The couple has been married for 9 years, has 2 children together but rarely appears together.
In 2015, Bae Yong Joon suddenly announced his marriage to younger actress Park Soo Jin, a “junior” in Keyeast entertainment company. Their wedding was attended only by family members and a few close friends at the luxury Sheraton Grand Walkerhill hotel in Seoul, South Korea in July 2015.
Park Soo Jin leads a private life after marrying actor Bae Yong Joon (Photo: Naver). |
Before that, the two had never revealed dating news or appeared together at events and only a few rare pictures from the wedding were revealed afterward. According to statistics from Korean media, the most expensive cost of a wedding is the bride’s car costing 1 million USD and Park Soo Jin’s wedding dress costing 70,000-100,000 USD.
In October 2016, Bae Yong Joon and Park Soo Jin welcomed their first son into the world. In 2018, the actress and Bae Yong Joon welcomed their second child, a baby girl. After getting married, Park Soo Jin also gave up his job as an actress and focused on taking care of the family home.
On her personal page, Park Soo Jin occasionally reveals her post-wedding life to fans. The beauty loves baking and cooking for her husband and children. In addition, she also posts photos of herself on trips and vacations with friends.
Bae Yong Joon is a familiar face in the Korean entertainment industry and has been famous since the early years when the “Korean wave” developed in Asia. Works with his participation include First Love, Honest with Love (1999), Hotel Manager (2001), Winter Sonata, Snow in April (2005), Four Gods of the Crown Prince (2007) were both successful in terms of viewership ratings, affirming Bae Yong Joon’s status as an A-list star.
Rare image of Bae Yong Joon and his young wife at their wedding in 2015 (Photo: Naver). |
After achieving much success in his film career, Bae Yong Joon was determined to establish his own entertainment company, named Keyeast. Bae Yong Joon is known as the “tycoon of the Korean entertainment industry” when he sponsors and helps many young Korean stars develop their careers.
Since the movie The King of the Four Gods, Bae Yong Joon has stopped acting to focus on running an entertainment company and real estate business.
He has a chain of luxury restaurants, tea rooms and a chain of stores in the wealthy neighborhood of Gangnam, Seoul, Korea. His business career brought the star Bae a huge fortune. According to Newsen, the Korean actor’s estimated assets are up to 1.7 billion USD.
Contrary to her famous and wealthy husband, Park Soo Jin is just a B-list actor in the Korean entertainment industry. Before marrying actor Bae Yong Joon, Park Soo Jin was not known to many people.
Before being an actress, she was a member of the group Suga. The group debuted in 2002. After leaving the group, she turned to acting.
Before marrying Bae Yong Joon, Park Soo Jin was an employee at his company and had a rather lackluster career (Photo: Newsen). |
The most famous role in her career is a supporting role in the project Meteor Garden. In addition, the 39-year-old beauty also participated in a number of projects such as My girlfriend is a fox, Queen Seondeok, Love you a thousand times…
Since getting married, Park Soo Jin no longer acts in movies or participates in entertainment activities. The last activity of the beauty born in 1985 was the Olive Channel entertainment show Oksu-dong Master Disciple, broadcast in 2016.
Also during their 9 years of marriage, Park Soo Jin and Bae Yong Joon hardly appeared together. The couple also keeps information about their children private.
The Korean online community admits that Bae Yong Joon’s wife has a very fulfilling and happy life, owns many expensive brands, and can travel all over the world. The actress and her husband live in a villa worth up to 8.5 million USD in Korea.
Park Soo Jin’s current life is very peaceful and fulfilling (Photo: Instagram). |
In 2018, when she gave birth to her second child, she was criticized for occupying her child’s incubator for 2 months, causing many other children to not be warm enough, at a general hospital in Seoul (South Korea).
After that, she had to write a handwritten letter apologizing and emphasizing that everything was just a rumor. “I gave birth to my first child, the boy was born prematurely, making my thinking at that time become confused, unable to come up with the right behavior in time,” the actress said.
According to some sources, Park Soo Jin is not currently living in Korea. She is said to have moved to Hawaii (USA) with her family since 2022, occasionally returning to Korea.
Recently, Korean media reported that Park Soo Jin withdrew from the entertainment industry. Keyeast company representative also confirmed the information: “Currently, Park Soo Jin does not have an exclusive contract. She has not been active in the entertainment industry for several years. Her exclusive contract with Keyeast has ended.” ended a long time ago”.
As for actor Bae Yong Joon, he stopped being active on social networks after 2017. Korean media said he had retired. The big star of the Korean entertainment industry does not have a management company after selling shares in Keyeast to SM Entertainment.
The drama Dream High (2011) and the cultural program Journey in Search of Korean Beauty were the last two projects the actor participated in. The last leading role of star Bae was in the 2007 MBC TV series – The Four Divine Records of the Crown Prince.