Kwon Sang-woo and Sohn Tae-young: The wedding frenzy
by javabeans
I’ll admit, I wasn’t really planning to cover Kwon Sang-woo’s wedding news, but it’s everywhere right now so I’ll highlight the key points:
- Kwon Sang-woo held a press conference on July 18 in Seoul’s Plaza Hotel to confirm the rumors that have been swirling since people got wind of his romance with fellow actress Sohn Tae-young yesterday.
- Approximately 300 reporters were in attendance, with some Japanese female fans as well.
- Sohn Tae-young was not present.
- …because the media are harassing her.
- The wedding date is set for September 28. The ceremony will take place at Shilla Hotel; the honeymoon is yet undecided.
- After acting in the drama I Am Sam and having a cameo on Iljimae, Sohn Tae-young had been the host for cable channel DongA TV’s beauty and fashion program Sohn Tae-young’s Life Magazine, which she is now quitting.
- She cites the sudden media flurry as her reason for the sudden departure; the heightened scrutiny would make it impossible for her to carry on her program as normal. The episode she recorded on July 17 was her last.
- She’s also suspended her drama and CF casting activities.
- That has caused people to wonder, will Sohn Tae-young retire completely?
- Kwon Sang-woo says she’ll keep working.
- The two lovebirds met when they were introduced through Kim Sung-soo, Kwon’s co-star in the recent drama Bad Love. He first met her when eating dinner with Kim Sung-soo.
- The proposal wasn’t fancy. He’d bought a ring, gotten nervous, and even cried, after which she hugged him.
- He’s never been to her place (“all celebrities tend to be extra careful before things are definite”).
- They did travel to Australia together, with “close friends.”
- He’d originally intended to reveal his wedding plans to his fans first, at this upcoming birthday-cum-fanmeeting on August 5. But the news broke early and pre-empted that intention. (Aside: Could you imagine the possible disaster that could have been? Look at the media craze now — imagine if the news broke at a fan meeting attended by all his adoring female fans. Hilarrrrious.)
- He says Sohn treats his mother extremely well, one of the reasons he fell for her.
- He also wants to be a father.
- But it’s “absolutely not” because she’s pregnant! Her mother refuted claims that the speed of the announcement suggested a shotgun wedding.
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1 Jessica
July 18, 2008 at 8:26 PM
Wah... Sohn Tae-young is so elegant and Kwon Sang-woo is so handsome. They're actually a perfect match in terms of attractiveness.
And I'm actually surprised that she hasn't been a leading actress yet.
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2 len
July 18, 2008 at 8:54 PM
oppa...ahnyong!
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3 awesomeness
July 18, 2008 at 8:55 PM
i thought he was going out with ha ji won? wat happened?
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4 questions846
July 18, 2008 at 8:58 PM
It's kinda sad....he was my first Korean Movie Star Love.
I feel like a teenie who's heart is broken, oh well - he was getting old and it's always a good thing when people get married.
Congrats to the happy, win the pretty-boy/pretty-girl lottery couple!
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5 addicted
July 18, 2008 at 9:03 PM
Crap. That just crushed my dream fantasy of a Kwon and Rain coupling.
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6 Annie
July 18, 2008 at 9:35 PM
I'm happy for him. hopefully they'll treat each other well and we won't have to hear about yet another celebrity couple breaking up.
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7 shro
July 18, 2008 at 9:53 PM
ahh, im sad but hes getting old so its fine. son taeyoung is beautiful and i loved her in the railroad. mann, that was a good movie.
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8 leeya
July 18, 2008 at 10:21 PM
oh that is very fast i hope they already know each other well in short period that they are sweethearts hope they will not have trouble on their marriage in the future
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9 Thursday
July 18, 2008 at 10:35 PM
He looks so happy and, of course, gorgeous!
He seems a level-headed person. I hope she is, too.
I wish them well.
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10 Mel
July 18, 2008 at 10:49 PM
O.O *Shock*
I just heard he was dating her last night and after a couple of hours now he is getting married?? Dang relationships in Korea are FAST!
He is my first Korean Crush and thanks to him (after watching Stairways To Heaven) I developed a mild (Ok not so mild) crush on him and an addiction to Korean Dramas/Movies/Food/Language, etc.
T.T I am sadden by this but since I had no chance what so ever..... Oppa Shu kan da (congrats?)! ~~~~^___^
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11 gossip girl
July 19, 2008 at 12:20 AM
aww, seems like we have lots of broken hearts ladies here!
I think they look really good together!
Both gorgeous!
he looks so happy too. o my.
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12 iDAREyou
July 19, 2008 at 12:54 AM
didn't she just broke up with that what's his name MV director a couple of months ago??.. and now she's getting married? lol
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13 whaleatape
July 19, 2008 at 1:56 AM
Congratulations to the two of them.
Sincerely hope that their relationship will last.
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14 katherine
July 19, 2008 at 3:51 AM
gosh. i've still not recovered from the shock yet.
though im not as crazy about KSW compared to last time, but still....
isn't their progress kinda fast???
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15 gingerbread_girl
July 19, 2008 at 3:53 AM
i'm happy for them both...and it's about time for KSW :)
i find the girl really pretty ever since I saw her in Marrying a Millionaire...
congratulations!
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16 jh
July 19, 2008 at 6:14 AM
Guess they met each other at the right moment in their lives.
Both are gorgeous people. Hope there is happy ever after...
Good luck to both!
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17 daydreamer
July 19, 2008 at 7:46 AM
somethings fishy though. why such a rush in the wedding? is that the norm in korea? you'd think if they are doing a lavish wedding (befitting a celebrity) they'd need more than 2/3 months time. but, anyways, congrats. i never developed that fangir crush on him but i like him enough. she's pretty.
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18 ggeh
July 19, 2008 at 7:52 AM
This certainly is a shocker. And they're holding the wedding at the Shilla, where her first ex, Joo Young Hoon, got married? Smart...REAL smart...
And I'll probably get flamed for this, but I give them one month. And that's being generous. If we have anything to learn from history, it's that Son Tae Young can't hold onto a man. There are very reliable sources that say her mother is partly to blame..She's also quite famous for pulling all sorts of crap to get her daughter any gig she can..
But if KSW and STY actually make it to the altar, then I truly do hope they live happily ever after..
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19 heartbroken
July 19, 2008 at 8:11 AM
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20 shellshocked lanny
July 19, 2008 at 8:28 AM
Wow, I guess I took it for granted that he'd remain single for a long time to come until fans' crushes wane. I guess not. It was so recent that news broke that he was seeing someone, now the wedding plans are confirmed????
Isnt he afraid his popularity will nosedive? Not that it hasnt..
No offence, but Tae-young is not pretty in these pics and a few others I 've seen. To me, there are prettier ladies - Sung Yuri, Im soo-jung, Kim Hee Sun (ok she's married), Han Ye Seul, and even Hyori...
And wasnt he rumored to be seeing Kim Hanuel
What about those rumors that he's a real playa? Is this girl really able to change and un-do all those yrs of habitual playing the field? Old habits die hard.....
Gosh, so many questions
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21 sky
July 19, 2008 at 9:06 AM
i afraid that the girl will marry him because he is rich and famous.....yesterday,i saw this news and also about she and her first ex,is she good or bad person?she seems to have so many boyfriends.
KSW,u should marry kim ha neul, ha ji won or other person.
i hope both of u are good person and will lead happy life.
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22 ed
July 19, 2008 at 9:14 AM
300 reporters...that's more media attention than he got for his movie press-con!!
one thing i find funny: her dating history, although publicized already, is picked through like leftovers. but his?! double standard much?
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23 dada
July 19, 2008 at 9:45 AM
I could smell jealousy in here, lol.
They're gonna make beautiful babies that's for sure :)
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24 Dimples
July 19, 2008 at 10:33 AM
Since he's Catholic (and so is his mother) I'm VERY surprised the ceremony will be in a hotel. We Catholics can only have wedding ceremonies in a church or chapel. Anywhere else is not allowed. Otherwise, it can't be a Catholic ceremony. Hmmmm, this is a little puzzling.
Besides this, I'm REALLY excited for him. The bride to be is GORGEOUS.
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25 bebo
July 19, 2008 at 11:46 AM
dimples...maybe the bride is not converting? or maybe they'll have mass in church but the reception is at the hotel? either way, this wedding is happening pretty fast but i'm learning that it's not unusual for koreans to speed things up. :) all of my korean friends who are of age didn't wait long to get married...within a year of dating the person. i don't find STY's dating history a thing to criticize at all b/c he's a well-known player himself but i do question the motivation. the cynicist in me thinks that she knows she caught a big fish and she's not letting go!
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26 asianromance
July 19, 2008 at 12:31 PM
wow he looks so happy! congrats for the both of them though i do think the excessive media focus is a bit ridiculous
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27 Jo
July 19, 2008 at 3:14 PM
I'm just curious to know how long the marriage will last.
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28 AWW
July 19, 2008 at 3:20 PM
I heard that Kwon Sang Woo went to Austrailia with Son Tae Young and gave her a necklace while they were riding a hot air balloon...so romantic. Congrats!
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29 pandapop
July 19, 2008 at 5:29 PM
I hope that KSW’s mother is a decent mother–in-law, not like the ones we see in k-dramas ala. Winter Birds.
KSW seems very close to his mother, He even said that he’s attracted to Son Tae Young because STY is extremely nice to his mother……..Can there be 2 women in KSW’s life???? (^=^). Best wishes for all of them.
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30 Dimples
July 19, 2008 at 6:26 PM
"dimples…maybe the bride is not converting? or maybe they’ll have mass in church but the reception is at the hotel?"
Well...First of all, the non-Catholic partner does NOT have to convert in order to have a valid Catholic ceremony with the Catholic partner. The non-Catholic partner simply has to promise to be open to having children and must also agree to let the Catholic partner raise the children in the Catholic religion. That's really all they have to do. And this works out just fine with many, many couples like this where one partner is not Catholic.
Even if the Catholic partner is not very religious, Catholics generally like to have a valid Catholic ceremony in a church.
The only reason I can think of why a Catholic would not marry in a Catholic ceremony is if the person they are marrying is divorced. Has this lady been married before? I didn't see that written anywhere.
But you could be right...they may be having the ceremony in a church and the reception in the hotel. I hope this is the case. But I was just going by what the article says, "Wedding to be held at hotel". Well, we'll find out in a couple months, right?
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31 Dimples
July 19, 2008 at 6:30 PM
Honestly, I think he's a great actor, a nice guy and fantastic looking. But I don't think I could marry him. Really. His attachment to his mother is something I would not be able to tolerate. I'm almost scared for his new wife. But, if his mother is a wonderful, wonderful lady then she deserves to have people attached to her!
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32 saryKIM
July 19, 2008 at 6:37 PM
Whoa, I totally did not see this coming. I didn't even know that they were dating! Haha..! I'm not really surprised that the media is getting really crazy about this. I mean, this is Kwon Sangwoo we're talking about.
Well, I really hope that they live happily and don't get divorced. I hate seeing news of break-ups and divorces. Ahh I'm so happy for them! :D
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33 yetti
July 19, 2008 at 7:19 PM
wow, his eyes make him look totally old :(
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34 Rachael
July 19, 2008 at 7:52 PM
Here's an odd theory I thought of on the whole "wedding in a church thing." They've been getting a lot of harrassment from the media, as noted in the higlights it sounds like. Not to mention reactions of fans towards this news. So its possible that maybe they announced it at a hotel because they knew there would be an audience. I predict its a pretty large place. Also by saying its somewhere like that media, nutters, etc. wouldn't concentrate on checking out the possible churches to harrass them further. Not to mention the people at the churches themselves wouldn't have to drown in all of this. Which means they could, possibly, seek out having a very small, private ceremony a day or two before with no interruptions (dam, this sounds like it could be a drama all on its own). Then, since they'd taken the step already, it might make the three ring circus of the public wedding feel much more managable to some degree.
Gah, that still sounds garbled, but hopefully that's just me.
It could also just be there's a chapel or something there. Or he's not quite that religious. Or got permission somehow to do it in said hotel since a priest of said faith would be still overseeing the ceremony.
No one would ever admit it was a shotgun wedding, even if it was. So I chuckle over the mother defending that its not since it could still be possible.
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35 asthrie
July 19, 2008 at 8:47 PM
why he don't marry with kim ha neul or ha ji won??
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36 orangemania
July 19, 2008 at 9:22 PM
wow everything is soo fast, i just read about it as a rumour now its wedding bells. sohn tae young didn't get to fully pursue her career yet, sad, too bad she is not working for awhile since her husband is going to be KWON SANG WOO. congrats!!!
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37 yumei
July 19, 2008 at 9:57 PM
i'm so sad right now...I'm so haertbroken but i think i can recovered from this^lol^
having a crush on celebrites and wanting to date them it's just a dream.
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38 ikky
July 20, 2008 at 4:42 AM
this is just too fast
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39 Felicity
July 20, 2008 at 10:48 AM
OMG, Kwong "THE BODY" Sang Woo is getting hitched?? Chinca?? *jaw drops*
I'm still in shock. Why Sohn Tae Yong, I wonder. She's so plastic looking. KSW can do much better.....ahem, *cough* like Kim Ha Neul*cough* I wouldn't be too sure about them making beautiful babies as the mother's beauty is mostly artificial...
Anyways, congrats to the couple.
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40 Dimples
July 20, 2008 at 10:48 AM
@ Rachel
I bet your theory is right. Private ceremony in appropriate place away from maddening crowds. Public ceremony or party at more public place. Actually, it would create a good diversion.
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41 tc
July 20, 2008 at 5:51 PM
Celebrities have their rights too. KSW has made his decision of his future wife.
Right or wrong that is his choice, his right, and his life. At this point, his fans
should just wish him best of luck! One thing though, he should've revealed
the news after the trip to Australia. What was he thinking of announcing it at
his birthday in August with the wedding date already set in Sept.?!
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42 Rachael
July 20, 2008 at 10:32 PM
@ Dimples
What's funny though is I thought of this because I've had a classmate do something along those lines. Her husband was shipping off soon to the Sandbox, and that has all sorts of possabilities, not all good. So they got married secretly (very few know, like their parents) before he first got shipped out. They still have a date they told everyone publicing meanwhile that isn't here yet. And we're talking secretly married I months and months ago, while the public date is just starting to come up.
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43 Rachael
July 20, 2008 at 10:35 PM
I don't know why, but it won't let me edit. So pardon the bad grammar I'm not allowed to fix right now.
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44 Liv
July 21, 2008 at 12:12 AM
I will be in mourning until September 29th. Let me know when its over.... :P On a more serious note, I do wish them well. Begrudgingly, but its the same sentiment nonetheless.
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45 shinhwa_girl
July 21, 2008 at 10:38 AM
whew! they're quite in a hurry, aren't they? damn it! now i'm gonna have to scratch Sang Woo off my potential korean husband-to-be list! lol
i wish he was marrying Ha Ji Won though. love them in Love, So Divine and in their CFs together. oh well!
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46 LOVIN IT.
July 21, 2008 at 7:31 PM
MY HEART IS BROKEN </3
hes mineeeee.
sontaeyoung is one reallly lucky girl.
theyre both attractive but ksw is more of course.
sobsob he was my first kdrama actor obsession. :( :( :(
congrats though! :)
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47 Marzy
July 22, 2008 at 1:16 AM
WHOAAHHH. that was fast.
i mean Bad Love wasnt that long ago.
and considering KSW has been linked with so many others
this one went straight to wedding..
and i had no idea about the Australila thing..
i have no idea who STY is and nor do i have good impression..
somehow she isnt my type of beauty..
im happy for them.
but on the other hand heartbroken sad, KSW was one of the first kdrama crushes.
hope they'll stay happy together for the right reasons. but its really is shock to me..
i thought KSW had this certain type or something.. STH didnt sorta fit in.. but if she was nice to his mom a plus i guess..
ps though i thought the same about the him and HJW, KHN comments too..
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48 ruki
July 22, 2008 at 1:48 PM
wow! i feel like i have been pierced by thousands of arrows through my heart! i'm so shocked! oh..well it takes time to let go! huhuhu goodbye...=(
anyway, he's not that really old 32 is still young and for a man...
well...congratulations! may you two live a happy life!
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49 mama miya
July 22, 2008 at 8:04 PM
Previously if there was a ............... his mother was not taken care off well
enough !!!
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50 selli
July 22, 2008 at 11:35 PM
So happy for KSW! He found his soul mate at last. Congrats to him and his bride-to-be, hope their marriage lasts forever...
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