I hope the next leader of this country is someone who cares for the rights of the minor population. Just like the president of the United States, Obama. I am doing all I can as a Korean but I don't have the rights to live as happily as I want to so here's my complaint".
Netizen's who've read his Twitter commented, "What happened?", "Cheer up", "It sounds bad but don't care about those around you" and more.
source: hancinema & newsen
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Date: 2012-12-21 02:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-12-21 02:58 am (UTC)could they have possibly meant 8 months?!
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Date: 2012-12-21 07:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-12-21 02:58 am (UTC)anyone who even visits there on vacation is supporting homophobia
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Date: 2012-12-21 03:47 am (UTC)that's stupid logic, tbh
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Date: 2012-12-21 04:13 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-12-21 03:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-12-21 03:09 am (UTC)that's sad ...
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Date: 2012-12-21 03:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-12-21 03:24 am (UTC)"I hope the next leader of this country is someone who cares for the rights of the minor population. Just like the president of the United States, Obama."
I really really hope so too!
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Date: 2012-12-21 03:27 am (UTC)I admire him. And Kim Cho Gwang-su too. It takes a lot of courage to come out in that social environment.
Things like these make me feel proud of my country, where same sex marriage is legal since 2010 and the LGBT community is quite outspoken and respected. Of course there are still many cases of discrimination but we've come a long way when it comes to LGBT and women's Rights
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Date: 2012-12-21 02:48 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-12-21 04:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-12-21 04:23 am (UTC)But when those around you are making your life hell it's hard to not care.........
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Date: 2012-12-21 04:48 am (UTC)and I hope the next president would consider their existance means no harm
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Date: 2012-12-21 05:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-12-21 08:05 am (UTC)I hope he'll never give up, he has always been great and bring so much positivity to his fight.
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Date: 2012-12-21 08:06 am (UTC)Well one can only hope tbh :(
Let all the gays come out and be free!
Date: 2012-12-21 10:33 am (UTC)Re: Let all the gays come out and be free!
Date: 2012-12-21 11:11 am (UTC)Re: Let all the gays come out and be free!
Date: 2012-12-21 02:45 pm (UTC)Re: Let all the gays come out and be free!
Date: 2012-12-22 11:56 pm (UTC)I'm sure every non-straight person would like to live out of the closet and comfortable not having to hide or lie, but coming out can be risky and it's understandable why people would rather remain in the closet.
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Date: 2012-12-21 01:11 pm (UTC)And apparently Miss Republican got elected. I'm sorry for the korean LGBT community.
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Date: 2012-12-21 02:42 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-12-21 02:42 pm (UTC)I admire this man sfm. And I didn't know about Kim Cho Gwang-su but YOU GO! I can only hope that one day things will be better for the LGTB community in South Korea.
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Date: 2012-12-21 06:05 pm (UTC)all gay people should go to in this countries for to live a happy life.
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Date: 2012-12-21 07:19 pm (UTC)Keep up the fight guys. Stay strong.
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Date: 2012-12-22 05:13 am (UTC)And quite a few of our top entertainers/singers are open about their preferences, no one feels the need to hide it.
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Date: 2012-12-25 05:15 am (UTC)or people of any sexual orientation
It's sad that most of us have to feel as if we did something wrong because
the way we are is different from societal standards.
This article makes me happy but sad at the same time