I wish him well and would love to see him back in a drama but seriously... genius business person and genius theoretical physicist?? I think it's redundant to add genius to theoretical physicist.

This is great news; made my day good news! I too, loved him in Soulmate, as well as War of Money (all episodes) and Wish Upon a Star. I wish him only the best and hope he can return to acting in the future.

I'm so glad to hear about him and that he's doing well. He was so good in Soulmate and I wish he had been given better roles.

What a lovely surprise to see Shin Dong-Wook! Soulmate is also a favorite of mine. His smile at the end of the drama was so full of hope for the future, it has stayed in my heart. Wishing him health and happiness.

Thank you SO much for this news! There is a small group of us who joined a facebook page about him after he was diagnosed. We say prayers for him and everyone suffering from this really horrific illness. Always, always we have been waiting for some news of how he is doing! Thrilled for this posting!

I've recently been thinking about Shin Dong-wook and wondered how he's doing, so it's great to hear from him. Like everyone else, Soulmate is one of my all time favourites. All the best to him and I hope his debut novel is a resounding success.

I was wondering about him. So that's why he's ben out of circulation for so long. Soulmate was the first drama rec I followed here in dramabeans, and I loved it and him in it. I hope the book will be translated. Fighting, Shin Dong Wook-ssi. (Lol, I said that with cabbage head girl's mum's accent. XD)

i was wondering why i hadn't seen him in anything - i really liked him in Soulmate...

speaking of MIA -- what happened to Lee Philip, btw? his eye was injured during filming of Faith, right? been waiting for news, hoping he has recovered well......

: (

I've been checking the internet to see if there were updates every few months since I got addicted to dramas (and to marathon-rewatching Soulmate every 6 months). So glad that you posted this!
The novel sounds very Haruki Murakami. Who knows? It may be really good!
I hope it is a great success. His disease sounds really awful and to have his career truncated that way just when it was picking up must have been so painful. Best luck to him!!!! Kudos to pursuing other goals! Fighting!

So glad to learn that he's doing well and do something productive. Hopefully the novel would be translated into English to cater his International fans who have been missing him all these years, me included. Soulmate OST is still my all time fave songs that i still listen.

Thanks for the update, JB!

SDW stole my heart before I found my GY- in a old drama , CloudStairs with Han Ji Hye.
It's a beautiful drama.
I'm glad he's doing well .

Thanks for the update on Shin Dong-Wook, javabeans!

I watched SOUL MATE two months ago because of your romantic-comedy drama recommendations and recaps, and loved it to bits, in no small part due to SDW's performance. I was sad to read of his medical condition, and am glad that he's now able to pursue literary activities. I hope he has a bestseller on his hands. ;-)

Is it so severe that he couldn't do a small role in a pre-produced drama or film? :( Anyway, glad he's able to find something to do in the meantime.

Whoa, a couple of days ago I suddenly (really out of the blue) thought about him. I wondered how he was doing, and now there's this article....

I'm glad he's doing relatively well.

What an awesome surprise to hear from Shin Dong-wook!! I loved, loved him, in Soulmate.

I too have wondered how he was doing. Thank you DB for posting.

As the Italian and Greek moderator of "Soulmate" volunteer translator teams at viki, I had to watch and rewatch the series, and him, and I was really devastated at hearing the news of that promising young actor. Like many of you, I did search every now and then, to no avail. So I'm overjoyed that he's still alive and with the will to do something productive like writing.
I wish him every success and happiness, hoping that he has besides him loving people to keep him company, and lots of interesting things to do.

Thank you! It's so good to hear about him. I remember exactly when I'd read your piece about his illness. That disease reads like the worst, really devastating for him. It's amazing that he was able to live with it and even get to write a book. Someone has to translate that book! Maybe his future is in writing, it'll be awesome to have his writing translate to dramas. And how great is it that his agency didn't drop him.

I really enjoyed Once Upon a Star! His sweet character and the kids -OMG the kids!- are totally worth it. 5 stars do wholeheartedly recommend. ;-)

Hihi mary,

I tried to post something up above to explain CRPS but it's being moderated. Is it too much medical jargon? Strange though that I commented a lot on Beautiful Mind with lots of medical terms but never had a problem.
I'm sure I didn't put in any links or swear words ?

Just wondering so that I can avoid doing it in the future and give you less work ?

i actually probably think of him more for cloud stairways... which most people didn't like as much. but i think about him every so often and wonder how he's doing. thank you for the news!! glad to hear good news.

I've seen a person suffered from the same disease and he was also an actor turned a writer due to this long term illness. There's no cure for CPRS yet, but the spirit of these patients just blew my mind. GBU Shin Dong Wook. Fighting!