Price of fame in South Korea ‘like a real-life Squid Game’ – The Times
It was a stupid thing to do, but Kim Sae-ron paid a terrible price. It was May 2022 and the South Korean actress was driving drunk in the Gangnam district of Seoul at 8am when she lost control of her car.There were no casualties, other than a tree, a guardrail and an electricity transformer where Kim’s car came to rest — the damage knocked out power to a number of businesses before being restored a few hours later. Kim’s career, however, was switched off immediately and for good.She was fined 20 million won (£11,000), dropped by her management agency, and withdrew — or was sacked — from the films she was making. Bloodhounds, a Netflix series that was in production, wrote her© Times Media Limited 2025.Registered in England No. 894646. Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, SE1 9GF.
Source: https://www.thetimes.com/world/asia/article/kim-sae-ron-south-korea-fame-56k8x6307
