By Kwon Mee-yoo

Actor Jung Woo-sung, 37, admitted dating actress E Ji-ah, 30, who starred as his counterpart in the recent drama "Athena."

"I am having a good time with this new friend after filming the drama," Jung wrote on his website on Sunday. He also admitted his love for E while meeting his fans on the same day. "E and I have things in common and I want people to wait and see our relationship," he said.

Several photos of the two stars together in Paris taken on March 6 were revealed on the Internet on March 11 and the two returned to Korea separately, without commenting on the rumors.

Neither E nor her agency has released any official statement on the issue.

In the action-packed "Athena" the couple as secret agent partners of the National anti-Terrorist Service.

Heartthrob Jung, known for his tough image has appeared on both the small and big screen, with his work including "Reign of Assassins" (2010), "A Good Rain Knows" (2009) and "The Good, the Bad, and the Weird" (2008).

E made her debut in 2007 as Bae Yong-joon's love interest in the hit show "Taewangsasingi" (The Four Guardian Gods of the King) and starred in television dramas such as "Beethoven Virus" (2008) and "Style" (2009).