10 Korean Celebrities Who Lived in Poverty While Growing Up

 

Problems are a part of life and so are celebrities. Here are some South Korean celebrities who live in poverty and misery in their early life.

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Sandara Park

 

She is a singer, actress, and tv host. She was born on 12 November 1984. Sandara faces troubles when her father’s business is ruined. They become so poor that they cannot even afford bus riding fare. Then they moved to the Philippines and she struggled to learn Filipino.

Fortunately, she starts to appear in a show but all of her money was taken away by her father. Her father starts gambling and eventually leaves her mother for another woman. So, she has to work for her family.

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Park Bo Gum

 

He is a South Korean actor and singer.  Park Bo Gum was born on 16 June 1993. It is rumored that his father took a 300 million loan to start his own business and Park signed the contract with the agency as co-guarantor.

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Her real name is Lee Ji-Eun. She was born on 16 May 1993. She had a very miserable childhood.  She said in an interview that she lived with her brother in a very small apartment. She also once was scammed by a company after auditioning.

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Now she is financially so strong that she donated 1.5 million won to charities,260 million for covid-19 and 500 million krw on her birthday.

Park Shin Hye

 

She is a South Korean actress and model. She was born on 18 February 1990. She has a sad story about his childhood. Park Shin Hye actually wants to become a police officer.

But when she was in first grade all the money of her mother was robbed. Her parents moved to Seoul to make earnings.

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Han So Hee

 

She is a South Korean actress. She was born on 18 November 1994. She is a famous actress but in the past, she had to work in a bar from sunrise to sundown. Then she came to Seoul with  KRW 300,000 to start her acting career.

Seo In Guk

 

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He is a famous South Korean actor, singer, and songwriter. Recently he is working on Doom At Your Service. IN an interview he talks about his past life. In order to make earnings, his mother used to pick trash from the streets and even do so after his debut.

Rain

 

His real name is Jung Ji Hoon. He was born on 25 June 1982. His family suffered a loss due to the 1997 Korean financial crisis. His father moved to Brazil while his mother stayed in Korea. Later she died from diabetes because they had no money for her treatment.

Cha Seung Won

 

He is a South Korean actor and model He was born on 7 June 1970. He lived with his wife in a small basement due to money problems. In an interview, he said he studied fashion in a shabby bookstore.

Hyeri

She is a South Korean actress and singer. Hyeri was born on 9 June 1994. Recently she is working on My Roommate Is a Gumiho and When Flowers Bloom, I Think of the Moon.

She told her mother used to work in a factory to earn money and she feels bad about this. She also says she is very thankful to her mother as well as sorry.

Song Jae Rim

He is a South Korean actor and model. He was born on 18 February 1985. He talks about his past and says he had a very poor childhood.