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K-pop girl group T-ara member Jiyeon was spotted with her 34-year-old boyfriend Lee Dong-gun at a restaurant in Gangnam, a local tabloid newspaper reported Monday.The couple sported matching outfits -- black army caps and black tops.In May, the two first met on the sets of Korean-Chinese romance film “Xie Hou (Encounter),” in which they were cast as the central couple.Lee is 13 years older than Jiyeon. He started his acting career as a singer in 1997 before rising to stardom through various hit TV dramas like “Sweet 18” (2004), “Lovers in Paris” (2004) and “Super Daddy Yeol” (2015). Jiyeon debuted with K-pop female sextet T-ara in 2009.By Ko Ji-seon (jiseonko@heraldcorp.com)