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.\u00a0<\/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":383471,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[170950,9146,93,170949,61,60,166453,278,6375,170951],"class_list":{"0":"post-383470","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-brigitte-macron","9":"tag-emmanuel-macron","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-felix-stray-kids","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-lee-jae-yong","15":"tag-music","16":"tag-samsung-electronics","17":"tag-yeongbingwan-seoul"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}