{"id":17383,"date":"2025-12-06T18:57:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T10:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=17383"},"modified":"2025-12-06T18:57:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T10:57:36","slug":"k-drama-casting-news-about-yuna-of-k-pop-group-itzy-yoo-yeon-seok-jung-so-min-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=17383","title":{"rendered":"K-drama casting news about Yuna of K-pop group Itzy, Yoo Yeon-seok, Jung So-min and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Another major K-pop name begins to build her K-drama r\u00e9sum\u00e9 in this week\u2019s Korean casting news, which includes a romantic drama, an office romcom, a supernatural legal show and an action-packed casino-set series.<\/p>\n<h3 type=\"h3\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"eh0yk8h0 css-17x7qa9 e1pqa4re1\">1. My Favorite Employee<\/h3>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Yuna of the girl group Itzy has booked her second major drama role in the upcoming series <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">My Favorite Employee<\/em>. She will be joining series leads Kang Hoon (<span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">A Time Called You<\/em><\/span>), Kim Hye-jun (<span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">A Shop for Killers<\/em><\/span>) and Cha Woo-min (<span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Melo Movie<\/em><\/span>).<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The series, which is based on a webtoon, will follow several characters working at a company launched by a former K-pop idol.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kim Hye-jun in a still from A Shop for Killers. Kim will appear with Kang Hoon and Yuna in My Favorite Employee. Photo: Disney+\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2025\/12\/05\/1025bd82-1fde-4a48-b4ef-61ccb5ab1e2e_595de0ff.jpg\" title=\"Kim Hye-jun in a still from A Shop for Killers. Kim will appear with Kang Hoon and Yuna in My Favorite Employee. Photo: Disney+\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1ixmelf e1gf69pb1\">Kim Hye-jun in a still from A Shop for Killers. Kim will appear with Kang Hoon and Yuna in My Favorite Employee. Photo: Disney+<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Kim will appear as Nam Da-reum, a major fan of idol Lee Chan (played by Cha), who begins working at his company. Kang stars as her talented boss Kang Ha-gi, and the story will focus on the romance that develops between them.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Yuna will appear as a top actress. Before this, she will make her acting debut with a supporting role in <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Undercover Miss Hong<\/em> with <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Park Shin-hye<\/span>, due out in January.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The 12-episode <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">My Favorite Employee<\/em> will be directed by Park Ji-hyun (<em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Class of Lies<\/em>) and is due out on tvN at some point next year.<\/p>\n<h3 type=\"h3\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"eh0yk8h0 css-17x7qa9 e1pqa4re1\">2. Shin Yi-rang\u2019s Law Firm<\/h3>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Yoo Yeon-seok (<span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Hospital Playlist<\/em><\/span>) and Esom (<span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Taxi Driver<\/em><\/span>) have been confirmed as the leads of a new legal drama called <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Shin Yi-rang\u2019s Law Firm<\/em> for broadcaster SBS.<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Yoo Yeon-seok in a still from When the Phone Rings.\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2025\/12\/05\/4cbbc8b0-b4e2-4f00-8448-e428e141bfcd_4d49971d.jpg\" title=\"Yoo Yeon-seok in a still from When the Phone Rings.\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1ixmelf e1gf69pb1\">Yoo Yeon-seok in a still from When the Phone Rings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/k-drama\/k-drama\/article\/3335306\/k-drama-casting-news-about-yuna-k-pop-group-itzy-yoo-yeon-seok-jung-so-min-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another major K-pop name begins to build her K-drama r\u00e9sum\u00e9 in this week\u2019s Korean casting news, which includes a romantic drama, an office romcom, a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[6546,761,11930,11933,6545,795,2486,11934,11932,11931,11929],"class_list":["post-17383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-casting","tag-group","tag-itzy","tag-jung","tag-kdrama","tag-kpop","tag-news","tag-somin","tag-yeonseok","tag-yoo","tag-yuna","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}