Samsung Electronics head's ex-wife and actor's romance going strong

Lee Jung-jae in a scene from "Svaha" (2019). Photo from Naver

By Ko Dong-hwan

Actor Lee Jung-jae's four-year romance with Lim Se-ryung, the ex-wife of Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong, appears to be going strong.

Lee and Lim, who is an executive director at Korean condiment and food manufacturing conglomerate Daesang, were seen at the international art exhibition “Art Basel” at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center in late March.

YTN reported the couple wore casual outfits, with Lim in a safari-style jump suit. They were accompanied by Jung Woo-sung, another Korean triple-A actor, known as Lee's longtime friend.

Lee Jae-yong and Lim Se-ryung raise glasses during their engagement ceremony in 1998.

Lee debuted as an actor in 1993, while Lim, a New York University psychology program graduate, married Lee Jae-yong, the son of Samsung Group chairman Lee Kun-hee, in 1998 and divorced in 2009. They have two children. Lim filed a divorce suit demanding alimony of 1 billion won ($870,000), custody of her son and daughter and half of Lee's 1 trillion won in property.

Lim is the eldest daughter of Daesang's honorary president Lim Chang-wook. She started working in management in 2009.

Lee and Lim admitted their relationship in 2015 after their romance was revealed.