K-pop star Kangta and Korean actress Jung Yu-mi dating – but what will the fans say?
K-pop and Korean drama fans have a nasty habit of (over-) reacting to their idols’ romantic trysts – how will the news former H.O.T singer Kangta and Kim Ji Young, Born 1982 star Jung Yu-mi are a couple?
“Kangta and Jung recently developed a romantic relationship,” a spokesperson for Jung's agency Ace Factory was quoted as saying, on February 4. Kangta's management company SM Entertainment also confirmed the two had been seeing each other.
In August, Kangta was embroiled in romance gossip involving Jung and racing model Woo Joo-ahn. SM denied both rumours, saying that Kangta and Jung were mere friends and that the singer-songwriter had already parted with Woo. The star was also accused of cheating on TV personality Oh Jung-yeon when they were dating.
Kangta, 40, whose real name is Ahn Chil-hyun, made his debut as a member of first-generation K-pop boy group H.O.T in 1996. Since the band broke up in 2001, he has been forged a career as a soloist and actor.
Jung Yu-mi, 35, debuted in the film How to Operate a Polaroid Camera in 2004, and has featured in various works, including the KBS drama Discovery of Love (2014) – and recently starred in the conversation-starting Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 .
She is known to have been a H.O.T. fan.
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This article originally appeared on Korea Times