SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of people apprehended for dating violence has risen steadily over the past three years, but the rate of their formal arrests has dwindled, police data showed Friday. The number of people apprehended over dating violence charges rose from 9,823 in 2019 to 12,828 last year, an uptick [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Actors Im Ji-yeon and Lee Do-hyun, who starred in the popular Netflix revenge thriller series “The Glory,” are dating, their agencies said Saturday. In the drama, Im, 33, played the role of Park Yeon-jin, who takes charge in bullying the lead protagonist Moon Dong-eun, while Lee, 28, played the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Singer-actress IU is dating actor Lee Jong-suk, their agencies said Saturday. “The two have recently evolved into lovers from close co-workers,” Lee’s agency, HighZium studio, said in a statement, confirming a news report on their romantic relationship. Edam Entertainment, the agency of IU, also confirmed the news, asking people [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean actor Song Joong-ki has been in a romantic relationship with a woman, his entertainment agency said Monday, following a newspaper report that he’s been dating a British woman. “Song is dating a woman who he has good feelings toward,” High Zium Studio said in a statement Monday, [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Management agencies of V of BTS and Jennie of BLACKPINK on Monday stayed silent over rumors that two of South Korea’s hottest K-pop stars are dating. Big Hit Music, the management of K-pop superstars BTS, and YG Entertainment, the agency of popular girl group BLACKPINK, both did not confirm [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Star actor Hyun Bin and his on-screen partner in the hit drama “Crash Landing On You,” Son Ye-jin, have been dating for eight months, their agencies confirmed Friday. “The two have become intimate as co-stars and have developed such intimacy into a romantic one as lovers after the series [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The average number of dates increases in proportion to income, a recent study revealed. DUO, a matchmaking agency, conducted a survey of 1,000 single adults in South Korea, recording a happiness score of 54.03 points out of 100, which was down by 1.67 points since last year. The score [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop diva HyunA has confirmed that she has been dating a member of her project group for two years. HyunA and E’Dawn, one of the two male members of the K-pop trio Triple H, first met three years ago, and they became close in 2015 while they collaborated for [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Actors Lee Dong-wook and Suzy are going out together, Lee’s agency said Friday. “The two first met and came to know each other at an unofficial occasion and recently developed a romantic relationship,” Starship Entertainment said. Lee, 36, made his acting debut in 1999 and rose to stardom across [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Only a third of unwed men and women think that marriage is a must, and for some, the cost of dating is a waste of money, a survey showed Tuesday. Duo, a leading matchmaking company, polled 1,000 single men and women last year and found that 33 percent believed [...]