Kim Soo-hyun Faces 130 Billion Won Lawsuit Over Taiwan 7-Eleven Controversy

By SuHyun, Kim

May 19, 2025

Kim Soo-hyun Faces 130 Billion Won Lawsuit Over Taiwan 7-Eleven Controversy
Actor Kim Soo-hyun held a press conference at Stanford Hotel in Sangam-dong, Seoul on the 31st and expressed her position on the privacy controversy. Kim Soo-hyun's statement. Reporter Heo Sang-wook / 2025.03.31/



Taiwan 7-Eleven, modeled after actor Kim Soo-hyun, who has been embroiled in a controversy over his private life, such as teaching materials since he was a minor, is preparing a lawsuit for damages, according to local reports.

Taiwan SETN reported on the 17th that `Taiwan 7-Eleven is reportedly planning to claim damages from Kim Soo-hyun.'

Taiwan's 7-Eleven, which initially modeled Kim Soo-hyun on March 19, launched fresh food and coffee products under his theme and planned to display photos of Kim Soo-hyun at the entrance of 7-Eleven stores across Taiwan.




Kim Soo-hyun Faces 130 Billion Won Lawsuit Over Taiwan 7-Eleven Controversy
Actor Kim Soo-hyun held a press conference at Stanford Hotel in Sangam-dong, Seoul on the 31st and expressed her position on the privacy controversy. Kim Soo-hyun's statement. Reporter Heo Sang-wook / 2025.03.31/
Also, the Taiwan fan meeting was canceled. Kim Soo-hyun was scheduled to attend a fan meeting in Taiwan, but the controversy over his personal life seems to have affected the cancellation of the fan meeting. After encountering Kim Soo-hyun's controversy, some local fans asked for a refund. The penalty for canceling the fan meeting is reported to be about 1.3 billion won.

In response, the media reported that `Taiwan 7-Eleven was hit hard and lost more than 100 million Taiwan dollars' and"The company is considering claiming 130 million dollars in damages from Kim Soo-hyun.'

However, UniPresidents Enterprises, a Taiwanese food company that operates 7-Eleven, did not disclose its official position in this regard.




Meanwhile, suspicions arose earlier this year that Kim Soo-hyun had been dating for six years since she was a minor during the late Kim Sae-ron's lifetime.

Kim Soo-hyun Faces 130 Billion Won Lawsuit Over Taiwan 7-Eleven Controversy
Actor Kim Soo-hyun held a press conference at Stanford Hotel in Sangam-dong, Seoul on the 31st and expressed her position on the privacy controversy. Kim Soo-hyun reading the entrance statement. Reporter Heo Sang-wook / 2025.03.31/
In response, Kim Soo-hyun held a press conference on March 31 and announced that Kim Sae-ron had dated for about a year after becoming an adult.

However, he said he did not date the deceased when he was a minor.




In addition, Kim Sae-ron's bereaved family revealed a reconstructed version of the KakaoTalk conversation, raising suspicions of manipulation and releasing an appraisal.

In response, Kim Soo-hyun filed a criminal defamation lawsuit against the bereaved family of the deceased and YouTube channel Se-yeon and filed a lawsuit for damages worth 12 billion won.



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