Ricky Kim and Ryu Seung Ju Welcome Third Child

Ricky Kim and his wife, musical actress Ryu Seung Ju welcomed their third child into the world on September 19.

On September 20, the Korean-American model-turned-actor posted photos of his newborn daughter on Instagram. Her name is Kim Tae Ra, although she will probably also be given a more western-sounding name. His older children are known as Taylor Tae Rin Kim and Asher Tae Oh Kim. Informally they are referred to as Tae Rin and Tae Oh.

One Instagram photo shows the happy father looking at his daughter and another shows the siblings studying their new little sister.

On Instagram Kim wrote, "Thanks for all the prayers."

Ricky Kim and his wife appeared on the SBS variety program "Oh My Baby." Earlier in the year, when Ryu was about three months pregnant, the program showed the family going for an ultrasound. At the time the actor expressed his enthusiasm. He was so enthusiastic he might have been a first time dad.

"There is a saying that the second is better than the first and that the third is better than the first or second," he said. "I wanted to see Tae Rin and Tae Oh's reaction to meeting her for the first time."

Ricky Kim and Ryu Seung Ju married in May 2009. They met while doing charity work for an international nonprofit named Compassion. They dated for about two years before marrying.

Ricky Kim was born to a Korean mom and an American dad and grew up in Kansas and Hawaii. He didn't plan on becoming an actor but after teaching English in Korea, decided to pursue a modeling and acting career there. It took a while to launch his career but he was not easily discouraged.

"If you do good things, keep smiling, and if you are happy and enjoying what you are doing work will come some day," he said in 2010 interview with the Korea Times.

He had his Korean acting debut in 2006 when he appeared in the drama "Miracle." Since then he has been seen in "On Air," "Jejungwon," "Midas," "Athena: Goddess of War," "Midas," "I Need Romance" and "The Queen's Classroom." His most recent roles were in "Cunning Single Lady" and "Falling for Innocence."

In the fourth episode of "Falling for Innocence," also known as "Falling For Soon Jung" he surprised some viewers by playing a character that was supposed to be European but spoke impeccable Korean.