From the Song-Song couple to Sulli: the biggest K-pop and Korean entertainment stories of 2019 – in review

Dec 18 , 2019

Singer-turned-actress Sulli, pictured here live-streaming a drinking party, was found dead at her home in October. Photo: Instagram

From Song-Song couple’s surprise divorce and Claudia Kim’s marriage to Big Bang star Seungri’s bad, bad year and Sulli’s sad, sudden death – these were STYLE’s biggest stories about events that rocked the Korean entertainment world in 2019

Every month of the year, we serve you a round-up of all the hottest K-pop and K-drama news that you need to know – and looking back, it has been a crazy ride in 2019, to say the least. As we close the 2019 chapter this month, we take a walk down memory lane to remember the biggest stories that have exploded over the Korean entertainment landscape.

The end of Song-Song couple

Song-Song Couple announced their split in June – just 20 weeks after tying the knot. Photo: Instagram

K-drama fans were in shock when top stars Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo filed for divorce earlier this year. In addition to now-ex-husband Song Joong-ki, Song Hye-kyo counts Hyun Bin and Lee Byung-hun among her former lovers, both Korean actors who starred with the actress in dramas.

Here we retrace the messy end of K-drama’s iconic power-couple:

The sad death of Sulli

Singer-turned-actress Sulli live-streamed a drinking party on Instagram. Photo: Instagram

Back in April, the late K-pop singer-turned-actress Sulli live-streamed her drinking party and then expressed that she was unhappy with personal questions from some of 14,000 followers watching her in restaurant with friends.

She was later found dead at her home on October 14, prompting outpourings of grief and recriminations from the Korean entertainment community.

Here we pay tribute to a star cut down in her prime: