Has anyone read about the controversies and lawsuits surrounding Hover Lab (Kim Se-ui, Kang Young-seok, and Kim Yong-ho)?
Kang Young-seok is no longer with Hover Lab, Kim Yong-ho committed suicide, and Kim Se-ui is bankrupt due to so many lawsuits.
1. Kang Gi-jung (The Kims and Kang of Hover Lab were made to pay restitution) 2. Kim Gun-mo (In December 2025, Kang issued a public apology to Kim Gun-mo) 3. Cho Won (In January 2025, the Supreme Court found Kang and Kim liable in the lawsuit, and ordered them to pay restitution to the Cho family. The complaint to police was forwarded to prosecutors in 2022. On May 1, 2026, Kang and Kim were indicted by police without detention) 4. Outdoor interview case (After several trials, in August 2024 the Supreme Court ruled that Kang and Kim were to each pay ends of ₩2 million) 5. Lee Jae-myung (In August 2025, Kim and Kang were found liable for falsifying the extramarital affair claim and ordered to pay ₩7 million (US$5,000) and ₩10 million (US$7,200) respectively as restitution. The remaining two claims were deemed to be uncertain enough to not be outright falsehoods. In December 2025, the juvenile detention facility claim was also determined to be misleading, and Kang's sentence was increased to one year in prison, suspended for two years, and 40 hours of community service) 6. Journalist organizations case (On January 20, 2022, the organizations Citizens' Coalition for Democratic Media, National Union of Media Workers, and Journalists Association of Korea held a press conference in which they urged Google Korea to regulate the activities of organizations they felt were harmful on Google platforms, including Hover Lab. In response, Hover Lab alleged defamation and filed a lawsuit against several officials of those organizations. The lawsuit was dismissed in February 2025) 7. Tzuyang (In April 2025, Hover Lab was ordered to take down videos that mentioned Tzuyang. As of March 2026, the case is still ongoing) 8. Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Sae-ron (On May 22, 2026, the Gangnam Police Station announced that it had concluded Hover Lab's alleged evidence of Kim Soo-hyun having dated Kim Sae-ron while underage was fabricated, and that it was seeking an arrest warrant for Kim Se-ui)
I don't have time to find the message where I was insulted for giving him the benefit of the doubt; how glad I am that I was right to wait before making a hasty judgment.
An epic mess! I've always defended weekend family dramas, even though everyone complains they're too long. I think they capture the essence of real Korean society, and that's why I started watching K-dramas. Current K-dramas are more Americanized.
This one was boring and long; it was a headache to watch. I even struggled to stay awake until the very last episode.
I had high expectations for Jung Il Woo's return, but I didn't like his character, and the storyline was so radical at the end. The father's sacrifice, presented as an accident, didn't seem fair to me. So, do all parents who can't give their children a super comfortable life have to live with the same burden as Lee Sang Cheol's character?
Ko Seong Hui, the villain, is a horrible, ambitious, and despicable person. But excuse me, because you're a woman like that, you have to end up being forced to be a servant and married to a man as punishment? No, no, what sexism! The right thing to do was to end the marriage and remove her from everyone's lives, leaving her alone without the love of her children. I think Lee Tae Ran suffered with that ending for her character.
Jeong Soon Hee (Eunho's adoptive mother), after being independent and owning her own restaurant, ended up as a nanny.
It seems to me that many of the women in this drama had very bad endings, almost like brainwashing, putting women in a place they outgrew long ago.
Kang Young-seok is no longer with Hover Lab, Kim Yong-ho committed suicide, and Kim Se-ui is bankrupt due to so many lawsuits.
1. Kang Gi-jung (The Kims and Kang of Hover Lab were made to pay restitution)
2. Kim Gun-mo (In December 2025, Kang issued a public apology to Kim Gun-mo)
3. Cho Won (In January 2025, the Supreme Court found Kang and Kim liable in the lawsuit, and ordered them to pay restitution to the Cho family. The complaint to police was forwarded to prosecutors in 2022. On May 1, 2026, Kang and Kim were indicted by police without detention)
4. Outdoor interview case (After several trials, in August 2024 the Supreme Court ruled that Kang and Kim were to each pay ends of ₩2 million)
5. Lee Jae-myung (In August 2025, Kim and Kang were found liable for falsifying the extramarital affair claim and ordered to pay ₩7 million (US$5,000) and ₩10 million (US$7,200) respectively as restitution. The remaining two claims were deemed to be uncertain enough to not be outright falsehoods. In December 2025, the juvenile detention facility claim was also determined to be misleading, and Kang's sentence was increased to one year in prison, suspended for two years, and 40 hours of community service)
6. Journalist organizations case (On January 20, 2022, the organizations Citizens' Coalition for Democratic Media, National Union of Media Workers, and Journalists Association of Korea held a press conference in which they urged Google Korea to regulate the activities of organizations they felt were harmful on Google platforms, including Hover Lab. In response, Hover Lab alleged defamation and filed a lawsuit against several officials of those organizations. The lawsuit was dismissed in February 2025)
7. Tzuyang (In April 2025, Hover Lab was ordered to take down videos that mentioned Tzuyang. As of March 2026, the case is still ongoing)
8. Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Sae-ron (On May 22, 2026, the Gangnam Police Station announced that it had concluded Hover Lab's alleged evidence of Kim Soo-hyun having dated Kim Sae-ron while underage was fabricated, and that it was seeking an arrest warrant for Kim Se-ui)
This one was boring and long; it was a headache to watch. I even struggled to stay awake until the very last episode.
I had high expectations for Jung Il Woo's return, but I didn't like his character, and the storyline was so radical at the end. The father's sacrifice, presented as an accident, didn't seem fair to me. So, do all parents who can't give their children a super comfortable life have to live with the same burden as Lee Sang Cheol's character?
Ko Seong Hui, the villain, is a horrible, ambitious, and despicable person. But excuse me, because you're a woman like that, you have to end up being forced to be a servant and married to a man as punishment? No, no, what sexism! The right thing to do was to end the marriage and remove her from everyone's lives, leaving her alone without the love of her children. I think Lee Tae Ran suffered with that ending for her character.
Jeong Soon Hee (Eunho's adoptive mother), after being independent and owning her own restaurant, ended up as a nanny.
It seems to me that many of the women in this drama had very bad endings, almost like brainwashing, putting women in a place they outgrew long ago.