Baby boom sweeps K-entertainment scene

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

The local entertainment scene is seeing a baby boom, with most recent celebrity parents including singer Table and his wife, actress Kang Hye-jung. They became parents to a baby girl, Sunday.

"A night of magical miracle… Today at 11:05 a.m., our beautiful girl was born! Hye-jeong and our baby are both very healthy" Tablo wrote on his Twitter.

"Ah I'm crying because I'm so happy! My woman, who has been going through such hard times, is the best!!!"

The couple first met through friends in 2008 and made their dating status public. They wed in October 2009, prior to which they announced that Kang was pregnant.

The singer, who is a member of hip hop trio Epik High, once said on a television show that he wished to have "a daughter who resembled Kang Hye-jung".

Meanwhile, popular comedian Yoo Jae-suk and his wife, announcer Na Kyung-eun, had a boy on Saturday. "Yoo Jae-suk's wife, MBC announcer Na Kyung-eun, gave birth to a 3.4-kilogram boy around 11:18 a.m. on May 1, at hospital in southern Seoul", said Yoo's agency.

The couple wed in July 2008 after dating for two years. Dubbed "the national MC", Yoo has received numerous awards and topped popularity voting polls for his work on shows such as "Infinity Challenge".

Singer Lee Juck, best known as the former member of duo Panic, had a daughter on April 30. The day before, actor Jo Han-sun became a father to a baby girl.

Actors Jang Dong-gun and Ko So-young, who tied the knot on Sunday, are also expecting a child in the fall.

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