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Lim Li Ying

Every month of the year, we serve you a round-up of all the hottest K-pop and K-drama news that you need to know – and looking back, it has been a crazy ride in 2019, to say the least. As we close the 2019 chapter this month, we take a walk down memory lane to remember the biggest stories that have exploded over the Korean entertainment landscape.
The end of Song-Song couple

K-drama fans were in shock when top stars Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo filed for divorce earlier this year. In addition to now-ex-husband Song Joong-ki, Song Hye-kyo counts Hyun Bin and Lee Byung-hun among her former lovers, both Korean actors who starred with the actress in dramas.
Here we retrace the messy end of K-drama’s iconic power-couple:
Why K-drama's Song-Song couple are getting a divorce
The sad death of Sulli

Back in April, the late K-pop singer-turned-actress Sulli live-streamed her drinking party and then expressed that she was unhappy with personal questions from some of 14,000 followers watching her in restaurant with friends.
She was later found dead at her home on October 14, prompting outpourings of grief and recriminations from the Korean entertainment community.
Here we pay tribute to a star cut down in her prime:
How Sulli broke K-pop’s clean-cut conventions
A sneak peak into Song Hye-kyo’s wardrobe

STYLE managed to peek behind the curtains at the K-drama star’s shoot with Parisian jewellery maison Chaumet, in which Song goes through her closet of dresses (which look remarkably similar) in search of what to wear with her Joséphine Aigrette stackable rings, while talking about jewellery, art, media exposure and how beauty might come naturally, but grace does not. Missed the clip? Catch up here:
Did Song Hye-kyo pull off grace and character in her new video?
The rise of ‘K Tours’

Fans can now relive all the action on the film sets of their favourite Korean soaps – here we show you the five top locations that have doubled as K-drama sets:
‘K-Tours’: Is this what K-drama fans have been waiting for?
Celebrating Song Joong-ki

We took time out to look back on Korean heartthrob Song Joong-ki’s career – read on to find out which we think are his greatest roles so far:
4 of Song Joong-ki’s greatest screen roles
Claudia Kim’s surprise marriage

The beautiful actress, best known for her role in the 2018 film Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and Avengers: Age of Ultron, just tied the knot with WeWork Korea boss Cha Min-geun. Here we look back at the moment the news suddenly broke:
Avengers star Claudia Kim is getting married
Big Bang’s bad year for Seungri

K-pop star and former Big bang member Seungri has definitely had a year full of scandals …
Fans want K-pop Big Bang star Seungri kicked out over sex allegations
Song Joong-ki’s famous wedding band rumours

Before the news of their divorce broke, Song Joong-ki of the famous Song-Song couple was spotted wearing his wedding band again after a period of its notable absence. The glamorous couple announced their split in June, only 20 months after their wedding. Remember this?
Will sightings of Song Joong-ki’s wedding ring silence divorce gossip?
Tell us, which story did you find the most shocking?
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From the Song-Song couple to Sulli: the biggest K-pop and Korean entertainment stories of 2019 – in review

Singer-turned-actress Sulli, pictured here live-streaming a drinking party, was found dead at her home in October. Photo: Instagram

Still from hit Korean drama series, 'Descendants of the Sun', showing actor Song Joong-ki. Photo must credit: Blossom Entertainment.

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South Korean celebritis Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo arrive at 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards in Seoul, June 3, 2016. Picture taken on June 3, 2016. Yonhap via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 14, 2019, Seungri, a member of the K-pop boy group BIGBANG, arrives for questioning over criminal allegations at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Seoul. - Female K-pop stars and actors fearing stigmatisation have rushed to issue denials that they appear in sex videos secretly shot by male singers, illustrating women's worries about victim-blaming in the face of South Korea's enduring conservative social values. In three days no fewer than five male K-pop singers, including mega star Seungri, have been identified as recipients of illicit videos made by singer-songwriter Jung Joon-young of sexual acts with women, taken without their consent. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) / TO GO WITH SKorea-gender-social-music, FOCUS by Claire LEE

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Song-song couple Song Joong-ki and actress Song Hye-kyo on their wedding day in October 2017. Barely 20 months later, they announced plans to split.

(FILES) In a file photo taken on June 3, 2016 South Korean actor Song Song Joong-Ki (L) and actress Song Hye-Kyo pose for a photo call on the red carpet of the 52nd annual BaekSang Art Awards in Seoul. - Fans around the world on June 27, 2019 mourned the news of a divorce between two South Korean celebrities who turned into real-life lovers after starring in a hit TV series action romance, "The Descendants of the Sun". (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

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Australian actress Rebel Wilson has written the script for a comedy film on K-pop. Capture from Instagram (@rebelwilson)

T.O.P. B&W

Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin deny dating rumours – again – as the stars fall in love in Korean drama Crash Landing on You

Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin star in the upcoming romcom drama Crash Landing on You. Photo: TVN

The stars of "Crash Landing on You" at their press conference on Monday. Courtesy of tvN

Korean actress Jeon Hye-bin is getting married in Bali this weekend – but who is the lucky man?

Actress Jeon Hye-bin is to get married this weekend. Photo: Korea Times

How Sulli smashed K-pop’s clean-cut facade – by speaking out about mental well-being and championing feminist rights

K-pop star Sulli, a former member of top South Korean girl group f(x), was known for breaking with K-pop’s clean-cut conventions and speaking out about mental well-being. She was found dead at her home on October 14, 2019. Photo: Instagram

In this Sept. 30, 2015, photo, South Korean pop star and actress Sulli poses during the K-Beauty Close-Up event in Seoul, South Korea. News reports on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, say Sulli has been found dead at her home south of Seoul. (Jang Se-young/Newsis via AP)

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From Song-Song couple’s surprise divorce and Claudia Kim’s marriage to Big Bang star Seungri’s bad, bad year and Sulli’s sad, sudden death – these were STYLE’s biggest stories about events that rocked the Korean entertainment world in 2019


From Song-Song couple’s surprise divorce to Sulli’s sudden death – these were STYLE’s biggest stories about events that rocked the Korean entertainment world in 2019
