News of romantic relationships between actors and idols poured out one after another and made headlines recently
Lee Jae-wook and aespa’s Karina acknowledged their romance after Dispatch revealed their relationship on February 27th. According to the media, the two developed into lovers after attending the Prada Collection event in Milan together on January 14th. Both agencies confirmed the dating rumor and emphasized that the two are in the early stage of getting to know each other.
Born in 1998, Lee Jae-wook debuted in the 2018 drama “Memories of the Alhambra”. Emerging as a rising star after starring in “Extraordinary You”, “Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol” and “Alchemy of Souls”, the actor is promoting his new drama “The Impossible Heir” to premiere on the 28th. Karina is two years younger than Lee Jae-wook. She debuted in 2022 with aespa, a top 4th-generation girl group with hit songs “Black Mamba”, “Next Level” and “Savage”. Karina is the first aespa member to start an open romance.
Actor Lee Gyu-han and BB Girls’s Yujeong publicized their love in September last year. At that time, the two’s agencies stated, “They are getting to know each other with good feelings”. Dating rumors of Lee Gyu-han and Yujeong arose after they appeared on a KBS show together. The couple denied the rumors at first but confirmed their relationship after two months.
Lee Gyu-han was born in 1980 and debuted in 1996 through the drama “Start”. He has been active by starring in projects such as “May I Help You?”, “Battle for Happiness”, “Longing for You”, etc. Yujeong was born in 1991 and she’s nine years younger than her boyfriend. Yujeong debuted with Brave Girls in 2016. After the song “Rollin’” became viral again, Brave Girls signed with Warner Music Korea and changed their group name to BB Girls to continue their activities.
While some couples bravely admitted to dating, some dating rumors have been refuted. Gong Myung and Weki Meki’s Kim Do-yeon were also embroiled in romance rumors recently. The two used to be senior and junior under the same company Fantagio. Gong Myung later moved to SARAM Entertainment after his contract with Fantagio ended. After the dating news was reported, Gong Myung’s agency dismissed it, and Kim Do-yeon’s side also confirmed that the two were only close senior and junior.
In 2013, Gong Myung debuted in Fantagio’s actor group 5urprise and later became famous after starring in the hit movie “Extreme Job” with 16.26 million viewers in 2019. His most recent project is the movie “Citizen of a Kind”. Kim Do-yeon joined the 11-member group I.O.I in 2016 after competing in Mnet’s “Produce 101”. After the group disbanded, she re-debuted in Weki Meki and expanded her career to acting.
Some couples publicized their romance but eventually broke up. Ahn Bo-hyun and BLACKPINK’s Jisoo acknowledged their relationship in August last year but they ended up parting ways two months after dating openly.
Source: Daum
