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In 2007, South Korea was captivated by MBC’s sitcom Unstoppable High Kick and the craze around the character “Kkwa-dang” Min-jung.<\/p>\n

But just one month after the series ended, actress Seo Min-jung\u2014at the peak of her fame\u2014surprised fans by announcing her marriage and effectively stepping away from the spotlight, then boarding a plane for New York.<\/p>\n

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Seo married her husband after meeting him only three times. At a point when she was tired of blind-date setups where suitors\u2014aware she was a celebrity\u2014would ask her to sing or rudely probe her bank balance, their encounter felt refreshingly different.<\/p>\n

Her husband, Ahn Sang-hoon, reportedly didn’t even know she was an actress.<\/p>\n

When she told him her profession, he casually replied, “I’ve never seen you on TV\u2014were you an extra?” His offhand reaction struck Seo as an honest, surprisingly grounding response.<\/p>\n

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I miss the air in Korea<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Eighteen years into her marriage, Seo Min-jung remains focused on life in New York as a wife and mother.<\/p>\n

In a recent social media update, she wrote that she’s been finding small pleasures\u2014like taking in Broadway shows\u2014while enduring an unusually harsh New York winter.<\/p>\n

She also admitted, with real longing, that she hasn’t been back to Korea in three years and misses the crisp winter air there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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