Bahk Eun-ji has been with The Korea Times since 2012, building a career across multiple desks. She began at the Business Desk, where she conducted in-depth interviews with key figures in Korea's corporate world. Later, she moved to the Politics & City Desk, focusing on education policy and social affairs. She later served as team leader of the digital content team, leading curation efforts on the newspaper’s homepage and reshaping print stories for social media audiences to enhance digital reach. Now back on the Politics Desk, she covers the National Assembly and the Ministry of National Defense, with a renewed focus on political developments.
More stars turning to private weddings
Bae young-joon and Park Soo-jin / Courtesy of Instagram
By Bahk Eun-ji
By Bahk Eun-ji
The wedding of Bae Yong-joon and Park Soo-jin brings memories of other super stars’ weddings.
Like Bae and Park, more stars are choosing smaller, private weddings.
Actors Won Bin and Lee Na-young tied the knot at a secret ceremony in May. They married at a remote location in Won’s hometown in Jeongseon, Gangwon Province.
Lee Hyo-ri and Lee Sang-soon / Yonhap
Singers Lee Hyo-ri and Lee Sang-soon also wed privately at their house on Jeju Island, with only immediate families invited.
Top stars have usually celebrated their marriage at a five-star hotel. Actors Jang Dong-gun and Ko So-young’s wed at Hotel Shilla in Seoul in 2010.
Jang Dong-gun and Ko So-young / Yonhap
Actor Lee Byung-hun and Lee Min-jung married at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in 2013, with about 900 guests.
Lee Byung-hun and Lee Min-jung / Yonhap
Celebrity couple Lee Bo-young and Ji Sung tied the knot at Walkerhill Hotel in Seoul in 2013 after a six-year relationship.