Koo Jun-yeob of Clon will mark his second wedding anniversary since the death of the late Seohee.
Feb. 8, 2026, is the fourth wedding anniversary of Koo Jun-yeob and Seohee and also the second wedding anniversary Koo Jun-yeob will mark alone after Seohee's death.
Koo Jun-yeob and Seohee were married on Feb. 8, 2022. The two reportedly dated for about two years from 1998 before breaking up due to their agency's objections, and after hearing news of Seohee's divorce Koo Jun-yeob found her number from 20 years earlier, contacted her, proposed marriage, and they agreed to be together after registering their marriage only.
The reason they registered their marriage first was because foreign entry to Taiwan was limited due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Koo Jun-yeob proposed to Seohee over a video call, and the two became husband and wife. After announcing the marriage and flying to Taiwan, Koo Jun-yeob completed self-quarantine and succeeded in reuniting after about 20 years.
Regarding Koo Jun-yeob and Seohee's reunion, Seohee's ex-husband's side raised rumors of domestic violence, abortion and drugs. In response, Koo Jun-yeob and Seohee showed a firm relationship with decisive handling, and Koo Jun-yeob cared for the unwell Seohee with utmost devotion and helped her recovery. Seohee's sister Seoheeje said, "My older sister smiles like a child again," and shared an update on her changed condition.
But the parting was sudden. On Feb. 2 last year, Seohee, who had gone on a family trip to Japan, died at a Tokyo hospital from pneumonia caused by the flu. On a recent broadcast of KBS2's "The secret of celebrity patients," specialist Lee Nak-jun analyzed that Seohee's death was triggered decisively by her congenital heart condition, "mitral valve prolapse," which she had long suffered from, and "eclampsia (toxemia of pregnancy)," which had once put her into a coma during childbirth. He explained that for patients with underlying heart disease there can be no reassuring period of a "simple cold" because of the deadly chain reactions that occur when a virus invades.
Seohee's grave was prepared on Jinboshan in Taiwan. For more than a year, Koo Jun-yeob traveled a three-hour round trip every day to have meals with his wife. He carefully prepared the foods Seohee liked during her life and placed them on her tombstone, and he himself ate a late breakfast there. During meals he took out a tablet PC, played videos of the happy times the two had, and stared at the screen without end.
On the second anniversary on the 2nd, the memorial sculpture for Seohee, personally designed by Koo Jun-yeob, was completed smoothly and an unveiling ceremony was held. On the day of the unveiling, Seohee's sister Seoheeje, Seohee's mother, Koo Jun-yeob and the deceased's colleagues and close acquaintances from the entertainment industry attended to pay their respects.
Marking his second wedding anniversary without his wife, Koo Jun-yeob recently released a letter that moved many: "Heewon used to often tell me, 'I'm an alien from another planet.' So I wanted to create Heewon's own galaxy here. The nine cubes represent the nine planets including the sun. Heewon treated that number almost like her lucky number. The direction Heewon is looking now is about 208 degrees south. In the 208-degree direction is Taipei, so that the family there and I can always look at her; at the same time the number 208 also signifies our wedding anniversary, Feb. 8."
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