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Age gap rises among Korean celebrity couples
Couples that share a large age gap still raise eyebrows in Korea, but this may soon be accepted as commonplace with changes in the Korean entertainment industry.
K-pop singer and rapper Park Joon-hyung, 45, from boy group g.o.d, announced plans Monday to marry his flight attendant fiancee -- who is 13 years his junior -- next month.
Singer-rapper Park Joon-hyung, also known as Joon Park, plans to tie the knot with his flight attendant girlfriend -- who is 13 years younger than him -- next month. (OSEN) |
Singers Sulli (right), from girl group f(x), and Choiza, from hip-hop duo Dynamic Duo, are dating despite a 14-year age gap. (OSEN) |
Actor Bae Yong-joon (left) separated from his girlfriend of over a year -- who is 14 years younger than him -- in February. (OSEN) |
Singer Seo Taiji (right) married his second wife, actress Lee Eun-sung, who is 16 years younger than him. (Seo Taiji Company) |
"People teased me for 'stealing' a wife who is 12 years younger than me," said Lee, who has two sons with his wife. Lee made the comments in 2010 at the wedding of fellow comedian Seo Kyung-seok, whose wife is 14 years his junior.
Television personality and comedian Lee Soo-geun (left) married his stylist wife Park Ji-yeon -- who is 12 years younger than him -- in 2008. They have two sons together. (Story On) |
Television personality and comedian Lee Soo-geun's older brother, Lee Soo-cheol (right), admitted on a TV program to dating a girl 19 years younger than him. (KBS) |
Television personality and comedian Seo Kyung-seok married his wife -- a recently graduated art student at the time, who is 14 years younger than him -- in 2010. (Hwang Madam) |
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