7 famous Korean celebrity couples who are still in love and going strong

Jisoo & Ahn Bo-hyun

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YG Entertainment recently confirmed that Blackpink's Jisoo and actor Ahn Bo-hyun are dating, asking fans to respect their privacy.

“[Jisoo and Ahn] are in a stage where they are getting to know each other slowly with good feelings. We would appreciate if you could watch the couple with a warm gaze,” YG Entertainment said in their statement.

Ahn Bo-hyun and Jisoo’s management teams made the rare move to announce their relationship publicly after the two were reportedly spotted together in Seoul, sparking dating rumours.

A renowned actor and model, Ahn Bo-hyun has been in the industry since 2007. He first started his career as a model before making his acting debut in 2014 with the KBS2 drama “Golden Cross.” Ever since, he has started starring in other roles in shows like “Descendants of The Sun” (2016), “Itaewon Class” (2020), “Yumi’s Cells” (2021, 2022), and “Military Prosecutor Doberman” (2022).

Li Seung-gi & Lee Da-in

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While a certain Song-Song couple had left many fans shocked and devastated when their marriage ended, there’s now a Lee-Lee couple to obsess over in the Korean entertainment industry.

Recently, actors Li Seung-gi and Lee Da-in made headlines when their relationship was officially announced, and had in fact started their romance at the end of 2020.

Lee Seung-gi, 36, made his debut in 2004 as a singer, and has acted in several TV dramas including A Korean Odyssey (2017 to 2018), Vagabond (2019), and most recently, The Law Cafe.

Lee Da-in, 30, is the daughter of veteran actress and singer Kyeon Mi-Ri. She first appeared in TV series Twenty Years Old (2014) and more recently, the science-fiction television series Alice (2020). The pair were reportedly brought together by their love for acting and love for playing golf.

Fans of hit drama Crash Landing On You collectively swooned when the K-drama’s leading stars aka the BinJin couple made it official that they were dating IRL.

The drama portrays the couple, both 41, as star-crossed lovers, with Hyun Bin as a North Korean captain and Son Ye-jin as a rich South Korean heiress and entrepreneur who are separated by the countries’ boundaries.

In 2020, it was reported that the actors’ respective agencies had confirmed that the pair “met through their projects, and after the end of their drama, their positive feelings towards one another developed into a romantic relationship”.

Following the announcement, Son Ye-jin also shared on her personal Instagram, that “I’m thankful to have met a good person and I’ll work hard (on the relationship).”

Son Ye Jin and Hyun Bin tied the knot on March 31, 2022, and they welcomed a son together in November of that same year.

They might be super low-key about their relationship and marriage (you won’t find photos of their other halves on both their social media accounts), but that hasn’t stopped them from being one of the most popular Korean celeb couples and a power couple – they topped the list of richest Korean celeb real estate moguls in 2019 with a combined 81.4bil won ($98mil) worth of real estate, and just this month, Kim made another 7.1bil won through the sale of her Gangnam building.

The two tied the knot in 2017, and even with their wealth, only spent S$1.6K on a simple cathedral wedding. They now have two kids. Rain, 41, reportedly also admitted that it took a year of wooing for Kim Tae Hee, 43, to accept him, and even wrote a proposal song titled ‘The Best Present’ for his now-wife. Too sweet!

Shin Min-ah & Kim Woo-bin

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It’s been eight years since Shin Min-ah and Kim Woo-bin started dating in 2015, and their relationship looks to be going strong.

A source told Korean entertainment site Dispatch that the two “started to show interest from February, when they were shooting ads together, and officially started to meet after May.”

They’ve also weathered storms together, what with Kim Woo-bin being diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer in 2017. Shin Min-ah was spotted alongside the actor on his numerous drug and radiation therapy treatments, which later ended in 2019.

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Taeyang & Min Hyo-rin

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It’s always aww-inducing to hear of someone marrying their first love and BigBang’s Taeyang (Dong Young-bae), 35, did just that when he tied the knot with actress Min Hyo-rin, 37.

The pair met in 2013 when the boy band member was on the search for a female costar to star in his music video for his hit single, 1AM. After allegedly dating on the sly for a year and a half, they made it public in 2015 and got wed in February 2018 with a star-studded church wedding and reception.

Not only has he openly declared her his muse for his songs, in his documentary White Night, he also made a sweet declaration: “Even now, she’s the only person who continues to change me as a person. And those changes always make me into a better, more solid person. That’s why I decided to walk along with her for the rest of my life.”

Lee Kwang-soo & Lee Sun-bin

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After meeting on the set of Korean variety and game show Running Man in 2016, actress Lee Sun-bin, 29, and Lee Kwang-soo, 38, subsequently became friends and later took things to the next level, confirming their relationship in 2018.

They weren’t shy about expressing their interest in each other as well. On the show, Sun Bin had shared that Kwang Soo was her ideal man and actively expressed affection for him. Kwang Soo reciprocated the gesture, and even joked they would get married in a week.

This article was first published in Singapore Women's Weekly.