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| Lee Jung-jae arrives at the LACMA Art + Film Gala at Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles, Nov. 6. AP-Yonhap |
By Yoon Ja-young
Actor Lee Jung-jae, who stars in the global hit Netflix original series, "Squid Game," was in the spotlight at an art and film event held in Los Angeles, appearing with Lim Se-ryung, who is the vice chairwoman of the Korean condiment and food manufacturing conglomerate, Daesang Group. The couple have been in a relationship for seven years.
The 49-year-old actor attended the LACMA Art+Film Gala held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles, Nov. 6. The annual event, supported by the luxury brand, Gucci, aims to honor artists who have contributed to the development of modern and visual art. Among the participants this year were the other Korean actors of "Squid Game," Lee Byung-hun and Park Hae-soo, as well as its director, Hwang Dong-hyuk. The other Korean actors, Kang Dong-won and Jung Woo-sung, as well as film director Steven Spielberg and artist Amy Sherald, were also in attendance at the event.
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| This combination of file photos shows Daesang Group vice chairwoman Lim Se-ryung, left, and actor Lee Jung-jae. Korea Times file |
The couple made public that they are dating in January 2015 after their romance was revealed by local tabloid Dispatch.
The 44-year-old Lim is the eldest of the two daughters of Daesang Group's honorary chairman, Lim Chang-wook. She had previously married Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong, the only son of the late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee, in 1998, when she was studying business administration at Yonsei University in Seoul. The couple, however, divorced in 2009 after Lim filed a divorce suit. They have two children, whom they reportedly agreed take joint custody of. She started working in the management of her father's business at that time.
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