Who is Kim Hyun Joong?

As a member of the boyband SS501, there are hardly things we know about Kim Hyun Joong. Probably because all members [Young Saeng, Hyung Joon, Kyu Joon and Jun Min] including Hyun Joong treated by their management company [DPS] equally. But since he's now an actor and at that very popular because of the drama 'Boys Over Flowers' his popularity skyrocketted [though he's already popular as the Leader of SS501]. With this popularity, almost everyone wants to know the real Kim Hyun Joong. And what's the better way of getting to know KHJ? His mom. Yes, his mom gave interviews to reporters revealing KHJ early years and more.

Following are translated articles of KHJ fans which i got from soompi.

02/20 [news] Kim HyunJoong, Tears of Filial Piety “Mother, Please Smoothen Your Wrinkles”
Credits : best@joongang.co.kr + SS601.com + (English Translation) xiaochu @ Quainte501.com


Family photo of pretty boy Kim HyunJoong (Left up) taken 3~4 years ago, a precious photo that was hung in their living room. Family photo was taken together before Kim HyunJoong’s elder brother Kim YoungJoong left for USA for his studies.

Kim HyunJoong who acts as Yoon JiHoo in KBS 2TV ‘Boys Over Flowers’ has an unknown tear-breaking and filial piety story behind him. Kim HyunJoong’s mother JungYeonMi said to IS in an interview on 19-Feb “HyunJoong is very sentimental child even though he is blunt and doesn’t talk much.” She also talked about the story of crying when she received a gift of beauty products from his son recently.

Kim HyunJoong’s mother said “He came home a few days ago and put the beauty products on the dining table. I asked him what is that and my son replied ‘Mum, I bought for you to use. Now can you please learn to enjoy life? Can you don’t do the work at the market anymore?’ and some other good-talking.”

She continued “I talked to my son’s uncle to whom he is very close with to discuss what I should do. Uncle said ‘HyunJoong came over to find me not long ago, he said he suddenly saw his mother’s face and that there were more wrinkles than before, he was so heart-broken. Then he went to the restroom to cry because he hates being seen crying.’ After which, he asked his uncle which beauty products are good to smoothen wrinkles as he wants to purchase it as a gift. Hearing that my son went to the restroom to cry, I felt really bad. Now, I am considering to stop my clothing business at DongDaeMoon market.”

Kim HyunJoong’s parents folded up their poor business during IMF (financial crisis time) and started their clothing business at DongDaeMoon which both of them have to work until very late together. Kim HyunJoong who was a high school student at that time, dropped out from school to work part-time to earn himself a living while preparing to debut as a singer.

JungYeonMi said “Because we wanted to raised our son as a strong kid with responsibility, we pretended not to know when he came back from his part-time work at wee hours in the morning. My husband and I would go to the restaurant that our son was working at and waited outside for an hour every night to look at him and we cried. Even though the lights were on while we wait for our son to return, the truth is that we would turn off the lights and pretended that we were sleeping just before he reaches the front door.”

Kim HyunJoong has been thrifty while being active as a singer to save money for his brother’s overseas studies fee. Recently, his filial piety can also be seen when he gave a new car to replace his father’s 10 years old car.

JungYeonMi said “I always say to my son to pray to god before they start to do anything. We opposed to our smart son, who managed to get grade 3 in Chinese Character Competence Test during elementary school, to get into the entertainment industry, but we believed in him when we saw his persistence in doing what he wanted to do. I am proud of my son.”


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02/22 [trans] Star Diary (1) Kim HyunJoong ‘Was A Student Who Is Not Popular Among Female Students”

Credits : sportschosun.com + SS601.com + (English Translation) xiaochu @ Quainte501.com

“He was a student who is not (?) popular among female students.”

Kim HyunJoong received all the love from female fans to himself through the role of Prince Charming Yoon JiHoo in drama ‘Boys Over Flowers’ (KBS 2 TV). However, he is an ‘ordinary guy’ who doesn’t catch any attention from female students of his same age while he was younger.

Kim HyunJoong said “Usually artistes would have female students lining up in front of their house from their student days onwards, but that is not the case for me. Maybe that is because I started wearing glasses from 2nd year elementary school onwards. And maybe that is also why I don’t have much interest about female students.”
Kim HyunJoong was born in Seoul in 1986, the year where the Asian Games took place. We asked his mother Mdm JungYeonMi about her pregnancy dream, she recollected, “There was a huge truck filled with radish, and I saw a unique lovely one right at the top. I spread out my apron to catch the radish which was falling down but it was so awfully big that I stumbled back sitting down. The place where I sat had clean water running.”

At his 1st birthday, he took writing brush, pencil and notebook, so we were all expecting him to become a scientist. And also, because of his exceptionally big and pretty eyes, people always called him ‘Morning Star’ when he was young.

Kim HyunJoong was an ordinary student. Did not suffer from any serious illness, he is a role model son who has not disappoint his parent’s expectations of him. He had been class monitor or vice monitor during his elementary school days. His report card was always marked with ‘Excellent’ in it.



His dream when he was young was to become a scientist. Kim HyunJoong recalled “When I first saw aircraft and such, I thought of making such things. I wanted to be a scientist who is able to make those kinds of robots that we see in comics and movies.”

Kind son Kim HyunJoong made his own suggestion for the first time to his parents when he is in 4th year of elementary school. Kim HyunJoong who likes Taekwondo, swimming, soccer, etc, suddenly announced one day that he wants to become a soccer player.

Mdm JungYeonMi explained “All his teachers said he is good in studies to the extent that it shouldn’t be a problem for him to get into Seoul University (One of the best University in Korea). As a parent, we hope that he can continue to study rather than to go into sports or entertainment business, but in the end his strict father took charge so he didn’t get into soccer.”

Though he is usually quiet, his talents were already shown little by little. Kim HyunJoong would always be the person-in-charge of entertainment without fail during excursions, making the atmosphere better.

The talents, which melted in him, gradually became stronger when he went into middle school. He slowly started to rebel against his parents’ wish for him to continue studying.

thanks to khj thread and SS501 thread @ soompi

Parts 2 and 3 are still being translated. I'll post them once they're up in soompi.

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p.s. Hyun Joong is describe to have a 4th dimensional personality or 4D personality. What does 4D personality means?

This is my take on 4D. It actually refers to a person who has a personality that somehow differs from the average person. It’s like a person who is spontaneous, blunt in a funny way and witty in a very creative approach. Person with 4D personalities also tend to react rather differently from a given situation. Sounds so Hyun Joong, right?

His being 4D I think it is an effortless cuteness of Hyun Joong. This trait of him makes him so adorable.