5 K-drama stars who chose multi-millionaires as their life partners

In K-dramas, romance frequently takes center stage on screen, but some South Korean actors have love stories that go beyond the characters they play. These K-drama actresses have found their happily-ever-afters with real-life partners who possesses wealth and prominence to match their own sparkling careers.

1. Jun Ji Hyun and Choi Joon Hyuk

In 2012, Jun Ji Hyun and her partner Choi Joon Hyuk tied the knot. The pair had been acquainted since they were young children and began to become close to one another as adults. The grandson of famous hanbok designer Lee Young Hee and the son of fashion designer Lee Jung Woo, Choi Joon Hyuk was a finance professional. In addition, he became the CEO of Alpha Asset Management in 2020, a company that looked after $339 million in assets.

2. Claudia Kim and Cha Min Geun

Renowned South Korean actress Claudia Kim has acted in a number of K-dramas, including The Atypical Family and Gyeongseong Creature. She can also be seen in Hollywood productions such as Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, The Dark Tower, and Avengers: Age of Ultron.The co-founder and CEO of DNK, Cha Min Geun, and the actress Wever tied the knot in 2019. Cha has worked for Mercedes-Benz and WeWork before. She has a background in computer engineering.

3. Park Ji Yoon and Cho Soo Yong

In 2019, Park Ji Yoon, an actress and singer, got married to Cho Soo Yong. In 2016, Cho Soo Yong began serving as Kakao’s CEO. In 2018, she was promoted to co-CEO. He became the highest-paid businessman in South Korea with the business’s $25.8 million total earnings.

4. Go Hyun Jung and Chung Yong Jin

One of the most well-known actresses in the showbiz is Go Hyun Jung, the 1989 Miss Korea runner-up. She later starred in Sandglass, the highly regarded drama. But in 1995, she made the decision to be married, and she stopped acting after that. The actress married Shinsegae vice chairman and chaebol of South Korea, Chung Yong Jin. They divorced in 2003, yet their union did not last long.

5. Park Shin Yang and Baek Hae Jin

TV personality Park Shin Yang has starred in several dramas like Sign, Painter of the Wind, Lovers in Paris, War of Money, and more. Nonetheless, the actress married Baek Hae Jin in 2022; she is the granddaughter of the founder of Sharp Aviation K and Häagen-Dazs Korea. In 2022, the combined family enterprises of the couple generated a sales revenue of $123 million.

Several other South Korean actors, such as So Yoo Jin and Baek Dong Won from the restaurant sector, Lee Si Young and Jo Seung Hyun from the restaurant industry, Noh Hyun Jung and Jung Dae Sun from HN Inc. and the Hyundai family, and others, are married into wealthy families in Korea.