Lee Jae-wook and Aespa’s Karina reportedly dating

They didn’t reveal a celebrity couple over New Year 2024, but South Korean paparazzi-style media publication Dispatch has finally delivered.

This morning (Feb 27), they reported that rising actor Lee Jae-wook, 25, and K-pop idol Karina, 23, from Aespa are dating.

They both attended Prada’s Fall/Winter 2024 fashion show at the Milan Fashion Week on Jan 14 and their relationship reportedly began there.

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“I think it’s fair to say it was love at first sight,” an insider told Dispatch. “They fell in love from the moment they met at the fashion show.”

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The couple was reportedly able to spend time with each other in Milan and Seoul despite their busy schedules, and despite Karina still living in a dorm with the other Aespa members.

Photos from Dispatch also show Karina in Jae-wook’s neighbourhood. They reportedly spent time together walking around a park late at night.

Jae-wook’s agency C-JeS Studio and Karina’s label SM Entertainment both responded to the media stating that they will need to verify the report.

Aespa is a fourth-generation K-pop girl group that made its debut on Nov 20, 2020, with Karina as its leader.

She is also a member of the SM Entertainment supergroup Got the Beat with soloist BoA, Taeyeon and Hyoyeon from Girls’ Generation, Wendy and Seulgi from Red Velvet and fellow Aespa member Winter.

Jae-wook made his acting debut in 2018 K-drama Memories of the Alhambra and rose to prominence with his lead role in Alchemy of Souls (2022) and its sequel Alchemy of Souls: Light and Shadow.

His latest project is the Disney+ K-drama The Impossible Heir.

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