Park Min Young 'felt wrongly accused and angry' after Park Seo Joon dating scandal

South Korean actress Park Min Young is unhappy with the reports that she is dating South Korean actor Park Seo Joon. The two worked together in TVN's recently-ended drama, What's Wrong with Secretary Kim.

Rumours that Min Young and Seo Joon are romantically involved started on 27 July, after Sports DongA newspaper released a report stating that they have been secretly dating for three years.

During an interview, the 32-year-old actress admitted she was shocked to hear dating rumours. She said, according to Allkpop: "At first I was going to just laugh it off, but then it got more and more serious. I didn't know what to do, since I felt wrongly accused and angry."

"Anyone could tell that the 'evidence' was bits and pieces that were cut up and put together to paint a whole new picture, but there were people who still believed it. I originally had no interest in giving lame refutes. But I continued to see the seriousness of the matter, and it made me apologetic toward those who worked with me on the production, which in turn gave me a hard time. Today, I think it's best to explain everything calmly," she added.

Adding on, netizens shared many similarities in their social media posts. In an Instagram post-Min Young made in March 2017, she appears to be wearing a hat and a pair of shoes that can be seen in a video that Seo Joon had uploaded in February 2017.

However, Min Young rubbished the findings. She stated: "There's not even an ounce of truth in there. The shoes, the hats, nothing even fit together. While I was coming to my interview, my mom gave me a passport with records of our trip together, telling me to show it as my evidence (Laughter). [The netizens] literally put together 'evidence' that lacked any sort of credibility, and I felt slandered."

"I can't accept that you can call it a dating scandal just by some evidence anyone can make up, and adding rumours to it... My final verdict on the dating rumours? I don't date him. I don't date him, and I'm not marrying him (Laughter)," she shared.