Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

TV personality Hong Seok-cheon sponsors award at Seoul International Pride Film Festival

The Seoul International Pride Film Festival (SIPFF) is launching a new award sponsored by television personality Hong Seok-cheon, marking the 25th anniversary of publicly coming out as the first openly gay celebrity in Korea.

2025-10-16

For Hong Seok-cheon, love has been the answer since coming out 25 years ago

A quarter-century after becoming Korea’s first openly gay celebrity, Hong Seok-cheon still believes love is the answer, and is optimistic that Korea is moving toward a more inclusive and accepting society.

2025-07-21

Hong Seok-cheon calls to end discrimination in new digital single 'K Top Star'

Hong Seok-cheon's new music calling to end discrimination was released Thursday. Under his stage name Top G, Hong's new digital single is titled "K Top Star. With a rhythmical tune reminiscent of the disco genre of the '70s and '80s, the song...

2022-06-09