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Jet Li’s daughter posts moving tribute to her mother on the latter’s birthday

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Jet Li’s daughter posts moving tribute to her mother on the latter’s birthday

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many are unable to meet their loved ones face to face. On Jan 8, 8days.sg said Jet Li’s 20-year-old daughter Jane is living in the US where she is pursuing her studies at Harvard University.

Her mother, ’80s screen goddess Nina Li Chi celebrated her 59th birthday on December 31 and Jane was unable to celebrate the occasion in person.

On New Year’s Eve, Jane posted a touching tribute to Nina on IG Stories, writing: “Happy birthday mum. I hope you’ll always be as happy as you are today. To me, you’re still as beautiful as you were 20 years ago. Even though I don’t always agree with your methods, I know that [your actions] come from a good place. I can’t celebrate your birthday with you this year but I hope you know how much I love you. I’ll always be your daughter.”

Jane posted a touching tribute to her mother. Picture: YouTube

Jane’s tribute gave a glimpse into the relationship between both mother and daughter with netizens noting that not many celeb kids would openly admit to disagreeing with their parents on social media.

“Her account is public, so I’m sure she knows that the media is watching her,” one netizen wrote.

Another quipped: “Her admission that she doesn’t always agree with her mum either means they’ve settled their differences, or she’s declaring war on her mum. But I don’t think she’d do the latter on her birthday, would she?”

Jane and her 17-year-old sister Jada are believed to have spent most of their childhood in Singapore, where they studied at an international school before heading to the US for college.

Born on April 26, 1963, Li Lianjie, better known by his stage name Jet Li is a Chinese-Singaporean film actor, film producer, martial artist, and retired Wushu champion who was born in Beijing.

After three years of training with acclaimed Wushu teacher Wu Bin, Li won his first national championship for the Beijing Wushu Team.

After retiring from competitive Wushu at age 19, he went on to win great acclaim in China as an actor, making his debut with the film Shaolin Temple (1982).

He went on to star in many critically acclaimed martial arts epic films, most notably as the lead in Zhang Yimou’s Hero (2002), Fist of Legend (1994), and the first three films in the Once Upon a Time in China series (1991–1993), in which he portrayed folk hero Wong Fei-hung.

Private chefs reveals what Jennifer Lopez, Victoria Beckham and more eats

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Private chefs reveals what Jennifer Lopez, Victoria Beckham and more eats

Tasty meals cooked by private chefs are not just limited to the royals, such as Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Kate Middleton. Celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez, Victoria Beckham and Chrissy Teigen also have access to private chefs, says Hello Magazine in a report dated Jan 8.

Some of their private chefs dished out about what they eat. Gwyneth Paltrow followed a strict plant-based diet in her union to ex-husband Chris Martin.

The couple’s former chef Kate McAloon told News.com.au: “When I first started cooking for Gwyneth and Chris it was when she was doing the first Iron Man movie. I had a brief from their assistants … they eat nothing. They are very strict. They avoided any sugars, anything sweet, no dairy, just more vegetables.”

McAloon slowly added more ingredients into her dishes, which Paltrow praised.

“When I got there, I was trying to stick to the brief, and I realised as I started adding more ingredients in, they said ‘Your food is getting better’. That’s what happens when you eat more than grass!”

Kelvin Fernandez, Jennifer Lopez’s personal chef, said the singer is very ‘disciplined’ with her diet and she is not a fan of sharing plates.

He told Us Weekly that he served a “family-style” dinner to the Jenny From the Block hitmaker when she was preparing for her Superbowl performance. “The next day she’s like, ‘Kelvin, you served me rice.’ And I’m like, ‘No, no, no, no, no, there was chicken, there was salad. You grabbed the rice!’”

Fernandez then joked that he has served individual plates to Lopez and Alex Rodriguez since.

David Beckham and daughter Harper have been getting creative in the kitchen over the past year, but Victoria Beckham still hires a private chef to keep the hearty meals for her family going. One of the chefs was spotted in the background of David Beckham’s Instagram photo in 2019.

Beckham told Vogue Australia in 2013 that she is ‘a hopeless cook’. Chef Chris Irving previously said of the former Spice Girl’s diet: “She eats lots, she really does, and she works out a lot.

“Fresh fruit is her favourite thing. That and pea chips, you know, made from garden peas, dried pea chips and kale chips.”

While George Clooney and his wife Amal are not good at cooking, the couple depends on personal chef Viviana Frizzi to prepare their meals and that has been going on since 2013. Their meals include pizza, Lebanese cuisine, and sushi.

“She can make anything, including handmade gnocchi with pesto that would make you cry,” said Clooney in an interview with People magazine.

“Vivi cooks almost every night for us now because we have the twins. Going out isn’t as easy or as interesting as it used to be. Besides, all of our friends would rather eat her food than hit up a local restaurant in Como or in London.”

Clooney added: “Honestly, Amal and I are such poor chefs that any lesson from Vivi in the kitchen would be like teaching a whale to fly.”

Sean John, private chef to supermodel Naomi Campbell, shared that Campbell goes great lengths to maintain her figure. Reports say Campbell only eats one meal a day and it doest not include dairy, gluten or chicken.

He told Page Six: “I have cooked for her for over ten years. She has her own stuff at home, but I prepare one really good meal a day, and it’s super clean and really healthy.”

Campbell’s “clean vegetarian” diet, however, has got to be packed full of flavour. John continued: “She has to have flavour. You can’t just put salt and pepper in it. I don’t do that anyway, but she knows! There’s got to be some spice and herbs. She’s all about making it soulful and flavourful.”

Although Chrissy Teigen is good at cooking, the 35-year-old loves to leave the responsibility of cooking to someone else.

She showed her gratitude for her private chef Paul Barbosa, who works with Teigen on her Cravings cookbooks.

Teigen wrote in one caption saying: “Grateful for people that make our dysfunctional house functional.”

TraceTogether data: PAP backtracking on promises, says Dr Tan Cheng Bock

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TraceTogether data: PAP backtracking on promises, says Dr Tan Cheng Bock

Singapore — Opposition Progress Singapore Party (PSP) chief Dr Tan Cheng Bock has released a statement on the deeper implications of the People’s Action Party (PAP) going back on its promises when handling data received by the TraceTogether initiative.

On Sunday (Jan 10), Dr Tan took to PSP’s Facebook page to release a statement on “ministers backtracking on their TraceTogether promises”.

“We are deeply troubled by what is happening in our nation today — the PAP is backtracking on its words and since Monday (Jan 4), the Singapore Police Force is empowered under the CPC (Criminal Procedure Code) to obtain any data, including TraceTogether data for criminal investigations,” said Dr Tan.

He explained that such a move is not aligned with how the current healthcare crises are being handled. “The government asked us to adopt TraceTogether apps and tokens to deal with the pandemic, but today, it allows this very data for investigations under the CPC.”

He noted that there are more profound implications to such actions such as discouraging members of the public from using the TraceTogether app or token altogether which will “set us back in our efforts to fight the spread of Covid-19”.

Dr Tan added that there are new strains of the virus, and as long as Covid-19 or the new variants are around, the fight to contain the virus is not over.

“Backtracking is not good politics, and it erodes the confidence and social compact of our citizens in our political institutions,” said Dr Tan. “There is much disquiet on how the government is handling sensitive information, and we are concerned that the TraceTogether app unnecessarily exposes users’ locations and infringes on their privacy.”

He called for singularity in purpose when it comes to contact tracing and fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. “We fear that the government’s latest move may result in a loss of confidence in our systems.”

On Friday (Jan 8), the Smart Nation and Digital Government Office (SNDGO) issued a press statement acknowledging its “error in not stating that data from TraceTogether is not exempt from the Criminal Procedure Code”.

SNDGO listed seven categories of serious offences in its list after the minister was queried in Parliament earlier in the week, said Dr Tan. He was referring to Minister-in-charge of the Smart Nation Initiative and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan.

Fitness of purpose of TraceTogether

Dr Tan presented three observations how the fitness of the purpose of the TraceTogether systems for tracing criminal activity could be upheld. “It is conceivable that a terror suspect could very well forge a different set of metadata (i.e. Name and NRIC), or the user might even carry several handsets to throw the investigators off the scent,” he said.

“Secondly, the system was designed to store data for only 25 days — in the case of tracing terror suspects, would the government be storing the data for a longer period because the current period of 25 days may not be sufficient?”

Dr Tan’s third point was on surveillance. “Does the government have any intention of actively monitoring data for those who are in the watchlist of the Internal Security Department? If so, what are the parameters or modalities of such surveillance?”

He reiterated that extending TraceTogether data’s powers are not aligned to the “original spirit” of what the dataset was intended for. “The move shared by Dr Balakrishnan to establish guidelines for the use of these data under CPC will not ease the mind of people nor help to rebuild trust.”

Dr Tan highlighted that Covid-19 tracing data should strictly be used for fighting the pandemic and nothing else.

“Hence the PSP calls for the government to protect the privacy, the integrity of our contact tracing systems and restore public confidence.” /TISG

Read related: TraceTogether: Opposition leaders say it’s a matter of public trust

TraceTogether: Opposition leaders say it’s a matter of public trust

Covid-19 positive housewife failed to disclose meetings with close male friend

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Covid-19 positive housewife failed to disclose meetings with close male friend

Singapore — A housewife who was infected by the Covid-19 virus in February 2020 and was a part of the Safra Jurong cluster with 47 accounted for cases has been sentenced to five months in jail for deliberately not disclosing information crucial to contact tracing.

On Friday (Jan 8), the court hearing of 65-year-old Oh Bee Hiok revealed her offences after investigators discovered information through parking records proving she had kept vital details for contact tracing purposes.

According to a straitstimes.com report, Oh was diagnosed with Covid-19 last Feb 26 but did not tell the Ministry of Health (MOH) that she had met a close male friend multiple times earlier the same month.

Oh was afraid that others would assume she was having an affair with 71-year-old Lim Kiang Hong. He also tested positive for the virus on March 20 last year.

The parking records uncovered by investigators pertained to cars driven by the two individuals.

MOH officers then interviewed Mr Lim and the latter confirmed that they had met multiple times between Feb 4 and 20 last year.

Oh had visited Safra Jurong on Feb 15 for a Chinese New Year Celebration in the ballroom of the Joy Garden restaurant. She was admitted to the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) on Feb 24 after contracting a fever. She tested positive for Covid-19 two days later.

It was an epidemiologist, Dr Yang Yong, who first conducted contact tracing with Oh to establish her activities during the month.

Oh disclosed she went grocery shopping at the Bukit Batok and Bukit Timah wet markets three times a week. She also celebrated her husband’s birthday with the rest of the family on Feb 22.

Another two MOH officers interviewed Oh in February and March 2020 separately to confirm her activities. She continued to not disclose her meetings with Mr Lim.

After the parking records were brought to light, Oh admitted her meetings on March 8 last year.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Jane Lim said: “The accused explained that she would usually meet Lim on Tuesdays and Thursdays for lunch, tea or dinner, as she did not have to cook, and her husband would be away playing badminton.”

“She did not want her family or Lim’s family to find out that they were going out so frequently, as she thought that their family and friends would suspect that they were in a romantic relationship and spread rumours about them being in an extra-marital affair.”

Oh’s lawyer, Goh Teck Wee, told District Judge Marvin Bay that she did not infect Mr Lim. She did, however, transfer the virus to her grandson. The defence pleaded for a “stiff fine” in place of a jail term.

The judge, however, described contract tracing as an essential tool in Singapore’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

“We are only as strong as our weakest link. While I would understand Madam Oh’s motivations and desire to maintain the secrecy of her meetings with Mr Lim, I agree that these are self-serving and selfish reasons, within the pressing public interest need to control the pandemic,” he added.

Oh intends to appeal against her sentence and bail was set at S$15,000. She could have been jailed for up to six months and fined up to S$10,000 for her offence.

Read related: Covid-19: PM Lee thanks everyone for making the job of a contact tracer feasible

Covid-19: PM Lee thanks everyone for making the job of a contact tracer feasible

Zayn Malik shares exciting news after welcoming baby with Gigi Hadid

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Zayn Malik shares exciting news after welcoming baby with Gigi Hadid

A January 8 article of Hello Magazine says former One Direction singer Zayn Malik released his new single Vibez months after welcoming his first child with model Gigi Hadid.

With the unveiling of artwork for his new album, Nobody Is Listening it is set to be released on January 15. Malik teased his new track and second single from the album on Instagram.

“Vibez out now! Nobody is Listening – Jan 15th,” he wrote. The singer’s third album comes three years following the release of his hit Icarus Falls. 

Malik left One Direction in 2015 and his first solo album Mind Of Mine subsequently went on to become a massive hit in the UK and the US. It is said that Nobody Is Listening is to be Malik’s  “most personal project to date”.

A statement about the new album read: “With total creative reign on his third album, Zayn is making the music he has always wanted to.”

The release of his new music comes months after Malik and Hadid announced their baby daughter’s arrival back in September by sharing lovely black-and-white photos of their newborn’s hand.

“Our girl joined us earth-side this weekend and she’s already changed our world. So in love,” wrote the beauty.

Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid’s baby holding on to Malik’s hand. Picture: Instagram

Meanwhile, Malik added: “Our baby girl is here, healthy and beautiful. To try put into words how I am feeling right now would be an impossible task. The love I feel for this tiny human is beyond my understanding. Grateful to know her, proud to call her mine, and thankful for the life we will have together x.”

This is the first child for Hadid, 25 and Malik, 27. The news of their pregnancy was confirmed back in April after weeks of speculation. The couple started dating after Malik approached Hadid at a Victoria’s Secret after-show party in New York in November 2015. They are yet to confirm the name of their little girl.

Born April 23, 1995, Jelena Noura Hadid, known professionally as Gigi Hadid, is an American model. In November 2014, Hadid made her debut in the Top 50 Models ranking at Models.com.

In 2016, she was named International Model of the Year by the British Fashion Council. Over the span of four years, Hadid has made 35 appearances on international Vogue magazine covers.

5-year-son will soon be taller than her, says Vivian Hsu

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5-year-son will soon be taller than her, says Vivian Hsu

Vivian Hsu, who made the headlines for her high-risk first pregnancy not too long ago says her son is growing up pretty fast and will be taller than her.

“Very soon, he will be taller than me,” she says. Hsu’s height 1.61m and Dalton’s head already reaches up to his mother’s chest.

To recall, as reported by 8days.sg, Hsu, 45 delivered her son Dalton in August 2015, but she had to be confined to bed for close to five months during which she had hundreds of injections to keep her condition stable.

The entire episode was so traumatic that Hsu reportedly said she will not have another child because she is afraid a second pregnancy might actually kill her.

However, it is heartwarming to see how well, and how fast Dalton is growing. On Wednesday (January 6), Hsu posted a photo of herself and Dalton wearing matching sneakers. The Taiwanese actress said that her five-year-old enjoys playing basketball.

Fans of Hsu agreed with her and could not stop gushing over how big the 5-year-old has gotten now.

Fans praised Dalton for his good looks, despite having his mask on and the media noted that the boy is no longer as kiddish as he used to be.

Taiwanese actress Ding Ning had roasted Hsu for being petite saying Dalton outgrowing his mother “shouldn’t be difficult.”

Pre-occupied with work over the past year Hsu continues to prioritise her family, going through two 14-day quarantines while travelling back and forth between Taiwan and Singapore just for her to spend time with her Singapore-based businessman husband Sean Lee, 43.

Lee has since flown to Taiwan to be with Hsu and Dalton, and the family will reportedly spend Chinese New Year in Singapore. Hsu will fly back to Taiwan to film a new movie in March.

Hsu and Lee tied the knot in 2014 and she is a stepmother to Lee’s two daughters from a previous marriage.

SDP again opens subsidised tuition classes for children of low-income households

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SDP again opens subsidised tuition classes for children of low-income households

Singapore — With the beginning of the new school year, opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) leader Chee Soon Juan is again promoting its Pathfinders tuition classes.

They are open to residents of all constituencies but priority will be given to low-income households in Bukit Batok SMC. The tuition classes are aimed at preparing students for  their PSLE, GCE ‘O’ or ‘N’ levels exams this year.

Photo: FB / Singapore Democratic Party (SDP)

This programme entails providing subsidised tuition classes to students in Primary 6 and Secondary 4/5, as well as a special class for Primary 5 Chinese.

Dr Chee said in a Facebook post that the move is to help “mitigate expensive private tuition fees”.

Having fees starting as low as S$60 for four lessons definitely raises the affordability of tuition classes for residents who may be facing financial difficulty.

The Pathfinders tuition programme has received good feedback and response from the time it started in 2016.

Photo: FB / Chee Soon Juan

Those commenting on Dr Chee’s post praised and welcomed the programme. There were also queries on whether the programme could be started in Marsiling and whether people living Jurong could join it.

The programme is expected to be beneficial for those struggling financially, especially those affected badly by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Pathfinders programme was begun by the SDP during the 2016 General Election.

It aims to provide a place where students can come together and find mentors who can guide them and help nurture their creative impulses and develop their interests and potential.

It also organises book clubs, science fairs and youth sports clubs, all designed to ensure the development of children and youths in Bukit Batok.

Denise Teh is an editorial intern at The Independent SG. /TISG

TraceTogether and the law: How the truth was prised out through the right probing questions

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TraceTogether and the law: How the truth was prised out through the right probing questions

A Parliament session meant to elaborate on the importance of getting more Singaporeans to use TraceTogether in the fight against Covid-19 ended up with ministers having to work overtime to explain what was going on. The government had to scramble up new legislation identifying the serious offences for which TraceTogether can be used for police investigations.

All because Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, the Minister overseeing the SmartNation effort, had declared sometime back that the TT will be used only for the purpose of Covid-19 contact tracing. We now know that is not quite true. Rookie Minister of State for Home Affairs Desmond Tan told Parliament that under Section 20 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC), the police have the power to order anyone to produce any data, including TraceTogether data, for the purposes of a criminal investigation. That set off a flurry of questions and answers in Parliament in a debate originally meant to persuade more Singaporeans to use the TT token but which saw some apparent pushback against the national drive by a number of worried Singaporeans. Unfortunate.

What was the TT controversy really all about?

Is it about the police not being given powers to do their work properly? No, which right-minded citizens would object to the upcoming new laws allowing the police to use the TT data to investigate offences related to terrorism, drug trafficking, murder, kidnapping and serious sexual offences such as rape.

The question is whether criminals would be so naive to make life easier for the police. One online comment puts it simply: “Don’t think criminals are so stupid to wear tokens when they strike.” Of course not. But, if the police need these weapons to do their job better, let them have them.

Is the TT hoo-ha about the issue of privacy? I would say maybe. Only maybe because in today’s brave new Big Brother world, absolute untouchable privacy is surely a mirage. Unless you want to be a genuine “sovereign” who is pretty much a recluse or a person living somewhere in the boondocks in a corner of the world disconnected from any modern facility or even society.

Big Brother has your data, one way or other. That is the price you have to pay. It’s entirely up to you to protect your privacy the best way you can – making sure you don’t make it easy for others to access your every data and activity. Or making sure you elect the right government into power which respects individual rights. Yes, how many people want to use only the virtual private network (VPN) for communication?

Is the TT controversy about a possible lack of coordination at Cabinet level on how they should sell the TT to the public, given the concerns about lack of privacy?  I think so.

Has the public been taken for granted – once again? So confident has everyone been about the “success” of the government’s Covid-19 effort that selling the TT willy-nilly was regarded as a cinch, a walkover? Put on your best face and say what everyone wants to hear and that’s it. Unfortunately, that’s not it at all.

I have this sneaky feeling that Desmond Tan, who is still new to politics, did not cover all his bases. The Minister of State probably never even remembered that Dr Balakrishnan had publicly pledged that the TT was solely for Covid-19 contact tracing. Maybe army generals (he was an SAF Brigadier-General) do not read newspapers, who knows. His statement about the CPC must have caught the SmartNation minister – and Tan’s boss Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam? — off guard.

The CPC revelation has forced the government to go on a back-pedalling move to plug the holes — tightening the law and procedures — to convince  members of the public the TraceTogether is vital in handling Covid-19. Especially as the local programme sees an opening up with more interactions where unrelenting monitoring can make a big difference in dealing with new surges and new variants of the viruses or even new viruses.

Singaporeans have to trust the government and whatever it says in the months ahead.

No one likes to see egg on anyone’s faces.

The biggest lesson out of the mini-fiasco, as far as I’m concerned, is that it shows once again very clearly the importance of questioning government policies.

If questions have not been asked or pursued and that there are not all these clarifications and tightening up of the law, we will end up with a cynical public which will never bother about or believe what the government is saying.

Trust must never be taken for granted. It has to be constantly earned with new generations of Singaporeans. Don’t erode it through complacency or over-confidence.

Finally, the most important lesson is that the system cannot work if MPs do not ask the right questions. So kudos to Gerald Giam (Aljunied GRC, Workers’ Party) and Christopher de Souza (Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, PAP) for asking the questions.

 

Tan Bah Bah, consulting editor of TheIndependent.Sg, is a former senior leader writer  with The Straits Times. He was also managing editor of a local magazine publishing company.

Mayhem in Capitol Hill, American democracy under siege

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Mayhem in Capitol Hill, American democracy under siege

Biden says Trump decision to skip inauguration a ‘good thing’

US President-elect Joe Biden welcomed Donald Trump’s announcement on Friday that he won’t attend the January 20 inauguration, calling it a “good thing.”

“I was told on the way over here that he indicated he wasn’t going to show up at the inauguration,” Biden told reporters in Wilmington, Delaware.

“One of the few things he and I have ever agreed on,” Biden said. “It’s a good thing, him not showing up.”

“He’s been an embarrassment to the country,” Biden said.

“He’s not fit to serve,” the president-elect added of Trump, who is facing the possibility of being impeached next week for inciting his supporters to storm the US Capitol.

“He exceeded even my worst notions about him,” Biden said. “He’s one of the most incompetent presidents in the history of the United States of America.”

Biden said Vice President Mike Pence would be welcome at his inauguration.

Biden’s remarks came after Trump tweeted earlier Friday that he would not attend the inauguration.

“To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th,” Trump tweeted.

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Kim Bum receives coffee truck from Tale of Nine Tailed co-stars

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Kim Bum receives coffee truck from Tale of Nine Tailed co-stars

According to Pink Villa on Thursday, Kim Bum has moved on to his next project, a JTBC drama titled Law School following his role as a second lead character Lee Rang in Tale of the Nine-Tailed.

Nevertheless, the friendship he had with his Tale of the Nine-Tailed co-stars is still strong as Lee Dong Wook and Jo Bo Ah gifted something special for the 31-year-old actor.

Kim went on Instagram to show his fans that Lee and Jo sent him a customised coffee truck to show their support for his new project.

In his IG caption, an overjoyed Kim wrote via Soompi, “The hyung and the human I miss dearly. For the first time in a long while,” along with many crying-laughing emojis and a fox emoji in reference to their popular tvN drama.

An elated Kim happily posed next to the customised coffee truck in the photos, while keeping it warm in an oversized black winter jacket. The way he stared at Lee and Jo’s photo is too cute to handle.

Lee Dong Wook and Jo Bo Ah gifted Kim Bum a coffee truck. Picture: Instagram

As for the banners in the customised truck, the banner on top of the truck reads: “Congratulations to Han Joon-hwi [Kim Bum’s Law School character] for being admitted to Hanguk University Law School at the top of his class,” along with a winking and laughing fox emojis.

The banner which has Lee and Jo’s photo in it hilariously reads as, “Rang [Lee, Kim Bum’s Tale of the Nine Tailed character]! Enjoy [the coffee], and don’t make trouble there! Please take good care of our Sang-bum [Kim Bum’s real name]. Find strength, everyone on the Law School team! From Jo Bo-ah and Lee Dong-wook,” along with a winking and laughing fox emojis.

Moreover, a third banner right next to the truck reads: “We’re cheering on the drama Law School and actor Kim Bum’s character Joon-hwi. Good luck to our baby fox Kim Bum!”

Born on July 7, 1989, Kim Sang-bum, known professionally as Kim Bum (alternatively Kim Beom), is a South Korean actor, dancer, singer and model.

He is best known for his television roles as F4 member So Yi-jung in Boys Over Flowers (2009), guardian angel Lee Gook-soo in Padam Padam (2011), villainous CEO Lee Ro-joon in Mrs. Cop 2 (2016), and half-blood gumiho Lee Rang in Tale of the Nine Tailed (2020).

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