Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin from tvN’s hit drama Crash Landing on You have tied with Gong Yoo and Kim Go Eun from Guardian: The Lonely and Great God, aka Goblin, for the top spot as “Best K-Drama Couple of the Decade.”
This honor comes from a recent survey celebrating the 20th anniversary of Starnews, conducted by the polling organization Gallup Korea from August 19th to 23rd. The survey gathered responses from 1,052 men and women aged 19 to 69 across South Korea.
Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin’s iconic couple in Crash Landing on You was particularly popular among men in their 50s (25%) and women in their 30s (28%). Meanwhile, Goblin‘s beloved pair, Gong Yoo and Kim Go Eun, received the most votes from men aged 19 to 29 (29%) and women in their 40s (28%).
Taking the third spot with 21% of the vote were Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Ji Won from Queen of Tears. This couple also had a balanced appeal among both male and female viewers.
Fourth place went to Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo from KBS’s Descendants of the Sun with 17%, followed by Lee Byung Hun and Kim Tae Ri from tvN’s Mr. Sunshine with 15%. Park Bo Gum and Hyeri from tvN’s Reply 1988 were sixth (13%); Gong Hyo Jin and Kang Ha Neul from KBS’s When the Camellia Blooms secured seventh (11%); Lovely Runner‘s Byeon Woo Seok and Kim Hye Yoon came in eighth (9%); Namkoong Min and Ahn Eun Jin from MBC’s My Dearest took ninth (8%); and tenth place was claimed by Park Bo Gum and Kim Yoo Jung from KBS’s Love in the Moonlight (7%), highlighting Park Bo Gum’s popularity with two shows in the top 10.
Tied for 11th place were Son Seok Koo and Kim Ji Won from JTBC’s My Liberation Notes and Lee Junho and Lee Se Young from MBC’s The Red Sleeve (7%); Choi Woo Shik and Kim Da Mi from SBS’s Our Beloved Summer took 13th place (6%); tied for 14th place with 5% each were Kim Sun Ho and Shin Min Ah from tvN’s Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha, Lee Junho and YoonA from JTBC’s King the Land, Eric and Jung Yu Mi from KBS’s Discovery of Love, Eric and Seo Hyun Jin from tvN’s Another Miss Oh, and Park Seo Joon and Park Min Young from tvN’s What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim; 19th place went to Lee Jin Wook and Jung Yu Mi from tvN’s I Need Romance 2012 (4%); and 20th place was claimed by Lee Jong Suk and Park Shin Hye from SBS’s Pinocchio (3%).
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