Overview
- Attorney Ko Sang-rok published excerpts and descriptions of roughly 150 writings from Kim Soo-hyun’s military service, characterizing them as letters to an adult partner during 2018–2019.
- Ko argues the tone of those entries contrasts with a single military-era letter sent to Kim Sae-ron, which he describes as a non-romantic note about service life.
- Photos and postcards cited by Kim’s side are dated late 2019 and early 2020, which they say aligns with the start of the relationship after Kim Sae-ron reached adulthood.
- Kim Soo-hyun acknowledges dating Kim Sae-ron for about a year in 2019–2020, while her family and Hoverlab maintain claims of a relationship beginning in 2015 and point to a June 2018 letter.
- Hoverlab and the family have released audio they say supports an earlier timeline, which Kim’s team rejects as AI-generated, as both sides pursue defamation and related legal claims.