Kim Woo Bin reveals why the Philippines would not let him go back to Korea

By alim17 Monday, November 28, 2016 335,265 77,198 27

Actor Kim Woo Bin had a movie talk live to promote his upcoming movie 'Master' through Naver on November 28!

During this, he talked about going to the Philippines for filming and not being able to return to Korea because he got entangled with the Criminal Investigation Department!

He revealed, "My real name is Kim Hyun Joong, and someone with the same name was on the run for fraud. Thankfully, it was resolved within a week. If I had not gotten help, I supposedly would not have been able to leave for a month. I got all fingertips fingerprinted and went through the whole process of documentation."

He then left a video message for the conman of the same name, saying, "Didn't you do a lot of running away in the end?" making everyone laugh.

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Live Discussion

caiminnie • Tuesday, November 29, 2016

hahahahahaha..the man with same name as kim woo bin surely did a lot of frauds for him to be on the watch list.. thank god woo bin was cleared with all charges and was able to get back to Korea.. I think the ones who handled the case didn't know woo bin's an actor in Korea.. ^_^ i hoped they did some background check also to know who they were about to detain...

ephiasus07 caiminnie • Tuesday, November 29, 2016

the criminal was a woman bytheway.. hahaha he said he was thankful that it was a woman cuz if not it would make it even harder for them..

caiminnie ephiasus07 • Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Oh.. didn't knew that.. but still if the criminal was a woman.. woo bin's a man.. hahahahaha..

Sakura_Chan caiminnie • Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Even though Kim Woo Bin is an actor, he still has to undergo the same procedure. Every one should be treated equal when it comes to the Law.

caiminnie Sakura_Chan • Tuesday, November 29, 2016

yeah I know.. was just making light jokes out of the situation.. hehehe.. but the last part of my comment is not part of the joke though.. yeah everyone is equal but what can they get bad with just a little research.. background checking of every person they're about to question may they be public figure or not.. they have a term in that.. if i'm not mistaken it's profiling.. double checking if the person they're about to detain was the right one or not ^_^ but given that the person that they were running after is a woman and woo bin is a man, profiling is really needed.. ^_^

Sakura_Chan caiminnie • Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Well, we don't know the other country's protocol on that one.

ephiasus07 caiminnie • Wednesday, November 30, 2016

i know right.. im from Philippines btw.. but there are circumstance that a criminal might change her appearance right.. so further investigations also is required.. finger printing is for sure the best way to identify a person.. Philippines is not that advance in technology and we have slow investigation process.. thats why maybe it takes a while to confirm woobins identification.. :)

thriftmanila • Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Wow a week?? I know someone who was just held in immigration because of the same name incident too but just for 2 hours.

themsbabyg • Tuesday, November 29, 2016

And I thought it was because his fans won't let him.

federick • Monday, November 28, 2016

woah! i didn't know he was here

caiminnie federick • Tuesday, November 29, 2016

there were sightings of him arounf makati.. it was also covered on news articles online & on broad sheets.. he was here in Philippines last june.. so he was here for movie shooting, i thought he was here for vacation ^_^

ephiasus07 federick • Tuesday, November 29, 2016

for 2 months.. and also Kang Dong Won(my huzband) and Lee Byung Hun.. there were a lot of fans but the funny thing is they were there for Kim woo Bin.. they didnt even noticed Kang Dong Won and Lee Byung Hun who were the Top A list in Sokor.. lol only a few noticed the other two...

caiminnie ephiasus07 • Tuesday, November 29, 2016

now that I DON'T know TT.TT coz all I see on twitter were woonbin walking casually in Greenbelt TT.TT I didn't even know he was here for shooting.. I thought he's just here for some vacation.. TT.TT woah.. KANG DONG WON TT.TT

ephiasus07 caiminnie • Tuesday, November 29, 2016

yeah.. i saw fancams and all you can hear is Woo bins name.. and there was a fan account that says she was in an elevator with them KDW, Woobin but all she can think of is Woobin.. like i was screaming in my mind like GURL!! WOOBIN IS IMPORTANT BUT KDW IS IMPORTANTIER!! hahaha but there were fans that give gifts to KDW when he arrived in manila..

caiminnie ephiasus07 • Tuesday, November 29, 2016

now all I want to know is if they went here in CEBU TT.TT

ephiasus07 caiminnie • Wednesday, November 30, 2016

OMG taga Cebu ka? dayum! wala sila nag ad2 Cebu.. sa Manila ra sila nag shooting.. huhuhu taga Gensan ko layo kaayo.. pero mura nag second manila ang cebu kay daghan na kaayo nangadto nga mga Korean idols.. TT__TT ako dapat mag hilak.. hahaha