Lee Kang-in and Doosan family girlfriend’s “remarkable” response: Hits “heart” on hate comments asking “Why are you dating him?”… Rumors handled “by the law,” hate comments met with “coolness”

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Lee Kang-in (25, Atletico Madrid) and his partner, Park Sang-hyo (27), directly reacted to malicious comments posted on social media (SNS) by hitting the “like” button.

Recently, unverified videos and rumors have rapidly spread across online communities and YouTube, claiming that Lee Kang-in, along with so-called “96LINE” players such as Kim Min-jae, Hwang In-beom, and Hwang Hee-chan, pushed out captain Son Heung-min and demanded the Korea Football Association to change the team captain. The controversy intensified as claims emerged that Lee Kang-in was behind the rumors of the “96LINE” players retiring from the national team.

As these unverified suspicions spread as if they were facts, Lee Kang-in’s SNS post on the 7th was flooded with harsh, irrelevant criticism such as “Fix your character,” “Be nice to your seniors,” and “You should be expelled too.” Meanwhile, fans’ encouragement urging people not to fall for baseless speculation and to quietly support the players mixed in, leading to daily heated debates in the comment section.

Amidst continuing defamation that crossed the line, Lee Kang-in and Ms. Park responded not with a direct explanation, but by hitting “like” on the hate comments themselves. Lee Kang-in hit “like” on a defamatory comment directed at him that read, “Your actions are trashy for a young guy.” Ms. Park, the fifth generation of the Doosan family and two years older than Lee Kang-in, also reacted with a “like” to a hate comment aimed at her that said, “I find your chaebol girlfriend the most mysterious. Why are you dating someone like him?”

The two are known to have first met through an introduction by Lee Kang-in’s older sister and later developed a romantic relationship. They were spotted watching a Doosan Bears game together at Seoul Jamsil Baseball Stadium in June 2024, and in May of last year, they watched the French Open tennis match held in Paris, France side by side, enjoying public dates without being conscious of surrounding gazes. Ms. Park Sang-hyo is the daughter of Park Jin-won, Vice Chairman of Doosan Bobcat Korea, who is the eldest son of former Doosan Group Chairman Park Yong-seong.

Meanwhile, Lee Kang-in’s agency, Double Black Label, issued an official statement on the 13th, fully denying the discord rumors. The agency stated, “We have confirmed that content different from the facts regarding player Lee Kang-in is being indiscriminately spread, centered around online platforms,” and drew a clear line by stating, “The series of contents currently being discussed are unrelated to player Lee Kang-in, and we clearly state that they are groundless.”

They further emphasized, “Our company is collecting materials regarding posts and comments that constitute the dissemination of false facts and defamation, and will proceed with necessary legal procedures depending on the situation,” suggesting a zero-tolerance response.

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