Lee Seon-kyun’s wedding photos
So. Cute.
That’s White Tower and Coffee Prince actor Lee Seon-kyun (or as some of us like to call him, The Voice) with his fiancée, The Naked Kitchen and Romance Hunter actress Jeon Hye-jin.
These newly released photos precede the ceremony by only a few days; the couple weds this Saturday, May 23.
Lee Seon-kyun said of his fiancée, “I’m used to always seeing her looking easygoing and casual, and when I saw her wearing a dress for the photo shoot, she was so beautiful. Thinking of how we’ll really be marrying in a few days, I’m a little nervous, but because it’s the day my beloved Hye-jin will become my lifetime best friend, I’m incredibly thrilled.”
Lee’s good friend and fellow actor Oh Man-seok (King and I, Vineyard Man) will emcee the event along with another good friend, Hong Sung-bo.
Also, songwriter Tearliner (who wrote the song that Lee Seon-kyun sang in an episode of Coffee Prince, “Ocean Travel”) and singer-actor Kim Chang-wan (who played the café manager in Coffee Prince) will sing. The ceremony itself will be closed to the public.
Via Star News
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So cute! One of the better ones. It really seems like they really enjoy each other.
They are so cute!!! the best of luck to them
Omo! So adorable. I like how natural these pictures look, like they’re anticipating a life of normalcy together instead of just focusing on the day itself. Congrats to both of them!
I wonder (a small bit) as to the reasoning behind the release of the pictures.
There are probably many points which support their actions – i.e., a controlled release of pics satisfies rabid fans and simultaneously discourages paparazzi from scaling walls and breaching privacy to snap photos; they are public figures and so in sharing semi-private moments with the public, they are fulfilling their duties to the public; pictures are going to be taken anyway, and so they might as well pick and choose which ones they want to release; there may be value in selling the pics so by creating the cutest pics for selling they can maximize money earned and then donated to various charities; and finally, they owe their livelihood to their fan bases, and so they really do need to give up some of their privacy to their fans because that’s the devil’s bargain when it comes to being in the spotlight, etc.
More cynical reasons are that they are rather self-absorbed and seek attention even when they aren’t on movie / drama sets, or that it is difficult to buy this kind of positive publicity for future momentum building- really, this is just about fame and money.
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Personally, I don’t mind if they release pics, or what their motivation for doing so. It is their lives, and they are within their rights to live as they please. The only issue (and a rather small one at that) I have is in the arbitrariness of it all – which cute staged scenes are available for viewing to the public, which scenes are private, which selcas are freely uploaded onto the internet, and which photos are commercially sold to the highest bidder. The rhyme or reason behind it all seems to be money, more often than not, which might sully the rather pure notions of it all – love.
But then again, we are all hypocritical in our own way, no? Seeking attention, and then seeking privacy, seeking acceptance, and then affirming our independence from what others may think…. Judging from afar, then, at least, I’d side with Lee Seon-Kyun and Jeon Hye-Jin staging cute pictures over nonsensical commentary on random blogs…. at least cuteness is a virtue…
samsooki, maybe you aren’t familiar with k-celeb culture? Lots / almost all k-celeb couples release wedding pictures like this. I see where you’re coming from but IMHO it’s a little unfair to take a swipe at one couple when this is practically industry standard. I’ve been seeing a lot of your comments on this site and I enjoy how thoughtful you are but perhaps you would enjoy Korean entertainment more if you didn’t look at each post as a battle between good and evil, LOL. It’s entertainment! It’s supposed to be fun !
“…because it’s the day my beloved Hye-jin will become my lifetime best friend, I’m incredibly thrilled.”
Sigh, my heart melted a little bit when I read that. These two are so cute I’m actually kind of jealous.
And OMG Tearliner!! I bet this is gonna be THE wedding of the year.
oh my god, i think im just going to go and cry
i love him so much <3
and he looks so happy!
the pictures are so beautiful
i wish him all the best and their marriage to be a wonderful one.
These pics are completely adorable! Like lollipop says, these kinds of pictures are totally routine (and I really love seeing them ~ don’t we all?
). Kim Chang Wan was hilarious in Coffee Prince; of course, he must know LSK well by now as they were also together in White Tower. KCW is one of my favorite character actors. He’s a chameleon. He was the kindly chef in I Really Really Like You. Hadn’t really focused on the fact that he’s also a singer and musician; I just know he’s a terrific actor! 
oh my gosh!!!
so sweet!!!!!
Mr. Voice is getting married T T
but I’d like to offer my congrats and best wishes to him and his fiancee ^__^
I’d like to also add to #5 (lollipop’s) comment – its not just k-celebs, but most Koreans, actually, most asian cultures in general have wedding photoshoots like these.
Cutest couple ever!
Their kids will be adorable.
#6- actually i dont think this will be the wedding of the year but rather the one following this with Song Yoon Ah and Sol Kyung Ku- now that is going to be a huge one with the top A-listers in the movie inudstry as a whole.
Aw how cute! Seems like they’re as cute as Han Sung and Yoo Joo were in Coffee Prince ^_^
Aww. Bless. I think he’s amazing!
Congrats Mr. Voice!!! ^-^
… can’t wait for CUTE BABIES! hahaha
They are so happy together in these pic. It seams they want to share their really emotion with their friends and fans.
Best wish for their wedding and future projects
Oh Man Seok should sing, too!
@Jill4675
I hope Kim Chang Wan will rock the guitar as well. He is a great character actor…but in Queen of Housewives (where he plays the bad guy), I keep half-expecting him to start picking his nose or toes whenever he’s on screen. LOL.
aww that’s sweet
Have you checked out Brilliant Legacy/Shining Inheritance on SBS yet? It’s great!
awwwwwww, gosh, that first picture is so cute! thanks for posting these pics!
Been to a friend’s wedding photoshoot in Korea, and I have to say, most concepts and poses they used were rather awkward and contrived, even though it supposedly was a good studio that some celebs had used. But my friend ended up liking the pics I took documenting the whole day more^^
These pics with Lee Seon-kyun and his fiancee look really natural and comfortable though. But if I have to nitpick…the overexposed white background is kinda annoying, especially in the first picture where it takes up nearly three quarters of the frame!
the light kissing on the first pic are so Cute…… love it
oh wow!! the photos make me wanna fall in love..cute couple!
I loved Hye-jin in I’m Sorry I Love You. She’s adorable
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And I liked Seon-kyun in Coffee Prince.
Yup, they really are meant for each other
Congratulations!
Samsooki, you’re reading too much into this. They’re just sharing their joy with their fans, nothing wrong with it. The pictures are pretty refreshing. Congrats to the couple!
yes yes, most of Asians are now love making “pre-wed” pictures.
They used to have ’serious’ themed, with wedding gown and indoor shoots, but nowadays, the photographers have many new ideas, and the pics are more like commercial shoots.
I like the casual themed like this. it’s more natural, and everlasting.
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but in my country, the couples now are making 2 different concepts altogether.
Some people I know even made their pre wed pictures overseas ( around Europe, for example ).. when you made your pre wed pics in Europe, so where will you go for honeymoon? Antarctica? Heh. Rich people.
( oh yes, I’m still in the “45 million other people’s” category that Do Woo was talking about.
About these pics, so lovely! they do look very in love! Congrats, and next, I want to see the baby’s pic soon!
*cries* good… marriage…good…luck T____________T wish…happiness waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! It was inevitable but T_T waiwaiwai.
First time I saw him was r-point years ago… Im now battling with my memory if I watched that or shiri first but it DOESNT MATTER! Have many cute kids
@5 lollipop, @24 kitty -
You both are very correct – this is entertainment and fun. And you both are right, I should not take things so darn seriously. LOL. Sigh. (But I wasn’t taking a swipe at them per se. The Voice has my vote for best voice, after all, and I loved his acting performance in CP).
Lame excuse – I’m a little bit maudlin, a bit moody, these days. A person I thought I was close to, apparently, I’m not, and while it is probably my fault (given my experience), I still would have appreciated an explanation but all I am getting is silence (no call, no email, no visit) and so I am kind of thinking in the mode like “well, I’m writing you off as a lost friend and so be it” but this person is pretty awesome and so if I do that, maybe I am the only one who takes the hit… And if that is the case, then really, I shouldn’t care at all but that just makes me feel worse, since that means that I wasn’t friends to begin with…
…anyways, so okay. they are a pretty cute couple. I can admit that. It’s also a little cheesy, but so are most couple photos pre-wedding.
@ samsooki I had the same thought….these pictures look a little too posed. It would have been great if they had been more natural.
love the couple…he looks and act humble..wish more actor and actress could have his statement
Sigh, Mr Voice the most romantic over the phone ever – A wonderful, Wonderful life together. Congrats.
Rainer Maria Rilke:
A good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude.
@ Samsooki
Please give your friend a while longer, something may have made this person want to withdraw from the world and friends for a bit to recharge their mind/spirit etc. Supportive by giving space/quietness. Best of luck…..
@Samsooki:
All the best!
I agree with B.B. Give some time and continue to be supportive. If friend still doesn’t respond, maybe time to probe gently.
They look cute together. Reminds me of my friend’s pre-wedding photographs done on a drizzly day. Hope they will remain best friends for life!
i liked/loved him in C Price & WT & his latest Romantic Holiday(?) — congrats & all the best wishes to you both!
i actually really like these pictures. ya they’re posed – they are wedding pics after all…but i feel that they’re very naturally posed, like how #3 Kender said – they’re anticipating a life of normalcy together..
Very happy for the couple – they are adorable together.. not really familiar with the bride but i do adore me some lee seon-kyun!! best wishes for them!!
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I loved him in Coffee Prince, and they look so good together in these pictures – arwww.
@ 3 kender: i couldn’t have said it better. the pics, instead of looking like a lead up to a WEDDING, looks like a preview into a MARRIAGE, and what looks like a good one, at that.
good for them, seriously. 
we all only hope to find something like it.
looks like a Takamine guitar to me!
i’m so sad to see my ajussi crush going to another woman. but because it’s jeon hye jin i’m okay with it -tears of mixed joy-
they’re so awesome together. i totally want to see the rest of the photoshoot
@30 B.B. @31 chajjye
The story – last friday night, I was helping a friend of mine move (I have an SUV) and when I was there, she was there too (she is friends with the family too)! And I think she said “hello” or something like that, and I was like, “omg” so I just bowed awkwardly (I couldn’t think of what to do!!!) and pretty much just ignored her. My wife is friends with her, the family I was helping move is close friends with her, and honestly, pretty much, she is close friends with everybody I know, but not with me. I thought about writing her and saying something like, “hey, sorry about ignoring you last Friday, but you also didn’t say anything to me, and I’m still mad at you for giving me the silent treatment for like months but I’ll stop mad in a heartbeat if you want to be friends with me, but if you don’t want to be friends with me then I’m going to continue to be acting childish whenever I see you and I’ll continue to be a little bit bitter.” But that’s too much honesty for an email.
Bleh. My life as a k-drama sucks because its a daily drama and there’s way too much angst and over-acting.
awww the VOICE is finally getting married! I’m not familiar with his fiancee but i thik they look good together. Oh and i like the photos in very casual clothes, in a very casual homey setting. They almost appear like scenes out of a romantic drama or something.
Let’s not rain on the parade here folks.
Congrats to the couple. I’ll miss you as a bachelor The Voice.
*tears* the vooooice
what a lucky girl
“lifetime best friend” okay we dont hear that every day from a guy. jealous!
im loving the photoshoot, it look so natural and lovely, sigh
Very informal and they really look relaxed.. love it
@ cosmopolite
Not trying to rain on the couple, but our PD, feels like it is pouring in his direction please excuse us just for a moment to lend some support.
And its not Friday.
@ Samsooki
“hey, sorry about ignoring you last Friday, but you also didn’t say anything to me, and I’m still mad at you for giving me the silent treatment for like months but I’ll stop mad in a heartbeat if you want to be friends with me, but if you don’t want to be friends with me then I’m going to continue to be acting childish whenever I see you and I’ll continue to be a little bit bitter.” But that’s too much honesty for an email.”
Thought 1: Someone may have said something out of turn and your friend has stepped back to prevent the rumor mill.
Thought 2: Could a third party have asked your friend to cool friendship with your self, family etc.
Thought 3: Event or happening, that makes your friend unable to confide, but results in behaviour change.
How would your drama heros deal with this, come on Samsooki, engage that memory and logic of yours.
Tread gently. Ask gently. All the best.
@43, B.B.
“How would your drama heros deal with this, come on Samsooki, engage that memory and logic of yours. Tread gently. Ask gently. All the best.”
Well, Hyun Bin in MNIKSS would hold a grudge. For years. Then it would take a Daniel Henney exclaiming “She has cancer! And I’m her doctor!” to get me to snap out of the grudge. This is the approach of choice, I believe. If it is good enough for Hyun Bin, then it is good enough for me. Also, Lee Seon Kyun ALSO used this technique in the Coffee Prince Shop #1 (two points for me, bringing this back to the original thread! I’m not hijacking anymore!). Remember? When his ex came back, Lee Seon Kyun gave her the cold shoulder initially, even threatening violence by slamming a can of beer into the wall.
So, The Voice and Binnie both agree that the best approach is to be bitter, and so who am I to disagree?
He is on my top 5 hot list. the fangirl in me is a little sad. Just a little.
Best wishes to them on a happy life together and I like these type of pics better than the usual posed/dramatic wedding pics.
Such a loss to all the single ladies
Wish them all the best!
@ Samsooki
“Bleh. My life as a k-drama sucks because its a daily drama and there’s way too much angst and over-acting.”
“So, The Voice and Binnie both agree that the best approach is to be bitter, and so who am I to disagree?”
ROFL!
like B.B. stated, there may be one of any number of reasons for your friend’s behavior.
Question[s] (to ask yourself): Was your “friendship” pre- or pre- and post- [your] marriage…and is your wife friends with her as well?
@Samsooki,
“So, The Voice and Binnie both agree that the best approach is to be bitter, and so who am I to disagree?”
Or you could be Han Kyul and yell “jjajangmyun or chinese food?” when he was trying to talk to Eun Chan after their spat.
Yeah it looks posed but Lee Seon-kyun and his fiancee sure look happy….lucky,lucky them!!
@47 hjkomo -
Her knowledge of me started pre- my marriage to my wife, because her friendship with my wife was pre-everything (funny how Korean women all seem to know each other). So this particular person knows more way more me than I know of her, including the fact that she was friends with both my wife and my wife’s friend whom I “let go’ to get my wife in the first place. But that’s all fine, I am guessing, since all that stuff was years ago, and this recent freezeout was just in 2009. I think this stemmed from the fact that I told her that I really dislike 50% friendship friends, and, since she apparently doesn’t have me at the top on her list of friends, she didn’t want me to continue waiting for her to be a close friend, since that wasn’t going to happen. Plus, I’m a married guy and she’s a single girl who is close friends with my wife. So, yeah, I get it, but I’m still bitter.
In K-dramas, the leading actors and actresses basically remain the same age (because they just cast fresh people every year), and so the fantasy world never ages. But we age, we grow older all the time. And so we only get THIS life to live properly, we only get this one shot to make and keep the friends we want to keep. If we screw up, if we mess up a friendship, then how much harder will it be to try to make things work again, and often, its just gone forever.
@48 simi –
“Or you could be Han Kyul and yell “jjajangmyun or chinese food?” when he was trying to talk to Eun Chan after their spat.”
LOL! That’s kinda harsh!
So sad. Yet so happy, too. Man, I wish I had Kim Chang-wan sing at my wedding. Two of my favorite actors/voices.
@Samsooki,
LOL! That’s kinda harsh!……..LOL it’s one of my favorite scenes in CP…..you know, when no one is really at fault, but you don’t want to be the one to apologize (since you’re not at fault)….I thought it was a really cute way to get around the whole issue . And get that person to speak to you again…which is the point right?
I think it’s harder for men and women to maintain a friendship with a single friend, especially when one of them is married. Either the other half must approve of said friendship, and they become a threesome. Or there’s that whole awkwardness and drifting away deal.
In the end true friendship will stand the test of TIME. Sounds trite but it’s true.
So what’s it going to be…..jjangmyun or chinese food!?
@samsooki
Tsk! That is why I don’t believe in hanging out and being close with my boyfriend’s friends. Like George Castanza said “worlds collide”.
Awww, so cuuuute! The pics look so natural, not at all posed. It looks to me like a friend took the shots while bride and groom-to-be were hanging out together. So very cute!
Huh, I had no idea Oh Man-seok was friends with the Voice.
Will be looking forward to the formal tux/suit and wedding gown pics.
Bonus if we see the guests too.
@Samsooki: “but if you don’t want to be friends with me then I’m going to continue to be acting childish whenever I see you and I’ll continue to be a little bit bitter.”
You should respect her space and her decision for whatever reason to distance herself from you. By acting childish, you are making it harder for her to be friends with your wife, and that relationship is more important because they were friends before you came into the picture.
It sounds to me like she doesn’t want to be your 100% friend, and guess what, she doesn’t have to be. She has the right to choose to keep you at 50% or less, and you need to respect that.
“honestly, pretty much, she is close friends with everybody I know, but not with me”
The message seems pretty clear — she is not comfortable around you. Respect her feelings.
“I think this stemmed from the fact that I told her that I really dislike 50% friendship friends, and, since she apparently doesn’t have me at the top on her list of friends.”
Does your wife know that you asked this friend of hers to put you on the top of her lists? How does your wife feel about that? What does “at the top on list” mean? Do you want phone calls? Lunch dates? Long emails? Walks in the park? With or without the wife around? How much of her time and attention are you demanding — and more importantly, why are you asking this of her?
In a nutshell, broken record point of this post: Always respect a woman’s boundaries and never EVER shame or guilt a woman into erasing lines she has drawn on the sand. She has every right to her space without being subjected to bitterness or childishness.
It’s a very relaxed shoot. I like it. If they took any, I’d like to see some of the traditional images too. Those are always my favorites.
Samsooki, based on your overall comments on this site, you seem a kinda intense and involved guy, not that there’s anything wrong with that (Seinfeld!). You expect an awwwwwful lot from your Korean entertainment and see more in it than maybe was intended. Perhaps the same could be said of this woman you are having an issue with. Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar.
Good points all. Nom Kitteh, yeap, my wife is well aware, we talk about everybody. My wife basically has the same opinion as Muffin, which is that I tend to expect a lot out of people, and when they fail to live up to those standards, it is disappointing. This is why my wife tends to be way more popular and have a lot more friends than I do. She expects much less out of people.
But so be it, because I don’t want really want to waste my life with “friends” that aren’t 100% friends. And it isn’t long walks or stuff like that I want (isn’t that kind of … the wrong presumption to make anyway?). Really, I want what most guys want – in a single word, the word is loyalty, and it doesn’t matter if the friend is a guy or a girl. Loyalty is really everything, isn’t it? As for me, I give my fidelity to my ever shrinking group of friends, and whether it is moving boxes or furniture, flying cross country on my own dime on a moment’s notice to take care of my friend’s dad’s funeral arrangements, or taking a case to court for a friend, or standing up to a punk who insults my friend’s gf, or promising to take care of my friend’s kid if anything happens to the parents, or showing up to a friend’s graduation, whatever it is, I give fidelity 100% and it is important for me to know that the people I care about are ppl I can trust.
And while my wife is friends with a lot of people, who knows how many of those people are ones she can trust, and how many are ones who will talk about her behind her back, or not lift a finger to defend her if it means costing them something. How many of those people are ones who will shower her with presents on her birthday, but when something goes really wrong and she needs these people, how many will stand up for her and help bear the load?
As for this person, she is very much like me, but she has her own set of people, and apparently, I didn’t make her cut (for whatever reason). That’s fine, but I can’t help being disappointed.
“isn’t that kind of … the wrong presumption to make anyway?”
Perhaps. I was going by several of your comments and it seemed that if this person can reduce you to childishness or cause bitterness or make you feel like sending a long email to her after a short meeting of moving boxes, then I, possibly erroneously, inferred that your feelings for her are strong. I genuinely don’t know what 100% friendship means — and it could mean being there for a friend’s emotional needs (long walks, email exchanges, phone calls, etc.), — i.e., loyalty — and that means an enormous investment of TIME. And if a guy is married, why would a single girl want to invest in that amount of time and why would the guy want it to the point of feeling bitter? I don’t have answers — those are just some of the questions that popped into my mind.
I do think that your friend is in an awkward position. Under other circumstances, if she didn’t want to be friends with someone, she could chat with your wife about it. Now she cannot and I can see her reacting by distancing herself.
Furthermore, if she is a single, attractive woman, then she possibly doesn’t want to invest large swathes of time on a married man because in a community, single attractive women are often subject to gossip and rumor or she has had bad experiences with men making demands on her time that they may not have had any business making, and being single and attractive and female require one to build some pretty hefty walls. Or so I hear since I myself am not attractive.
” And it isn’t long walks or stuff like that I want (isn’t that kind of … the wrong presumption to make anyway?). Really, I want what most guys want – in a single word, the word is loyalty ”
Um, I don’t think that’s what most guys want. In my opinion (as a single woman) is that I understand why she might feel weird. From your point of view you just want friendship, but what if you see it from her point of view? As a single woman, if my friend’s husband wanted to be closer with me and was upset when I kept a distance, it would make me uncomfortable. Even if I was sure there are no ulterior motives (like he’s hitting on me or whatever), I would be suspcious why a married man would be seeking closer friendships with single women, enough that he feels disapointed and bitter like you described. You can’t force friendship, and maybe she’s feeling the pressure from you and that is making her pull away.
@ Nom Kitteh and others…..
Well put, sort of got lost in trying to be supportive so went with the what I thought was diplomatic.
Samsooki, what ever the ending, best wishes to all.
My last hijack comment – I have seriously tested JB’s patience long enough.
Loyalty isn’t about time investment, necessarily. It is about understanding that should the need arise, that the person will be there. This is a little cheesy, but it’s like the movie with Chris O’Donnell (Three Musketeers). When the need arose, all of the disbanded Musketeers (dozens and dozens of them) showed up when they were called. They only showed up once at the end, but that was when they were needed. It could be that they would never be needed. Or to bring it back into the k-drama context, it is like Go Eun Chan having her co-workers all defend her to Choi Han Gyul. They show loyalty, and as I remark to my wife a lot as we watch, I say, “THOSE are the kinds of friends I want to have.” Ask any guy who has watched CP, whether they would want friends like the friends that Go Eun Chan had…
Each of us should be stable and mature enough to be able to get what we need to survive, and to make it through the day. We should have enough skills and resources to be independent and stand on our own two feet. BUT, making it through the day gets way, way easier if, in the back of your mind, you know what if you can’t make it through the day, that you have peeps who will be there for you to help.
Among the guys that I know, loyalty really ranks at the top of the list in terms of attributes we want friends to have. Friends can be somewhat slow, or they can always be running short on cash, they can be terrible dancers with no rhythm, they can have no sense of style and/or be boring, and so on, but if they are loyal, then the rest doesn’t really matter. does it? I’ll pay for every dinner, I’ll spend the extra time explaining stuff, I’ll stifle my laughter at clubs, I’ll defend my homeboys (or homegirls) to my last breath, for those who would do the same for me.
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As for the single vs. married aspect, this is an unfortunate truth – there aren’t any easy ways or fool-proof ways to deal with the insecurities and potential danger issues that inevitably arise when deailng with single and married people. Still, my wife often remarks that she is saddened by the fact that my set of friends seems to be shrinking as I pare down who I consider to be “true” friends, but then again, she may not be entirely unhappy by that result either for reasons noted above.
” I’m a little nervous, but because it’s the day my beloved Hye-jin will become my lifetime best friend, I’m incredibly thrilled.”
thats adorable, i wish them both the best of luck.
There so meant to be together <3