On March 22, Dispatch reported that former Big Bang member Seungri was spotted vacationing in Bangkok, Thailand, with influencer Yoo Hye Won earlier this month.

The news media outlet reported that the two were casually displaying affection toward each other while avoiding encounters with other Korean tourists. This latest news puts weight on the rumors that Seungri and the influencer are dating.

The dating rumors between the two first surfaced in October 2018, when a Chinese media outlet published a photo of a man and a woman, presumed to be Seungri and Yoo Hye Won, embracing each other in the street. Afterward, dating rumors between the two came up again in September 2020, when Seungri enlisted as an active duty soldier for his mandatory military service. At the time, netizens claimed that a woman holding a dog in her lap had accompanied Seungri in his vehicle, and many raised suspicions that the woman was Yoo Hye Won.

The latest photos of Seungri and Yoo Hye Won confirmed that the two were indeed in Bangkok, Thailand, and were vacationing with each other.

Now Korean netizens are certain that Seungri and Yoo Hye Won have been dating since 2018, and the influencer patiently waited for Seungri's release from prison.

Korean netizens commented, "So she did wait for him to be released from prison," "How can she wait for a guy like that to come out of prison?" "I hope they have a long-lasting love and never break up," "One and a half years is way too short for his sentence," "Korea is such a good country to live in if you're a criminal," "How can she be dating Seungri," "She needs to take care of him for the rest of his life," "She is so amazing in another level," "I guess that's true love," "This is really fascinating to me, how can she date a criminal?" "Wow," "Please get married and never let him go, lol," "They are the same two people, that's why they're dating," and "Hope you are happy."