Yoo Jae Suk pleaded to Kang Ho Dong to not retire until the last moment

“Hyung, this is not right… Please think about it one more time” (Hyung = a respectful way of calling an older male by a younger male).

Viewed by some fans as rivals, television presenter Yoo Jae Suk had tried to stop fellow television presenter Kang Ho Dong until the last moment of his retirement.

A person close to both stars stated, “When Kang Ho Dong abruptly informed friends and family he was retiring, everyone close to him pleaded to him that he must not retire for good. Yoo Jae Suk actually spoke to Kang Ho Dong on the phone until 5:45pm, 15 minutes before the 6pm press conference starting time. He told Kang Ho Dong, ‘Hyung, this is not right. Please think about it again” and he pleaded to him to reconsider”.

Yoo Jae Suk and Kang Ho Dong are without a doubt the two biggest stars in television. The two worked together back in 2002 in the KBS ‘Super TV Happy Sunday’ and again in 2006, in the SBS ‘X Man’. The programs were beloved by the fans and both shows drew huge ratings during the airings.

The two were as close personally to sign under the same management company in the past, until the company went bankrupt and the two had to go their separate ways. Yoo Jae Suk’s manager was present in the press conference as a show of support and respect for his friend.

The friend of the two stars added, “After witnessing the press conference, I realized that people have double standards for judging celebrities. They get treated so much harsher than corporate executives or even politicians. It’s unfair and the criticisms are way out of line”.

The National Tax Service of Korea has officially announced that Kang Ho Dong did not commit tax fraud. It was only a matter of accounting discrepancy. It is an unfortunate turn of events that led to the demise of an extremely talented TV presenter, but most importantly a good man, as evidenced by his friends never leaving his side throughout the turmoil.

Let me just talk about today.
Today, a friend that I have made recently told me this: "You are very hyper today, like really hyper". And yet,
I seem to absolutely love the state of my heart at the moment. I felt that i needed to feel this way. I realised I haven't felt this way for a long time.

I have just looked through my posts in this journal, the posts about rag, pre rag, the big break after A-levels.
And I sort of reconcile with the 'me' I might have lost over this year... 8 months is really a short period, but the changes were not little.

I am glad that right now, I can confidently face the worries that were not at all necessary and put them away. I know right now, I am comfortable with who I am, and that I can move on to become a greater person I can love.

However little the steps which i am going to take may be, they will move me forward. And I reconcile that in life, we have just got to dare to take the next step and move on.