Gong Yoo, Jang Ki-yong and more: Latest K-drama casting news

K-drama fans have been enjoying the sizzling chemistry between the leads of ongoing dramas, from Yoona and Junho in King the Land to Shin Hye-sun and Ahn Bo-hyun in See You in My 19th Life.
Here's the latest casting news to keep you excited for the upcoming onscreen couples.
Today (July 19), South Korean broadcasting channel tvN confirmed Byeon Woo-seok, 31, and Kim Hye-yoon, 26, for their upcoming time-slip romance drama Lovely Runner, based on Kim Bbang's web-novel The Best of Tomorrow.
The story follows Im Sol (Hye-yoon), a devoted fan who goes back in time to save top star Ryu Sun-jae (Woo-seok) from death.
Park Solomon, 23, and Kim Ji-eun, 29, will reportedly be starring in a 2024 office romance series titled Branding in Seongsu.
The drama is set in the Seongsu neighbourhood, which is the hub of branding, and follows marketing team boss Kang Na-aeon (Ji-eun) and intern So Eun-ho (Solomon) as their souls are switched after an accidental kiss.
There's no male lead yet, but Han Hyo-joo's casting news is enough to get fans excited.
The 36-year-old last appeared in the 2021 drama Happiness, and will be returning to the small screens with Disney+ series Moving next month.
It seems like she won't be taking a break anytime soon as she has reportedly been cast as the main lead for In Your Brilliant Season.
The story follows a man who lost his hearing and memory in an accident and comes to know a woman (Hyo-joo) who is his "salvation".
Based on a webtoon of the same name, Moon in the Day tells a heartbreaking story of Do Ha (Kim Young-dae, 27) whose time stopped after the death of his wife (Pyo Ye-jin, 31).
The story moves back and forth from past to present where the two meet in another life.
We last saw him as the lead in Now We Are Breaking up in 2021, and a one-episode guest role in 2022 drama Sh**ting Stars.
Jang Ki-yong is back for his first project since his military discharge, and will reportedly be starring alongside Chun Woo-hee in the fantasy romance drama titled Although I am not a Hero.
Ki-yong, 30, will be playing Jang Hae-joo, who loses his supernatural powers due to a modern day disease, while Woo-hee, 36, takes on the role of Do Do-hae who gets rescued from a fire by a mystery man.
Debatably one of the more highly anticipated pairings, Gong Yoo, 44, will be meeting Seo Hyun-jin, 38, in a Netflix series titled The Trunk.
The drama is about NM, a matchmaking service that arranges a contract-based married life with the person's ideal spouse.
Noh In-ji (Hyun-jin) works in NM and meets Jung-won (Gong Yoo) for her fifth contract marriage.
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