4 K-pop idols who dated sports stars, from Girls' Generation's Yuri and baseball star Oh Seung-hwan, to T-ara's Soyeon and football Cho Yu-min - who just got engaged | South China Morning Post

The K-pop world is notoriously secretive about romance , but many of the relationships that do get confirmed typically involve an idol dating a fellow music or TV celebrity . Yet while a Korean idol dating someone from outside the entertainment industry is pretty rare, it does happen. Indeed, a few idols have dated athletes – and some have even gotten married! Read on for the evidence… Most lately, Soyeon of T-ara, 34, surprised fans on January 18, when she announced through an Instagram post that she would be getting married to her football player beau, Cho Yu-min, 25. The…