{
  "id": 9097915,
  "title": "Why this celebrity couple in their 70s never married after 25 years together",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/why-this-celebrity-couple-in-their-70s-never-married-after-25-years",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-22T06:32:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/entertainment/20260922/why-this-celebrity-couple-in-their-70s-never-married-after-25-years-together"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Park Jung-soo, a veteran actor, and TV producer Jung Eul-young, have been together for 25 years without ever registering their marriage. Despite being in their 70s, the couple recently participated in a wedding photo shoot for a luxury wedding magazine called Wedding H. In the photos, Jung appears in a black tuxedo jacket, while Park dons a modern wedding dress with a short veil. The couple also deviates from traditional wedding attire, with Jung occasionally wearing a leather jacket over his shirt and Park pairing a voluminous white gown with a black leather jacket. Another look featured both wearing all-black outfits, with Jung in a long black coat and Park in a sleeveless black gown. Park and Jung, both born in 1952, have been inseparable for 25 years, and Jung happens to be the father of actor Jung Kyung-ho. The couple's relationship has garnered significant attention.",
  "summary": "They have spent 25 years together without ever registering a marriage. Now in their 70s, veteran actor Park Jung-soo and TV producer Jung Eul-young have dressed as bride and groom — for a wedding photo shoot. Luxury wedding magazine Wedding H recently unveiled photos of the longtime couple in wedding attire, offering an unexpected bridal moment decades into a relationship they have chosen not to…",
  "key_points": [
    "Park Jung-soo and Jung Eul-young have been together for 25 years.",
    "The couple never married despite being in their 70s.",
    "They participated in a wedding photo shoot for Wedding H magazine."
  ],
  "editors_take": "This defiant display of unconventional love in their 70s cements Park Jung-soo and Jung Eul-young's status as a celebrity couple unbound by traditional expectations of marriage and social norms.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Why this celebrity couple in their 70s never married after 25 years together",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/why-this-celebrity-couple-in-their-70s-never-married-after-25-years-9099976",
        "published": "2026-09-22T06:47:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}