[Exclusive]'Flight Delay Controversy' Park Soo-hong Quietly Returns to Country and Resumes Activities on Home Shopping

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Broadcast personality Park Soo-hong, who caused controversy by affecting a flight delay while traveling with his family to Guam, has quietly returned to the country and resumed his activities.

According to an investigation by StarNews on the 11th, Park Soo-hong recently finished a trip in Guam, U.S. territory, with his wife Kim Da-ye and daughter Jae-i and began his activities again. On the 7th, he appeared directly on L Company's home shopping program, launching product sales with his eloquent speaking skills.

StarNews confirmed that the home shopping broadcast was conducted as a live broadcast, not a pre-recorded session. An official from L Company Home Shopping told StarNews, "It is correct that Park Soo-hong appeared on the broadcast," and added, "He did not sign a direct contract with home shopping to appear regularly; he appeared after negotiating with the company."

Previously, Park Soo-hong was embroiled in controversy over a flight delay nuisance at the end of last month. At that time, a post titled 'Park Soo-hong got off and on again controversy. Korean Air 1-hour delay' was uploaded through an online community.

The poster claimed, "The departure of a Korean Air passenger plane scheduled to leave from Incheon International Airport for Guam last month was delayed by about one hour due to Park Soo-hong's family," and stated, "After changing their mind about getting off, the process of unloading checked luggage and then reloading it took place." The claim is that Park Soo-hong gave up boarding the plane heading to Guam on the grounds of his 22-month-old daughter's severe crying but later reversed this decision, causing a delay. Park Soo-hong filed for marriage with Kim Da-ye, who is 23 years younger than him, in July 2021, and welcomed his daughter Jae-i into his arms in October 2024.

According to passengers on the flight at that time, Park Soo-hong's family boarded the plane along with comedian Lee Yong-sik's family. While seated in business class, Park Soo-hong's family moved to the back of economy class when their daughter started crying and tried to soothe her to stop the crying, but since the daughter continued to cry, they requested a voluntary disembarkation from the aircraft. It is reported that Park Soo-hong later apologized to the business class passengers.

A photo of Park Soo-hong apologizing was also posted on a travel cafe by a passenger seated in the relevant seat. However, some passengers who were riding in economy class on the plane claimed they only learned that the flight was delayed due to Park Soo-hong's family's voluntary disembarkation request after reading subsequent news reports.

As the controversy spread, Park Soo-hong personally apologized via his SNS on the 26th of last month.

Park Soo-hong stated, "Recently, a problem of delayed departure occurred due to our family during the flight departure process. This caused significant inconvenience by taking away many people's precious time and also caused damage to airline officials. With my head bowed, I sincerely offer my apologies."

He continued, "At that time, the child was crying so much that we could not even sit down immediately after boarding, causing panic and leading to an immature judgment. During the long flight time, we feared that the child's crying would cause greater damage to passengers, so we conveyed our intention to get off to the onboard staff. While waiting on board, the child stopped crying, and we expressed our intention to board again, but we failed to realize that this could significantly delay time for security checks and other procedures. This incident occurred entirely due to my ignorance of aviation-related procedures, leaving no room for any excuse." He bowed his head.

After the controversy, Park Soo-hong has not posted anything special on his YouTube channel or Instagram account that he operates. However, it was confirmed that he recently resumed broadcasting activities by appearing on a home shopping live broadcast.

Meanwhile, the lawsuit for damages worth 9.8 billion won filed by Park Soo-hong against his older brother Park [surname omitted] and sister-in-law Lee [surname omitted], which was scheduled to be announced today, was postponed one day before to October 23.

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