Lee Min-ho visits greeted by hundreds in Thailand

Lee Min-ho [Starhaus Entertainment]

Actor Lee Min-ho was greeted by hundreds of fans upon his arrival in Thailand last week, according to his agency Starhaus Entertainment on Monday.

A press release by Starhaus explained that Lee, who flew into Bangkok early on Friday, was met by fans from Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia who had waited for the actor at Suvarnabhumi Airport starting Thursday.

Lee will be in the country till early next month to shoot his upcoming SBS TV series "City Hunter" in which he play a private detective named Ryo Saeba who works to get rid of crime in the city of Tokyo during the latter half of the 1980s.

Based on a Japanese manga series by Tsukasa Hojo, "City Hunter" will go on air starting May 25 and also star actress Park Min-young.

Lee first appeared in various TV and short dramas in 2006 and rose to stardom in Korea and throughout Asia after starring in KBS' hit TV series "Boys Over Flowers" alongside Ku Hye-sun and Kim Hyun-joong.

His last small screen role was in March where he pretended to be a homosexual man in MBC's "Personal Taste" opposite Korean actress Son Ye-jin.

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