Actress Kim Hee-sun’s Fiance Is Businessman

By April Choi

Pictures of actress Kim Hee-Sun's fiance have surfaced over the Internet despite the actress' efforts to keep things low-key. Interest has been high in the young businessman, Park Ju-yeong, 33, and netizens have scoured the web for more information using clues from articles about the couple's upcoming wedding. They succeeded in finding a 2006 interview that the magazine, "Men's Health," did with Park. An accomplished sportsman, he is adept at boxing, fencing and martial arts. The second son of the president of Larksan Group, a local construction company, the bridegroom-to-be runs a spa in Apgujeong-dong, southern Seoul.

Known for her roles in the martial arts movie "Bichunmoo," as a Korean Princess in "The Myth," "A Man Who Went to Mars" etc, Kim has a reputation as a leading actress in not only Korea but China, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. After starring in "The Myth" in 2005, the actress was going to start filming for a TV drama but is postponing her acting activities to concentrate on plans for the wedding.

The couple is to wed Oct. 19 at the Seoul Sheraton Grande Walkerhill Hotel. They plan on having an intimate wedding inviting only close friends and family.

april.k.choi@gmail.com

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