Recently, TWICE's female idol Jihyo appeared on a travel variety show, exploring motels across Korea.
Jihyo plays the main host role, visiting various motels not only in Korea but also around the world while interacting with interesting travelers. The show has gained considerable popularity among the MZ generation (those born between 1981 and 2010) in Korea.
In the first episode, Jihyo took the audience to a motel in Yeosu City, Jeollanam Province owned by an owner born in 1997.
The guesthouse in this episode is filled with "MZ energy" just like its young owner. In particular, at a party held for guests, Jihyo and the guests enjoyed a dating show-like atmosphere.
The motel staff opened up interesting discussions about dating. In the choose-this-or-that game, when asked to choose between “Letting your boyfriend/girlfriend break up with you by cheating on you or ignoring you”, Jihyo did not hesitate to choose “being cheated on”.
“I would rather break up because they found someone else,” she explained. “When I get dumped, I don’t know if the relationship is over. I don’t even know if we’ve broken up. At least if I get dumped, I’ll know it’s over between us.”
Many viewers agreed with the female idol's choice. Others discussed Jihyo's love relationship that was in the news earlier this year.
At the end of March, Sway reported that Jihyo and former athlete/announcer Yun Sung Bin are dating.
The sports-loving couple were introduced by an acquaintance. Yun Sung Bin and Jihyo became closer while exercising together and realized they had many things in common, gradually progressing into lovers.
At that time, Jihyo and Yun Sung Bin were said to have been dating for a year. They lived only a 5-minute drive away from each other, so they often visited each other's houses. The couple's dating location was Geumho-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul. Someone saw Yun Sung Bin going in and out of Jihyo's house and their intimate actions were very natural.
TWICE's leader is 27 years old this year, Sung Bin is 2 years older than her. Yun Sung Bin is known as the "Korean Iron Man" when he won the 2018 Winter Olympics gold medal in bodyboarding.
After retiring in 2022, Yun switched to being a sports announcer. He also gained attention when participating in the fitness show “Physical 100” season 1.
Jihyo's management company, JYP Entertainment, responded: "It is difficult to confirm the information because this is the artist's private matter." But this ambiguous response makes the public believe that Jihyo is indeed dating.
On online communities, netizens' reactions to Jihyo dating Yun Sung Bin were quite positive. The two were praised for being a good match and compatible in appearance.
