Wonder Girls’ Hyerim and Shin Min Chul to get married this year

It’s time to celebrate! Former Wonder Girls member Hyerim is going to walk the aisle with fiance Taekwondo athlete Shin Min Chul in a couple of months time. They have been dating each other for seven years.

The announcement of the wedding was released by Hyerim’s agency rrr Entertainment on 1 May 2020. The statement reads that the couple has decided to tie the knot after being together for seven years. The wedding ceremony will be held on 5 July 2020 at a hall in Seoul.

Details about the wedding cannot be revealed at the moment so fans and followers were asked to be understanding. As it is a time of strain and difficulty for everyone due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the agency said that they are carefully delivering this news as it is proper to let people who love and care for Hyerim to be informed. Fans are asked to give their congratulations to the couple who are starting a new chapter together.

Hyerim revealed that she has been dating Taekwondo athlete Shin Min Chul since 2013, back in March. The two of them are part of MBC’s reality show Don’t Be Jealous where they share their romance. The couple has plans to show their viewers their marriage preparations on the show. Hyerim and Shin Min Chul are getting engaged this month.

Born as Woo Hye-rim on 1 September 1992 in Seoul, South Korea, Hyerim (also spelt as Hyelim) is a South Korean singer and actress. She was formerly a member of South Korean girl group Wonder Girls. Hyerim lived in Hong Kong for 14 years. She can converse in Korean, English, Cantonese and Mandarin. Her father is a grandmaster and promoter of Taekwondo with the highest 9th-degree black belt in the discipline.

Hyerim officially joined Wonder Girls on 22 January 2010 after member Sunmi went back to studies. Her first performance in the group was on 5 February 2010 in Shanghai. Three years later she was a co-host for EBS radio broadcast English Go Go! Hyerim also served as a host of Arirang TV’s Pops In Seoul from 20 August 2013 to 10 March 2014. The band announced that they will make a comeback on 24 June 2015 after a two-year hiatus and coming back as a four-member band.

Hyerim wrote and produced three songs in the August 2015 release of REBOOT. The following year, she launched a collaboration single with Bernard park called With You as part of JYP Entertainment JYP Duet Match project. In July 2016, she also contributed to the composition of two songs on Wonder Girls’ single EP Why So Lonely. /TISG