Celebrity couple Lim Ji-yeon and Lee Do-hyun celebrate awards win with 'The Glory' co-stars

Song Hye-kyo (second from right) and other cast members of “The Glory” enjoying a glass of wine. Lim Ji-yeon (second from left) and Lee Do-hyun (third from left) are seated next to each other. Screen captured from Cha Joo-young's Instagram account

By Yang Seung-joon

Lim Ji-yeon and Lee Do-hyun, who first met on the set of “The Glory” and have recently started dating, celebrated their latest awards win at a dinner with their other co-stars of the hit Netflix series.

On April 29, Cha Joo-young uploaded a post on social media where cast members of “The Glory” including Jung Sung-il, Kim Hieora, Park Sung-hoon and others were seen drinking wine together. Lim Ji-yeon and Lee Do-hyun were both wearing bright smiles on their faces, with Lee letting her hair down and going for a decidedly low-key image.

Lim Ji-yeon poses on the red carpet at the 59th Baeksang Arts Awards, held at Incheon Paradise City on April 28. Yonhap

The photo was posted one day after the 59th Baeksang Arts Awards held at Incheon Paradise City on April 28. Song Hye-kyo won The Best Actress Award for her role in “The Glory” as a vengeful woman who was bullied in high school, while Lim Ji-yeon earned The Best Supporting Actress Award for playing the character of Yeon-jin, the abuser.

Actress Song Hye-kyo poses at the 59th Baeksang Arts Wards held at Incheon Paradise City on April 28. News1

By the end of the night, “The Glory” had taken home three prizes, including the Best Drama Award. In her acceptance speech, Song Hye-kyo quoted one of her famous lines from the drama series, saying “I won, Yeon-jin! I'm so excited right now.” When it was time for Lim Ji-yeon to take to the stage and accept her award, she thanked her co-stars including her new beau Lee Do-hyun, saying “I'm so grateful to Hye-kyo, Sung-il, my dear friends and Do-hyun. Playing Yeon-jin was a challenge and it meant facing failure head-on. I'm still afraid of acting believe it or not, and I want to tell myself 'You worked so hard playing Yeon-jin and you're doing a great job' as I stand here in front of my colleagues today.”

Yang Seung-joon (comeon@hankookilbo.com) is a reporter at The Hankook Ilbo, a sister publication of The Korea Times. This article, previously published in The Hankook Ilbo, has been translated as part of a news-sharing program.