SEOUL, April 5 \u2014 Stray Kids member Felix shared a selfie with Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong, sparking attention on Instagram.<\/p>\n
The 25-year-old K-pop star uploaded the photo yesterday, showing both men in black suits, and captioned it simply in Korean: \u201chehe,\u201d followed by finger-heart and heart emojis.<\/p>\n
According to Korea JoongAng Daily, the picture was taken at a state luncheon at the Yeongbingwan guesthouse in Seoul during French President Emmanuel Macron\u2019s two-day visit to Korea.<\/p>\n
French First Lady Brigitte Macron, known for her interest in K-pop, greeted Stray Kids members individually and exchanged a kiss on the cheek with Felix.<\/p>\n
The event gathered prominent figures including Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Euisun Chung, CJ Group Chairman Sohn Kyung-sik, Hotel Shilla CEO Lee Boo-jin, former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and actor Jun Ji-hyun.<\/p>\n
Online users reacted quickly to Felix\u2019s post, calling it \u201ca shot that brings in money, with the Galaxy chairman and model,\u201d while others joked with the pun \u201cLee Jae-yong-bok,\u201d combining Lee\u2019s name with Felix\u2019s Korean name, Lee Yong-bok.<\/p>\n
Felix previously modelled for Samsung\u2019s Galaxy S25 Edge, adding context to the unusual pairing that spread widely online.<\/p>\n
Felix is one of the eight members of Stray Kids, a South Korean boy band formed by JYP Entertainment in 2017.<\/p>\n
The group is known for its energetic performances and self\u2011produced music, with global hits such as God\u2019s Menu,\u00a0Maniac,\u00a0Thunderous and Chk Chk Boom.<\/p>\n
Stray Kids has built a strong international following, with members often serving as brand ambassadors and appearing at high-profile cultural events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEOUL, April 5 \u2014 Stray Kids member Felix shared a selfie with Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[125],"tags":[7803,242,8769,9207,9209,9208,1040,9206],"class_list":["post-10152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-emmanuel-macron","tag-brigitte-macron","tag-emmanuel-macron","tag-executive-chairman","tag-felix","tag-korea-joongang-daily","tag-lee-jae-yong","tag-samsung-electronics","tag-stray-kids"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116350349574244178","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}