Weekly Hallyu Newsmakers: BTS’ Jin to be torchbearer at 2024 Olympics, Gong Yoo hints at Squid Game 2 release date, and more

BTS’ Jin has been confirmed to change into the torchbearer for South Korea on the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics. In other news, Gong Yoo has hinted at first date for highly-anticipated Squid Game season 2. Continue to study on and ranking up on such appealing Okay-drama and Okay-pop updates from this week.

BTS’ Jin confirmed to change into torchbearer for South Korea at 2024 Olympics

On July 2, many studies emerged citing that BTS member Jin will participate within the torch relay on the Paris Olympics 2024, representing his nation South Korea. At this time after, the community’s company HYBE acknowledged that they would verify further after a thorough consultation with the World Olympic Committee.

Fans didn’t must lend a hand longer for the confirmation. On July 3, the company officially launched that Jin will change into South Korea’s torchbearer on the 2024 Paris Olympics, which is scheduled to commence on July 26. On the different hand, the staunch date and time of his participation within the frail toch basically will be published later.

Stray Kids teases indifferent collaboration with Deadpool & Wolverine’s Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman

Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman are for the time being in South Korea to promote their upcoming film Deadpool & Wolverine. The Hollywood stars are engaging in quite so much of actions while on this shuttle, including a collaboration with the main Okay-pop community Stary Kids.

Taking to their social media accounts, the boy band’s participants Bangchan and Felix shared a photograph with Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, writing that they are angry to mask fans your whole ‘awesome issues in store’. At this time after, Ryan Reynolds created a buzz with a hilarious submit, jokingly calling Hugh Jackman ‘basically the most up-to-date member of Stray Kids’.

It’s a known fact, that the Deadpool actor is a beefy fan of the community, subsequently, there’s necessary excitement about their collaborative instruct. Meanwhile, while on this shuttle, the Hollywood stars additionally made headlines with their shock look on the Waterbomb Seoul music pageant.

BLACKPINK’s Rosé and Cha Eun Woo spark relationship rumor

Lately, BLAKCPINK’s Rosé and Cha Eun Woo made headlines, when fans speculated that the duo were secretly ‘relationship’ for a truly long time. To succor up the rumor, they’ve supplied a bunch of identical photos that both Okay-pop idols shared on their social media.

From identical locations to identical poses, the striking resemblance between their Instagram posts at present caught netizens’ consideration and quite so much of are referring it to as their very have ‘lovestagram’.

On the different hand, none of their aspects have addressed the rumors yet.

BLACKPINK’s Lisa’s ROCKSTAR faces a pair of plagiarism accusations

BLACKPINK’s Lisa purchased accused of carrying a ‘rip-off’ outfit in her ROCKSTAR music video. A Chinese vogue dressmaker by the title of Yue Yang shared on her social media that the celebrity-shaped top that the Okay-pop idol wore within the MV is her contemporary create. She claimed that neither Lisa nor her team contacted her concerning the utilization of this create.

On the different hand, Gabriel Moses, a cinematographer who shot Travis Scott’s FE!N music video accused the Okay-pop icon of ‘copying’ his shot in her ROCKSTAR music video.

Squid Game’s Gong Yoo unearths most major hint about season 2 birth

In other news, On July 2, Gong Yoo looked in a video for the WWD Korea YouTube channel. When requested about Squid Game 2, he published that it might perhaps most likely perchance potentially meet viewers worldwide on this upcoming Christmas.

Previously, one other Squid Game actor Lee Jung Jae additionally mentioned that season 2 will are accessible in December. Potentially the most popular hint suggests the necessary-awaited Squid Game 2 is eyeing a 25 December birth, after 3 years of the most major season.

Meanwhile, Gong Yoo had a cameo because the ‘salesman’ in Squid Game. Within the 2nd season, he’ll reprise his role, joining the most major solid lineup.

Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Ji Won’s relationship rumor resurfaces

Following their coronary heart-fluttering chemistry in Queen of Tears, Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Ji Won have consistently been embroiled in relationship rumors. This time, it became fueled further when the actor shared three photos on his Instagram and later deleted it.

Fans identified that in these photos, he became carrying an all-shaded outfit, esteem the one Kim Ji Won wore in her most attention-grabbing Instagram submit. They additionally identified the seemingly identical poses they struck, concluding it as their ‘lovestagram’. On top of it, after Kim Soo Hyun deleted the submit, fans were left at a loss for phrases.

On the different hand, both their agencies declined to touch upon the topic, announcing that it’s groundless as this seems to be a ‘forced lovestagram’.