K-netizens Buzzing About Rumored Dating Relationship of Kim Soo Hyun and 2NE1’s Dara

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• So a noona-romance for KSH in real life too ;-)

  • It may be true that they are dating because one fan asked dara if she will open up about her relationship and she chose to have a private relationship but also she said that if she will get married ofcourse she'll say.. Omy this is it i wish they were really dating..

• I'm pretty sure if you're a 2NE1 stan, you're rejoicing at the fact that one of the girls is possibly dating lol. Especially Dara since she always sounds so lonely whenever they talk about relationships etc. I don't know if special appearances in drama's is an indication of anything since both shows there is a YG link to it but if she met him through these two instances then that's cool.

  • Let's go based on measurable stats vs "feels"
    1)If surveyed...9.5 out of 10 ppl in korea and outside of Korea...especially outside of Asia...would know who Sandara is before KSH. And if they didn't know her by name..they would at least know her by face.
    2)Check Net Worth: I think KSH was at $1M USD & Dara $15M.

    Ultimately I don't think either of them is getting the raw end of the deal. I didn't see it coming...after sone research i can see that hes got a lil bad boy inside that good boy hairdo...which she likes... so if it's true more power to them. I hope they become a korean power couple..the korean JayZ and Beyonce..lol

    • is this true, Sandara's worth is bigger than KSH? But I do know her 2ne1 is really more popular around the world than Suzy girl group. also, Sandara is hella more pretty natural than Suzy's who's in&out of cosmetic surgeons table.

    • Where did you get your stats?

      From reported incomes that the korean media including Forbes release every year, KSH makes a tone of money on CF, he calls one of the highest fee for anyone from Korea (including idols) with over 30 cfs outside of korea. He has been consistently for the past 3 years or so on the high income list. While I don't see 2NE1 ranking that high. Even Suzy out ranks them.

      What other income does Sandara outside of 2NE1?

      I seriously doubt Sandara net worth is 15 million. Some hollywood stars aren't even with that much. Case in point, ariana grande has a net worth of 16 million. Some other young stars don't even bank 10 million.

      Also, barely anyone outside of Asia and kpop fans will know who either of them are. Kpop isn't as big in the western world as some people believe them to be.

    • Ummm no lmao
      Kim soo hyuns popularity in Asia is much bigger than hers. Idk where you got your stats from, your fan girl mind??

    • maybe Dara's worth isn't that big but I totally agree that she's worth more than KSH.. @tieuyeunu looks like you don't know that Dara also has tons of CF's and FYI in case you don't know Dara is really well known in Asia specifically Philippines.

      P.S. She was an actress in the Philippines and she's still very famous here and still in demand. Note that!

    • KSH is currently the top hallyu star in China and that's where the money is. It is well known he made at least $30M US on CFs last year, not including guest appearances.

      He doesn't rank top on on forbes for nothing.

• Wow Krung-krung!! Hehe. May-December affair, huh? ;)

  • if this gossip wasnt true, krungie would come with a hilarious -rejection pic. but hey, she hasnt done anything yet.. perhaps, it was true after all :P

  • She's a late '84 and he's an early '88 hardly a May-December relationship. If it were the other way around nobody would even think about it.

  • you need 10yrs of age difference for May-December affair.

• Dont reall see this couple, or more like cant wrap my head aroun them dating or more like never thought anout them together. So if they are really dating then it would take some time to get used to it.
  But then i wonder if he has time to date with his drama still filming. But hey anything is possible, and if it is true then I hope they are happu.

• No if this is true it will be really weird watching producer. But i guess if it is true, the heart wants what the hearts wants!

• There's nothing but a 5 line blog post claiming something without pictures to back up what they saw. Nah, I think I'll believe in what Dispatch says. If there's something really going on, they'll surely be at KSH's heels as currently, there's no bigger catch than him.

  • This. No Dispatch, no proof.

    • To see Dispatch photos is to believe, eh? Maybe they'll follow the two in a trip too, huh?

• If it's true, that really will be no surprise, since she had a cameo in producer (i don't remember her cameo in WHCFT) so maybe they got to know each other. i'll be happy for them and i don't care if they fit or not.

• Oh no...please not Dara.That is so low class of him to date that Pop Star who can't sing and only flaunting her image that she thought is so beautiful. She is too full of herself.

  • STUPID YOU

  • your just jealous!!!!get a life!!!dara is soooo fuckin beautiful inside and out!!!!

  • 100% agree

  • I don't like her / group's song,she can't sing well.

    • well tell you what?that not liking her?cannot stop KSH to like her...pity you!!!uour just like a dust...compare to dara...lol

  • She is beautiful and I'm not the only one who's saying it. She has endorsed two of the top Korean beauty brands over the last 6 years and has been acknowledged as one of their most beautiful women. And she can sing. The great Park Hyo Shin said so when he guested in Sung Shi Kyung's late night radio show three years ago. Who are you compared to the god of voice that is Park Hyo Shin? Please, she is not full of herself.

    Anyway, Jung Il Woo considers Dara as his only close female friend in the industry. He even admitted this in a public broadcast. If Kim Soo Hyun and Dara know each other, it could only be through him as he is a common friend to both. So, it's not impossible that the rumor has basis.

    • Dara's bro — Thunder — has been in the Korean drama circuit; while Dara has been in the entertainment industry around 2004 and way before the world catched up on the hallyu wave [check out Conie's post below]

  • Jealousy is a very bad trait to have hun. Fix it. Who are you to tell him who he can or cannot date? It's his decision and you can do literally nothing to change that. <3

  • @OMG: If you saw Dara when she was still starting here in the Philippines (back when she was still known as Sandara Park the "Pambansang Krung-krung" of the Philippines) you would never have such impression on her. Why? Because she is still the same Sandara/Dara who captured the hearts of the Filipinos because of her cheerfulness and humbleness despite how popular she has become. I may not be a fan but I appreciate how she never get tired of coming back in our country every time she has some days off in her current company just to visit her friends and say hello to her fans here. Now is that a person who you describe as someone 'so full of herself' is? Another thing..who are you to say that dating someone as popular as Dara would degrade KSH? Even before he made a name of himself in Korea, Dara is already popular not only in the Philippines but in other parts of the world too since she was a contract star of a big network here in the Philippines which happens to have sister stations in other countries as well. She was already traveling to different parts of the world to promote her movies and shows before she decided to go back to Korea to accompany her mother and siblings and try her luck in Korean Ent.

    • So if Filipinos' hearts were captured by Dara, I am supposed to be captivated by her too? So sad to let you know that I am not a Filipino and no, I don't like Dara.

    • @OMG

      Ditto. Why would someone point out how Filipinos are into her? Even if I were Filipino, why would I start liking her because people around me do too? That's such a dumb argument. I like a person because I do, irrelevant on what others see him/her as.

    • @OMG It's different saying you were not captivated by her to judging associating with her as "low class". That's discrimination. Tell me if what you said about her is not what you call "low class". Maybe you could learn something from Filipinos. At least, they don't discriminate.

    • Conie was only trying to convince you that she's "likable", which is fair argument on her part seeing that she too likes Dara and would want others to like her too. BUT, you can definitely not like her, it's your prerogative.

      However, it's one thing to "not like" her, it's another to vilify her as being "low class" when nothing she has done merits such derogatory remark. I can understand if you don't like her and you don't want KSH to date her, but your comment was uncalled for. If anything your venom is rather "low class" with respect to that of a well-mannered person.

  • How is she full of herself? She's known as one of the most down to earth idol. I am sorry but oppar will never be yours so all this jealousy isn't helping. Show some maturity and stop embarrassing yourself.

    • Word.

      If they are dating, so what. No need to bash the other person. Your oppar would never date you, period.

  • i think your talking about yourself..“full of yourself” pity you...at least dara have a chance...but you boastful...nah ah..

  • Let’s go based on measurable stats vs “feels”
    1)If surveyed…9.5 out of 10 ppl in korea and outside of Korea…especially outside of Asia…would know who Sandara is before KSH. And if they didn’t know her by name..they would at least know her by face.
    2)Check Net Worth: I think KSH was at $1M USD & Dara $15M.

    Ultimately I don’t think either of them is getting the raw end of the deal. I didn’t see it coming…after sone research i can see that hes got a lil bad boy inside that good boy hairdo…which she likes… so if it’s true more power to them. I hope they become a korean power couple..the korean JayZ and Beyonce..lol

    • Okay, let's just straighten things out--where in the world did you get these numbers? I like both Dara and Kim Soo-hyun, but if we're being honest actors are ranked higher in the celebrity totem pole compared to idols in Korea. 2NE1 is popular, but Kim Soo-hyun is on another level. He's popular outside of Korea too due to the widespread popularity of his dramas. And his net worth is not $1 million--he earned roughly 30 billion KRW (converted to USD, that's around $28 million) last year alone.

    • One KSH's endorsement deal is worth more than 1M USD. Check your fact before posting. It's laughable that KSH's net worth is 1M. KSH ranked #1 in earnings in 2014 according to Forbes Korea and he doesn't need to share his earnings amongst "group members".

    • I'm not particularly that concerned about any of this but I'm kind of a stat loving person who felt like responding the the request about confirmation of Sandra's net worth. From the website Celebrity Net Worth Sandra Park's current listing is $16m. You can't even find the list on the actual Forbes website of Kim Soo Hyun's worth. He's listed as 4th amongst the SK entertainers but doesn't even make the top 100 of average wealthy chaebols. PSY at $40 mil is listed as the #1 wealthiest entertainer in all SK but 10/15/12 Forbes wrote an article entitled "Bigger Than Psy: 2NE1 And The Future Of K-Pop" in which they talked about the group in an Adidas CF with Nicki Minaj which means the group has an obvious following outside Asia to be placed in such a cf.

      There are a lot of blogs that talk about Kim Soo Hyun's net worth and it being listed on Forbes but there is nothing to back that assumption. Any guess at his net worth is just that. A guess. I've backed tracked Forbes website itself and between the 2 the only one listed as rich is "Dara".. Additionally, in power rankings of K-Pop stars based on income she is listed as #14, 1 spot richer over Ok Taec-Yeon of 2PM, and including a list of the biggest A-Lister K-Pop entertainers out there. So, just based on factual evidence that you can confirm and based on Forbes actually website, the I think Sandra Park is wealth enough to compete with Kim Soo Hyun and feel that she is equal to his level of "celebrity" and not a person to take a back seat in this relationship.

      As for those who said that they doubt Sandra is worth $15 million, you're right. Based on Forbes and other "international" celebrity net worth sites she's actually worth $16 million.

    • Btw- the only thing I could get as far as Forbes Korea listing was from a "power ranking" not actual net worth: Forbes Celebrity 40 is determined by first taking the top 100 most searched people of the year (data provided by Nate) and ranking them based on 4 different measures: [[This would be stats JUST for the year 2015, not lifetime total]]

      1. Sales - estimated based on appearance fees, CF guarantees album sales, etc. + reported overseas income

      2. Media exposure - number of apperances in the top 3 newspapers, covers of 8 magazines, Ilgan Sports

      3. Television exposure - CF model ranking and appearances on talk shows and variety shows

      4. Professionalism - TV ratings for actors/MCs, total audience for movie actors, Gaon digital and physical sales rankings for singers, competition results for athletes
      Final list is the 40 celebrities with the highest average ranking across all 4 categories.

      At Rank #2 Kim Soo Hyun is listed: 1. [assuming this is USD millions] 1; 2. 5 media appearances; 3. 13 cfs, talk shows etc. 4. 11 professionalism rating.

      At Rank #17 2NE1 is listed: 1. [assuming this is USD millions] 17; 2. 35 media appearances; 3. 27 cfs, talk shows etc. 5. 7 professionalism rating.

      ...so comparing the actor with the singer seems to me that there isn't necessarily one better than the other. Both being listed on a Forbes Top 20 is an exceptional feat for them both and makes be believe that these kinds of comparisons are the least to be concerned about with this couple. They intangibles, like actual true love and compatibility are probably the test of whether they're really even involved to begin with, not their background. Their backgrounds seem to match fine to me.

  • Dara is beautiful and he's the one with a shady ass past and bad rumors about him and his personal life, not her.

    • Lol, She is beautiful. So is she just that? KSH simply doesn't need a beautiful decoration for his luxury life. Find sth more valuable about her instead.

      And you seem to know too much about his so called bad personal life, huh? What the f*ck rumors of him became true? Can you "take some time" to tell the world how those rumors have affected his name? Yeah, she doesn't have bad personal life but she is an idol member under scandalous YG. Damn it. It is enough to scare me to death.

  • Excuse me?! Speak for urself! Maybe ur so full of urself..please don't judge a person like that.

  • low class??! watch your language you censorious! Even high class isn't enough to describe Dara. She's beautiful INSIDE and OUT. Don't judge because you don't have the right. If you have a problem with her being rumored with Soo Hyun then keep it for yourself because we Dara's family give every damn to those who bad mouthed her without probable cause and mind you, you will not like it when we are furious. Have a good day.

• LOL It's funny how this all started out from literally one blog post, and it only blew up really because KoreaBoo made an article about it. Twitter was all over it but most fans aren't believing it (wishing it is another story though). Park Hyuk Kwon did a cameo in Dara & Steven Yeun's meokbang skit, and is also on Producer, so he and Dara could be dating too LMAO Anyway, I'm not complaining. Dara is my babe and Kim Soohyun is a babe, I'd love to see them date.

  • It's not just the cameo though. The post specifically says that they we're seen dining alone. So unless Dara and Park Hyuk Kwon were also seen in the same circumstance and is as big a star as Kim Soo Hyun, then your comparison is invalid. But this is not to say that I believe the rumor.

• ksh is reserved for ghj/iu! hahaha......