Hyun-bin and Son Ye-jin officially recognized their love on the first day of the new year. The picture shows two people at the production presentation of the drama’Crash Landing on Love’. /Photo = Hankyung DB
The news of the relationship between actors Hyun-bin (39) and Son Ye-jin (39) in the tvN drama’Crash Landing on Love’, which deals with the love story of a North Korean man and a South Korean woman, is also paying attention abroad, including Japan and China.
As the crash landing of love gained great popularity overseas through the global online video service (OTT) Netflix, etc. amid the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), the overseas interest in the dating of the two actors is also hot.
In particular, in Japan, where the drama was very popular, when Hyun-bin and Son Ye-jin admitted that they were dating through their agency, the news was delivered in real time and a hot reaction continued.
In the case of the portal service Yahoo Japan, the two’s devoted articles were posted on the main news. Local media such as Sankei Sports reported on the news of the love of Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin.
Photo = Hankyung DB
The Crash Landing of Love is a drama about the love of a South Korean conglomerate woman and a North Korean male officer. It was written by Park Ji-eun, who wrote’My Love from the Star’ and’The Legend of the Blue Sea’. After being released through Netflix in February of last year, it was listed in the top 10 popular works in Japan for 10 weeks, and sang the’K-Roco’ (romantic comedy) craze. Former Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, who is classified as a far-right politician, and Motegi Toshimitsu, the foreign minister of the Suga cabinet, were popular locally enough to reveal that they watched the “Crash Landing of Love”.
In China, news was also delivered in real time. Chinese poetry entertainment and others covered the news that the two actors were actually dating.
Earlier, the Washington Post named the crash landing of love as a “must see international series recommended”, and Forbes named “2019 Best Korean Drama”.
On the first day of the new year, the agency of Hyunbin and Son Yejin acknowledged the fact of dating, stating, “The two have come to a relationship through the work. After the drama ended, we have developed into lovers with good feelings for each other.”
Reporter Oh Jung-min Hankyung.com [email protected]
Article reports and press releases [email protected]
Ⓒ Hankyung.com prohibits unauthorized reproduction and redistribution