[Words of Thanks and a Request for Understanding]
1. When I first received the gift and letter left by a Japanese fan at Nakwon Station café, I was a bit bewildered. And when flowers and a tree gift arrived at the office, I honestly felt a little pressured.
2. I even considered refusing more firmly, since I didn’t want any misunderstanding. But then I thought how much frustration must have built up for you to send your hearts even to me and so instead of rejecting it, I simply asked for a bit of restraint and expressed my gratitude.
3. I know that when love is given, that love grows; and when affection is expressed, that affection deepens. So I also wanted your feelings for the actor to be expressed and fulfilled just as they are.
4. I also believed that such feelings help energize and strengthen your efforts to save the actor and to restore the truth.
5. Then at some point, I realized that this very phenomenon itself forms an important part of the entire truth — a part that helps reveal the truth of this incident and show how wrongly Korean society has handled it.
6. To fully restore the actor’s honor, it was necessary to explain everything at the right moments, step by step, and in ways the public could intuitively understand.
7. I myself did not expect that I would be able to speak within just 40 days even about the late person’s bereaved family, the deceased themselves, and the police, all of which were extremely difficult subjects.
8. I have always been aggressive but conservative; I gave the actor confidence, but with his family — who have endured unspeakable pain in their reality — I have always set realistic goals and executed them step by step, and that’s how we have come this far.
9. All of you on Threads and X have formed a team with me and given me countless ideas. There were more than a few times when a single line or two that you pointed out intuitively gave me great inspiration.
10. In this way, my writings and videos accumulated dozens of times over, and eventually we were able to persuade members of the National Assembly and major television networks.
11. The actor’s strongest supporter and family member, who has been speaking with me for hours every day, organizing thoughts, and making important decisions together daily, told me that everything happening since the end of September feels like magic.
12. I have been working with them, giving the actor courage and hope, and striving to ensure that all of your efforts and hearts — everything you have shared with us — reach the actor. All those efforts and faith combined are creating something magical.
13. Not everything needs to be known by the media or the public, but after all this is over, when the actor stands before you again — as he once did, and stronger than before — I hope that the painful time of endurance he has gone through will, as if by magic, have made him an even greater person. And I hope that he will receive from all of you — who have also become stronger — a love even greater than before.
14. Therefore, I believe it is also necessary to let you know not only about what is visible to you, but also how much love and care the actor receives from his family and those around him, and how that has contributed to creating this kind of magic.
15. The reason I recently explained to you how he and I have been doing our utmost and working hard is because I saw that, too, as something essential in revealing the whole truth.
16. All of these strengths wisdom, composure, patience, and courage combined with your sincerity and dedication, are now bringing about various changes.- @khosangrock #KimSoohyun #WeStandwithKimSooHyun