{
  "id": 11072486,
  "title": "D.P. actor Koo Kyo-hwan and director Lee Ok-seop were married all along — for four years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/d-p-actor-koo-kyo-hwan-and-director-lee-ok-seop-were-married-all",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-01T01:12:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/entertainment/20261001/dp-actor-koo-kyo-hwan-and-director-lee-ok-seop-were-married-all-along-for-four-years"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Koo Kyo-hwan and director Lee Ok-seop, a well-known pair in the Korean film industry, have been married for four years, according to recent reports. Koo and Lee, who have been romantically involved for a decade, legally wed in 2022 after registering their union. Notably, the couple has steadfastly been referred to as a long-standing romantic couple rather than a married one. Their relationship, which began in 2013 and was publicly acknowledged in 2020, was only recently disclosed as a marriage. The pair did not hold a separate wedding ceremony upon registering their marital status and have no current plans to do so. Koo and Lee, who both graduated from the Seoul Institute of the Arts, have collaborated on numerous projects, including \"A Dangerous Woman,\" \"Love Docu,\" \"Fly to the Sky,\" and \"Maggie.\" Additionally, the two operate a shared production company called 2X9HD.",
  "summary": "Actor Koo Kyo-hwan and director Lee Ok-seop, long known as one of the Korean film industry's most enduring couples, have actually been husband and wife for four years. Xportsnews learned that Koo and Lee legally married after registering their marriage in 2022. The revelation comes as a surprise because the pair had continued to be widely described as a longtime couple rather than a married one.…",
  "key_points": [
    "Koo Kyo-hwan and Lee Ok-seop married for four years.",
    "Couple romantically involved for a decade before 2022 wedding.",
    "Relationship publicly acknowledged in 2020, not disclosed as marriage initially."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The revelation that Koo Kyo-hwan and director Lee Ok-seop were married all along changes the public perception of their long-standing relationship, one previously referred to as a romance rather than a marriage.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "D.P. actor Koo Kyo-hwan and director Lee Ok-seop were married all along — for four years",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/d-p-actor-koo-kyo-hwan-and-director-lee-ok-seop-were-married-all-11076040",
        "published": "2026-10-01T01:32:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}