Actress Hwang Dong-joo will be appearing on a dating variety show.

Hwang Dong-joo will be appearing on KBS joy‘s new variety show ‘Old Encounter Pursuit (hereafter referred to as Ohmanchu)’, which will be aired for the first time in January next year. ‘Ohmanchu’ is a program in which people who have been colleagues for a long time travel to discover each other’s charms as a member of the opposite sex, with the motto of ‘Rewatching Dead Relationships’. The news that Hwang Dong-joo, Lee Young-ja, Kim Sook, Jang Seo-hee, Woo Hee-jin, Ji Sang-ryeol, Koo Bon-seung, and Lee Jae-hwang will be appearing has garnered attention from viewers.

In particular, Hwang Dong-joo has confessed on several broadcasts in the past that “I‘ve thought of Lee Young-ja as my ideal type for over 20 years”, so attention is focused on the relationship between Hwang Dong-joo and Lee Young-ja. Expectations are high for the chemistry Hwang Dong-joo will show with Lee Young-ja as she goes on a blind date with her long-time ‘ideal type’.

‘Prince of Daily Dramas’ Hwang Dong-joo captivated viewers with his solid acting skills and excellent character digestion in KBS’s ‘Golden Mask’, ‘Red Shoes’, and MBC‘s ‘The Great First Wife’. He recently breathed life into KBS2’s ‘Scandal’ with his indispensable licorice role.

‘Pursuit of Old Encounters’, a project to revisit a lost relationship where colleagues turn into lovers, starring Hwang Dong-joo, will premiere on KBS joy at 9:10 p.m. on Tuesday, January 7, 2025.

Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com reporter jhj@donga.com