{"id":8499,"date":"2011-04-22T19:04:29","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T19:04:29","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-15T13:37:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T13:37:04","slug":"nation-shocked-by-celebrities-secret-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=8499","title":{"rendered":"Nation Shocked by Celebrities\u2019 Secret Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It\u2019s South Korea\u2019s biggest story of the week, maybe of the year. Well, it\u2019s definitely all that anyone is talking about today and it all boils down to this: How did two of the nation\u2019s biggest celebrities keep their marriage and divorce secret from prying public eyes for almost 15 years?  The news, broken by a sports newspaper on Thursday, is that TV actress E Ji-ah and the iconic pop star Seo Tae-ji had been married for almost ten years, divorced for nearly five and are now wrangling over a financial settlement. Ms. E is seeking 5.5 billion won, or about $5 million.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Seo Taiji &#8211; Ultramania<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BykZNO5GCfA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Incredible. Huge stars. Secret marriage. Divorce. Disloyalty. Money.  After the news broke, Ms. E\u2019s management agency \u2013 Keyeast, owned by superstar actor Bae Yong-joon \u2014 issued a statement from her in which she expressed fondness for Mr. Seo and sought forgiveness from the public.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>only other one &#8211; e ji ah<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pVlkpRMB-fI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Bae Yong Joon &#038; Choi Ji Woo *Happy Wedding 2010* <\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jWAfpU-PWh0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSince I made a d\u00e9but, I have had no choice but to conceal my past, because the other side was a very famous person,\u201d Ms. E said in the statement. \u201cI feel really sorry about that (covering up). I wanted to work things out smoothly with him whom I dearly loved even though I was very young, but it didn\u2019t turn out as I wanted. I am having a hard time for myself.\u201d  According to the statement, they got married in 1997 soon after Mr. Seo suddenly disbanded his rock group, Seo Taeji and Boys, and moved to U.S. In 2006, she filed for divorce, citing \u201cunusual jobs and lifestyle\u201d of her husband and \u201cdifference of character.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/korearealtime\/2011\/04\/22\/nation-shocked-by-celebrities-secret-lives\/?mod=WSJBlog&#038;mod=WSJASIA_hpp_asiarealtime\" title=\"SOURCE\">SOURCE<\/a><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s South Korea\u2019s biggest story of the week, maybe of the year. 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