Song Kang and Kim So Hyun Are Reuniting. Their New Drama Already Looks Dangerous.

Five years is a long time in K-drama. Long enough to forget the chemistry. Long enough to wonder what could have been. Song Kang and Kim So Hyun are about to remind everyone exactly what they lost.

The two actors are in talks to reunite for White Scandal (literal title), a new romance drama based on a popular web novel. Song Kang would play Dan Yi Hyuk, the man at the center of a years-old scandal. Kim So Hyun would play Ji Eun Seol, a former child actress who took the fall for her older brother's crime, watched her career collapse, and rebuilt herself as a road manager. When Dan Yi Hyuk enters her life again, the two enter a contract relationship. Old wounds, long-buried secrets, and feelings that never quite left come with it.

The Reunion Fans Have Been Waiting For

Song Kang and Kim So Hyun last appeared together in Love Alarm, the Netflix webtoon adaptation where they played Hwang Sun Oh and Kim Jo Jo in a love triangle that kept viewers divided across both seasons (2019, 2021). Their chemistry was the heartbeat of the show. When it ended, both moved on to separate projects, and the question of what a more mature, serious pairing might look like stayed unanswered.

White Scandal answers it. Kim So Hyun's agency PEACHY confirmed she received an offer for the drama and is currently reviewing it. Song Kang's agency Namoo Actors has been in discussions as well. If both sign, filming is scheduled to begin in the second half of 2026, after Song Kang wraps his current project Four Hands on tvN.

A Creative Team That Delivers

The behind-the-camera lineup gives this real weight. White Scandal is written by Kim Ga Eun, who penned Call It Love (2023), a slow-burn romance that became one of that year's most talked-about dramas for its emotional restraint and precise writing. Direction goes to Kim Cheol Kyu, whose resume includes Mother and Flower of Evil. Two dramas known for psychological depth, tension that builds across episodes, and performances that feel genuinely lived-in.

The combination points toward something more layered than a standard contract-romance setup. This story has a scandal at its core, a protagonist carrying years of injustice, and a love interest who may have been complicit in it. Kim Ga Eun and Kim Cheol Kyu are not people who play that kind of material safely.

Why This Pairing Works

Song Kang returned from mandatory military service in late 2025 with momentum intact. Four Hands marks his first post-service drama, and White Scandal would follow directly. The decision to jump straight into two major projects signals confidence, and the choice to reunite with Kim So Hyun for the second one is a deliberate creative choice, not a safe bet.

Kim So Hyun, meanwhile, recently joined Jun Ji Hyun's agency PEACHY, signaling a new chapter in how she approaches her career. The Ji Eun Seol character, a former child star who lost everything and is now working behind the scenes to survive, maps unusually well onto her actual career trajectory as an actress who started young, built real range across genres, and has only gotten more interesting with time. Projects like River Where the Moon Rises, My Lovely Liar, and Serendipity's Embrace each showed different registers. White Scandal would push further.

What to Watch For

No broadcaster or streaming platform has been confirmed for White Scandal yet. The drama is currently in pre-production, with casting still being finalized. Filming is expected to begin in the latter half of 2026, which puts a potential premiere somewhere in late 2026 or early 2027.

The fan reaction has already been loud. The Love Alarm reunion angle trended on Weibo within hours of the news breaking, and Korean entertainment communities picked up immediately on the contract romance framing as a direct contrast to the app-mediated love story of their first project together. If the casting is confirmed, the interest will only build from there.

Two actors who left something unfinished on screen. A writer who knows how to sit with complicated feelings. A director who makes the complicated feel inevitable. White Scandal has the pieces for something worth paying attention to.