Star's husband files for divorce

Lee Min-kyoung, center, with members of Diva / Korea Times file

The husband of musical actress and former K-pop singer Lee Min-kyoung from girl band Diva has filed for divorce after a two-year marriage.

Samuel Cho, 42, filed for divorce in a court in California, Maeil Business Newspaper said Monday.

The daily paper quoted a Cho acquaintance as saying the couple had been living separately since January 2014.

Cho is a Korean-American, with a Korean father and a Japanese mother.

The couple has a two-year-old daughter.

Lee was pregnant when she married Cho in October 2013. Their secret marriage was revealed a few months later.

Lee was with the band from 1999 until it disbanded in 2005. She then became a musical actress, starring in “Singin’ in the Rain” and “On Air Season 2.”