SEOUL – South Korean on-line media outlet Dispatch has the custom of publishing scoops on celeb relationships on the primary day of the brand new yr, however failed to take action this yr.
As a substitute, it was crushed to the punch by the Sports activities Chosun newspaper, which broke the information on Monday (Jan 3) that singer Hyomin of woman group T-ara is relationship footballer Hwang Ui-jo.
Sports activities Chosun mentioned the couple have been launched to one another by an acquaintance and started relationship in November.
They’re presently in a long-distance relationship as Hyomin, 32, is predicated in South Korea whereas Hwang, 29, is predicated in France for French Ligue 1 membership Bordeaux.
Hyomin flew to Switzerland in late December to be with Hwang throughout a winter break for the French soccer season, Sports activities Chosun reported.
Dispatch additionally carried a narrative in regards to the couple, with pictures of them holidaying in Switzerland.
The managers for each celebrities have since confirmed the connection, saying that they’re nonetheless within the early levels of their relationship.
Hyomin, whose actual identify is Park Solar-young, debuted in 2009 as a member of T-ara and as a solo singer in 2014 along with her debut EP, Make Up.
T-ara, now a quartet, made their long-awaited comeback after 4 years with the one album, Re: T-ara, in November.
Hwang made his skilled debut with Ok-League 1 membership Seongnam FC in 2013 and was a part of the South Korean Underneath-23 soccer crew on the 2018 Asian Video games in Indonesia, the place the crew gained gold by beating Japan within the last.
Final yr, Dispatch broke the information that display couple Son Ye-jin and Hyun Bin from the hit romantic Ok-drama Crash Touchdown On You (2019 to 2020) have been relationship in actual life too.
