Actor Jin Tae-hyun. [Newsis]
Actor Jin Tae-hyun. [Newsis]

Actor Jin Tae-hyun, 45, said he has been receiving a string of advertising offers lately, expressing gratitude and reflecting that "relationships come down to sincerity, genuine feeling and effort."

Jin said Friday on Instagram that he had just wrapped a shoot for a cleaning services company, his latest brand deal. "I'm grateful that advertisers have been reaching out to me with words like authenticity and trust," he said. "I will live with even greater humility, integrity and modesty," he added.

Jin said he thinks of himself less as a brand model and more as a family growing together with the companies he works with. "We cheer each other on, and I take real pride in what I do as a promotional model," he said.

He said the lesson he keeps learning in life is that "relationships come down to sincerity, genuine feeling and effort." He added that while he may not be following the conventional markers of success, he has come to see that a "gratitude milestone" — loving and appreciating his wife every day — carries its own power.

Last month, Jin shared news of a separate outdoor brand shoot he did alongside his wife, fellow actor Park Si-eun, noting the couple had been working as models for that brand for three years. "We are simply grateful that people have always shown us such warmth," he said at the time.

Jin spent two years as a household investigator on the JTBC reality program "Divorce Deliberation Camp," listening to couples' conflicts and offering practical advice. He abruptly left the show last May, disappointing viewers.

At the time, Jin wrote on SNS that he had joined a broadcaster 25 years ago as a publicly recruited actor and worked his way up from bit parts through supporting and lead roles across countless films and drama series. "All of this is down to my own shortcomings — it is entirely my fault," he wrote. "Please just say 'he was diligent, he worked hard' — only that — and send me off with a smile."

Jin made his debut in the 1996 KBS drama series "Start" and built his profile across a wide range of drama series and stage productions. He married actor Park Si-eun in 2015, and the couple have three daughters through open adoption. Last month, the pair were named co-hosts of the CTS talk show "Naega Maeil Gippeuge," signaling a new chapter in their careers.


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