Ten Korean Celebrities Who Got Married For Popularity But Failed

Written by Nattawut Thongchai

Some couple solely marries to be more in the audience's eyes and not because of love. A marriage that's based on lies and in the public eye only cannot survive longer. That's what happened with all the marriages of these celebrities. Let's see some of them.

1. Ham So Won And Jin Hua

Ham So Won and Jin Hua are famous South Korean actors and singers. They have an age gap of 18 years. The netizens were not optimistic about their relationship. Their parents also opposed their marriage and also threatened Jin Hua to disown him if he continue the relationship. The couple was accused of scripting their relationship and Jin Hua's family backgrounds for fame and viewership.

2. Ji Yeon Soo And Eli Kim

Ji Yeon Soo is a model, and Eli Kim was a member of the boyband U-Kiss. They got married in 2017, they have an age gap of 11 years. That's why many opposed their relationship, but they anyway married each other. They had a son together. In 2020, the couple got divorced. After the divorce, Eli flew to America. He came back to Korea and got reunited with his kid. In the interview, he revealed his difficulties in the marriage and made clear that he won’t be marrying Ji Yeon Soo again.

3. Go Hyun Jung And Chung Yong Jin

Go Hyun Jung is a famous South-Korean actress, and Chung Yong Jin is a known businessman and the son of the chairman of Shinsegae Group, Lee Myung-Hee, and also the grandson of Samsung founder Lee Byung-Chull. Go Hyun Jung got retired from acting after her marriage to him in 1995. Their marriage lasted only eight years, and they got divorced after that. After the divorce, Go Hyun Jung's life turned upside down. She lost custody of all her kids to Chung Yong Jin and was not even allowed to visit them. She started working again so that her kids can see her on-screen at least.

4. Koo Hye-Sun And Ahn Jae Hyun

Goo Hye Sun is a South Korean actress, singer, songwriter, director, and producer. She married Ahn Jae Hyun who is also an actor and model. They married in 2016 after starring together in the drama Blood. Fans see them as a perfect couple, but they parted ways in 2019. Hye Sun told the media that Ahn Jae Hyun is the one who initiated the divorce because he no longer found their marriage interesting enough.

5. Park Han Byul And Se7en

Park Han Byul is a South Korean actress and model, and Se7en is a solo artist. They started dating young as high-school sweethearts and eventually ended up getting married. Soon after their marriage Se7en was rumored to have affairs with other women. After the rumors, the couple split, and soon after that Park Han Byu started going out with actors.

6. Dongho And Kim Seehee

Dongho is a South-Korean singer. He is also a former member of the South Korean boyband U-Kiss. In 2015, he married Kim Seehee, a non-celebrity. In 2016, they even had a kid. Everything was going super well for the couple until 2018 when they released an official statement regarding their divorce. Dongho was moving back and forth to Korea from Japan because of his business. Due to this, Kim Seehee struggled to raise their child all alone.

7. Lee Dong Gun And Jihyeon

Lee Dong Gun is a South Korean actor and singer. In 2015, he got married to Jihyeon. She is also an actress, model, and singer. They had an age gap of thirteen years. However, netizens believed that they'll overcome the age gap. But, fate had a different story to tell, they separated in 2017. And within a month of their separation, Lee Dong Gun was rumored to be dating another woman.

8. Song Joong Ki And Song Hye Kyo

Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo are famous South-Korean origin actors and models. They got married in 2017, but within 20 months of their marriage, they parted ways. The majority of the information about their divorce was kept silent, but it was rumored that the reason behind their split was their personality differences.

9. P Goon And Yumin

P Goon is a former member of the South Korean boyband BP RaNIA and Yumin was also a former member of the band group. They tied the knot in 2018. But right after six months of their marriage, they called it off. it was rumored that the reason behind their divorce was their disagreements.