Kim Rahn is the managing editor of The Korea Times. Since joining the company in 2003, she has covered various beats including the presidential office, Seoul city government, the Bank of Korea and the tourism industry. In 2014, she won the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) award for her coverage of the ordeals of migrant women in Korea.
Kong Hyo-jin, Kevin Oh to tie the knot
Actress Kong Hyo-jin, left, and singer Kevin Oh / Screenshots from Kong's and Oh's Instagram accounts
By Kim Rahn
By Kim Rahn
Actress Kong Hyo-jin and singer Kevin Oh will tie the knot.
Kong's agency, Management Soop, said, Tuesday, the two will have a wedding ceremony in New York on Tuesday (local time), with their family members and a small number of friends attending.
Their relationship, which became known in April, has attracted attention as Kong, 42, has been one of the top actresses on the small and silver screens for over two decades and Oh, 32, hit the K-pop scene by winning Mnet's audition program, “Superstar K,” in its seventh season in 2015.
In August, Kong's agency announced their marriage plans. “Kong Hyo-jin and Kevin Oh are about to have a new beginning in their lives. The wedding will take place in October with only family members and friends being invited,” it said in a statement.
Oh also said on Instagram at the time that they plan to marry in his hometown in the U.S. “Two years ago, I met a girl. Our love was full ― yes, daunting at the time ― but we proved to each other that we need each other. In her, I've met my best friend for life, my soulmate. And soon, I'll be able to call her my wife,” he wrote.
Kong debuted in 1999 with the horror film, “Memento Mori,” and has since appeared in dozens of series, including “Pasta” (2010), “The Greatest Love” (2011), “Master's Sun” (2013), “Don't Dare to Dream” (2016) and “When the Camellia Blooms” (2019), as well as films such as “Crush and Blush” (2008), “Missing” (2016) and “Crazy Romance” (2019). She gained the nickname, the “rom-com queen,” as almost all of the romantic comedy works in which she played the lead role became hits. Kong is currently filming a sci-fi, romantic comedy series, “Ask the Stars,” slated for release in 2023.
Oh, a Korean American who majored in economics at Dartmouth College, started his music career here by winning “Superstar K” in 2015, and later in 2019 took part in another band audition program, JTBC's “Super Band,” ranking fifth.