Key Summary
- Actor Kim Bin-woo posted new family photos from Bali to mark her younger son’s eighth birthday.
- She moved her family to Bali in August, saying she wanted her children to gain experience in a new environment while they were still young.
- The move came after a period of public criticism in South Korea over separate incidents involving a late-night livestream and a dangerous-driving video.
- Kim said the family has also faced adjustment difficulties and several bouts of illness since relocating.
Main Story
Kim Bin-woo has shared an update from Bali, where she has been living with her husband and children. In a recent post, she uploaded several photos of her family celebrating the eighth birthday of her younger son at a restaurant decorated with balloons.
The images show the four family members smiling around a cake, with her husband, businessperson Jeon Yong-jin, also taking part in the celebration.
Kim and her family moved to Bali in August. According to her earlier explanation, the decision followed about a year of consideration and was made so the children could experience life in a different setting before they grew older. She had said the family planned to stay for three to four years, while also leaving open the possibility of remaining longer if life there suited them.
The move was announced after a series of controversies in South Korea. In May, Kim drew criticism after a livestream around 1 a.m. in which she played loud music, sang, and danced, prompting complaints about noise. She later apologized, saying she was reflecting deeply. The following month, she posted a video showing her dancing while one leg was raised on a seat and one hand was on the steering wheel, which led to criticism over dangerous driving; the video was later removed. The article also notes that in 2007 her agency apologized after suspicion arose over her cutting in line at an overseas singer’s concert in Korea.
Kim has also said that life in Bali has not been smooth from the start. Last month, she wrote that the family had taken turns being ill during the two months after the move. She said both children caught colds, she had a cold four times, and her husband suffered from a high fever.
Kim married Jeon in 2015 and has one son and one daughter. She has appeared in television dramas including Mama Is Pretty Too, and she continues to share daily life from Bali through her account.
Background
The supplied article says Kim Bin-woo’s family relocated to Bali in August after about a year of consideration. It also provides limited background on her recent public controversies and on the family’s reported difficulties adjusting after the move.
Items Requiring Further Verification
- The article attributes the move to Kim Bin-woo’s stated desire to help her children experience a new environment before they grow older; this is her explanation and not independently verified in the text.
- The report says the family planned to stay for three to four years, with the possibility of staying longer if conditions were favorable; this is a stated plan and may change.
- The article describes the May livestream and June driving video as controversy-triggering incidents, but the underlying circumstances beyond the account provided are not independently corroborated here.
- The 2007 concert incident is presented as a past allegation that led to an agency apology; the article does not provide further detail or independent confirmation.
- The illness claims about the family in Bali are self-reported and not medically verified in the article.