For Park Bo-Gum, the legal update comes during one of the most successful periods of his career. The actor has experienced a renewed wave of global recognition following the success of When Life Gives You Tangerines. The drama introduced the actor to a wider international audience and sky-rocketed his popularity beyond South Korea. The Netflix series became particularly popular online, helping Park Bo-Gum gain new fans across Asia, Europe and North America. Even before this resurgence, Bo-Gum had established himself as one of South Korea’s most famous actors through projects such as Reply 1988, Love in the Moonlight, Encounter and Record of Youth.