Park Shin Hye is taking a well-deserved break. The hardworking actress is going on a backpacking trip to Europe. She will take the next month to recuperate from the last two years of non-stop work.
According to her agency S.A.L.T. Entertainment, she will come back in August and get ready to return to school.
"She has been in six movies and dramas during the past two years and hasn't had the time to sit back and relax," the S.A.L.T. Entertainment representative told the Korean media outlet Sports Donga. "She's going to take some time off and come back with something completely new."
But films and dramas are just a part of what she's done during the past two years. She appeared in the 2013 films "Miracle in Cell No. 7" and "One Perfect Day," the 2014 film "The Royal Tailor" and this year's release "The Beauty Inside." She played poor girl Cha Seun Sang in "The Heirs" with Lee Min Ho and then appeared as a reporter who could not tell a lie in "Pinocchio" with Lee Jong Suk. But she also had a cameo appearance in "Fabulous Boys," the Taiwanese adaptation of her previous hit drama "You're Beautiful."
And that does not even count her variety show appearances. She has been on nine of those in the past two years, most recently "Three Meals A Day" and "Some Guys Some Girls." She also did an OnStyle documentary, three music videos and released music for a soundtrack, by herself and in collaboration with others.
After her month off she will return to the Jungang University Department of Theater, which she has attended for the past seven years. She is currently on leave from school but hopes to finally finish her degree. And she plans to spend more time pursuing her own interests and hobbies. Among other things, she wants to learn more about the art of floral arranging.
The timing of her vacation does follow the recent rumors that she and "Pinocchio" co-star were dating. Both agencies denied that the actors were more than friends after the Korean media outlet Dispatch released a series of photographs showing the two together. The Dispatch said the couple had been dating for four months. So, her plans may lead to speculation as to whether the friends plan to meet during her vacation.
Whether they do or not, here's hoping that Park Shin Hye enjoys her well-deserved vacation and comes back with new energy.
