Not confirmed
Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Ji Won: was a relationship ever confirmed?
Neither actor nor either agency has confirmed a relationship. The July 2024 rumour came from fans comparing Instagram posts, and no official statement followed from either side.
Source: The Korea Times (2 July 2024) · Read the original report | Soompi (31 August 2026) · Read the original report
No. Neither Kim Soo Hyun nor Kim Ji Won, and neither of their agencies, has confirmed a relationship. The rumour that ran in July 2024, a few months after they starred together in Queen of Tears, came from fans comparing Instagram posts, and The Korea Times reported that neither agency made an official statement.
Where did the July 2024 rumour come from?
On 1 July 2024 Kim Soo Hyun posted four photos on Instagram and deleted three of them shortly afterwards. Fans set one of the deleted selfies, taken in a black suit, beside a selfie Kim Ji Won had posted in a black dress at a luxury brand event in Taiwan, and read the pair as a hint. The Korea Times traced the speculation to that comparison (2 July 2024).
Did either agency deny it?
Neither confirmed nor denied it. The Korea Times reported no official statement from either side, and we have not found one since. Silence is not an answer in either direction, and this page does not treat it as one.
Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Ji Won latest news
Kim Ji Won leads the SBS medical drama Doctor X as the surgeon Gye Soo Jung. Its premiere date, 9 October 2026, was announced on 31 August (Soompi).
Kim Soo Hyun returned to advertising and public events in July 2026 and has no new drama announced; that is covered in our Kim Soo Hyun news page.
| What is on record | |
|---|---|
| Drama together | Queen of Tears, 2024 |
| Rumour | July 2024, from fans comparing Instagram posts |
| Agency statements | None reported from either side |
| Kim Ji Won next | Doctor X, SBS, from 9 October 2026 |
What is confirmed
- Never confirmed. Any relationship between Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Ji Won, by either actor or either agency.
- Confirmed. The July 2024 speculation began after Kim Soo Hyun posted and deleted Instagram photos on 1 July 2024, and neither agency made an official statement (The Korea Times, 2 July 2024).
- Not a denial either. No statement in either direction has been found, and silence is not treated here as an answer.
- Confirmed. Kim Ji Won's Doctor X premieres on SBS on 9 October 2026.
- Removed. The earlier version asked whether the on-screen romance was real, a question with no answer on the record, and an unsourced claim about an agency policy on rumours.
- 9 October 2026 Kim Ji Won's Doctor X premieres on SBS (scheduled)
- 31 August 2026 Doctor X premiere date announced
- 2 July 2024 The Korea Times reports the dating rumour and that neither agency has made a statement
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