Kim Min-hee and Hong Sang-soo welcome baby boy

Actor Kim Min-hee, left, and director Hong Sang-soo / Yonhap

Actor Kim Min-hee, 43, and director Hong Sang-soo, 65, recently became parents to a baby boy.

According to sources on Tuesday, Kim gave birth at a hospital and later stayed at a postpartum care center in Hanam, Gyeonggi Province.

Speculation about her pregnancy had circulated in January, when reports emerged that Kim was expecting a child with Hong and was due to give birth this spring. Witnesses also claimed to have seen the couple visiting an obstetrics clinic in Hanam for regular checkups.

In February, the heavily pregnant Kim was spotted at Incheon International Airport with Hong, en route to attend the Berlin International Film Festival.

Kim and Hong first met while working on the 2015 film "Right Now, Wrong Then," and later began dating. Hong publicly acknowledged their relationship at a press conference for the 2017 film "On the Beach at Night Alone."

Hong remains legally married to a woman he wed in 1985 while studying in the United States. In 2016, Hong filed for divorce mediation, but the process fell through after his wife refused to receive the court documents. He later filed a formal divorce suit, which the court dismissed in 2019.

Actress Kim Min-hee and director Hong Sang-soo depart for Berlin via Incheon International Airport in February to attend a film festival. Newsis

This article from the Hankook Ilbo, a sister publication of The Korea Times, is translated by a generative AI and edited by The Korea Times.