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Actor Yeo Jin-goo tests positive for Covid-19

Actor Yeo Jin-goo [JANUS ENTERTAINMENT]


Actor Yeo Jin-goo tested positive for Covid-19, according to his agency Janus Entertainment on Wednesday.

"Yeo has received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine and is only experiencing the symptoms of a slight cold," the agency said.

Yeo was filming for his upcoming tvN series "Link: eat, love, die," slated to start airing in April. The filming has currently been suspended and Yeo is recovering at home.

Yeo debuted in 2005 as a child actor through the film "Sad Movie." His breakthrough role was in the 2012 MBC series "Moon Embracing the Sun" in which he portrayed the male lead in his adolescent years. He went on to appear in K-dramas "I Miss You" (2012), "The Crowned Clown" (2019), "Hotel Del Luna" (2019) and "Beyond Evil" (2021), as well as films "Hwayi: A Monster Boy" (2013) "Shoot Me in the Heart" (2015) and "1987: When the Day Comes" (2017).

BY HALEY YANG [yang.hyunjoo@joongang.co.kr]