By Kwon Mee-yoo
Singer Lee Eun-mi, 45, revealed that she married in January, Lee's management agency Neobiz announced Wednesday through a press release.
"Lee married to a businessman in Santa Barbara, Calif. on Jan. 12," the agency said. "The newlyweds set up their home in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul."
The agency said Lee and her husband, whose business is based in the United States, has been friends for some 20 years.
"I am sorry to break the news so late, but my spouse is an ordinary entrepreneur and I wanted to keep it quiet for him," she said in the press release. "He has been supporting my life through music."
Debuted in 1992, Lee released six studio albums. She is well-known for hit songs including "I Have a Lover."
Currently, she appears as a mentor at "MBC Star Audition," a survival reality show.
Often found at theaters and museums, Kwon Mee-yoo has covered a wide range of cultural fields from K-pop and dramas to theater and fine art for over a decade. Now as K-Culture Desk editor, she tries to connect Korean culture with global readers through fresh perspectives.