Entertainment mogul Yang Hyun-seok to settle down with singer Lee Eun-joo

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Entertainment mogul Yang Hyun-seok to settle down with singer Lee Eun-joo

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Yang Hyun-seok

Yang Hyun-seok, the 41-year-old chief executive of YG Entertainment, announced that he will marry Lee Eun-joo, 30, his girlfriend of nine years and a former member of the girl group Swi.T.

Yang made public his relationship with Lee – which had previously been secret - on his official Internet home page.

Yang said “I was an immature single man when I habitually kept saying that I wouldn’t get married ever, but now I think it’s time for me to end my single life and prepare for getting married.” He then announced, for the first time, that he was involved with Lee, whose band Swi.T had been managed by YG.

While acknowledging that “I am slowly getting ready to leave my single life behind,” Yang also said that “we are not planning our wedding this year.”

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Singer Lee Eun-joo

Yang also mentioned how, when a member of Seotaiji and Boys, he made a pact with lead singer Seo Taiji to never have a wedding. “I promised to him not to have a wedding though I will get legally married.” He underscored that by saying “it’s a promise between two men and I will keep my word by not holding an open ceremony.”

Lee, who is a former member of Swi.T and Mugadang is also the younger sibling of Lee Jae-jin, a former member of the boy band Sechs Kies, once one of the most popular teen groups.

In the announcement, Yang showered Lee with affection, saying “for the past nine years, I’ve never seen a woman prettier than my girlfriend. I think we are a match made in heaven.”

He also mentioned the sad news that prompted the decision to settle down: “Shortly after her father’s death, Eun-joo’s mother passed away in 2008. It was hard for me to see her going through such grief. Then, I decided to be a lifetime companion and protector for her.”

He added that “Today is her 30th birthday. I hope my announcement will be a small present and I want to make an apology to her. I am so sorry for putting her in a difficult situation while seeing me for the last nine years.”

Finally, he said “From tomorrow and her next birthday, I promise that I will make her happier. This is the end of my secret love. Thank you all.”

By Song Su-hyun Intern Reporter [ewebmaster@joongang.co.kr]
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서태지와 아이들 출신 음반 제작자 양현석(41)이 소속사 가수 이은주(29)와 결혼한다.

양현석은 9일 오후 4시께 YG엔터테인먼트 홈페이지의 'FROM YG'를 통해 자신의 결혼 소식을 알렸다.

"FROM YG의 마지막 글"이라고 운을 뗀 양현석은 "오늘이 마지막이니 만큼 제 개인적인 고백으로 마무리할까 한다"고 서두를 열었다. 그는 "9년째 비밀리에 만나온 제 여자 친구의 이름은 이은주로, 2002년 YG에서 발표한 첫 여자 그룹인 스위티의 멤버"라고 피앙세를 소개했다.

양현석은 "9년을 만나면서 단 한번도 다른 여자가 내 여자 친구보다 더 예쁘다는 생각을 안 한 것을 보면 제 눈에 단단히 뭐가 씌었던가 아니면 흔히 말하는 천생연분인 듯 싶다"고 이은주에 대한 지극한 사랑을 과시했다.

이어 그는 "여자 친구의 아버지가 지병으로 돌아가시고 얼마 되지 않아 2008년 어머니마저 돌아가셨다. 당시 여자 친구가 많이 힘들어하는 모습을 지켜보면서 평생 그녀의 반려자이자 든든한 보호자가 되어주고 싶다는 결심을 하게 됐다"고 결혼을 결심한 배경을 설명했다.

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