South Korean actor Song Joong Ki and actress Song Hye Kyo wed in a private outdoor ceremony in Yeong Bin Gwan, a Korean-style banquet annexe to The Shilla hotel in Seoul on Oct 31, 2017. PHOTO: WEIBO
South Korean actor Song Joong Ki and actress Song Hye Kyo wed in a private outdoor ceremony in Yeong Bin Gwan, a Korean-style banquet annexe to The Shilla hotel in Seoul on Oct 31, 2017. SCREENGRAB: WEIBO
Fans gather outside the venue of South Korean actress Song Hye Kyo and actor Song Joong Ki's wedding at a hotel in Seoul on Oct 31, 2017. PHOTO: AFP
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SEOUL - The lovebirds from Descendants Of The Sun began a new episode in their lives on Tuesday (Oct 31) afternoon, as Mr and Mrs Song Joong Ki.
South Korean actor Song, 32, and actress Song Hye Kyo, weeks shy of her 36th birthday, wed in a private outdoor ceremony in Yeong Bin Gwan, a Korean-style banquet annexe to The Shilla hotel in Seoul, said The Korea Herald.
Although the couple did not give a customary nuptial press conference, the area around the wedding venue was overflowing with fans and reporters, added the report.
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Despite tight security, photos of the couple on a lawn - she, in a white low-cut gown, looking at him - also surfaced on Weibo.
According to reports, the groom was in tears before he even said his vows. When it was the bride's turn, he smiled at her.
She also shed tears during the ceremony, said reports. Her friend, musical actress Ock Joo Hyun, sang A Whole New World from the 1992 Disney animation Aladdin. The couple's close friends, actors Lee Kwang Soo and Yoo Ah In, read out letters to them.
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According to The Korea Herald, Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi - who starred with the bride in The Grandmaster (2013) and The Crossing (2014) - was one of the first celebrity arrivals.
Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi arrives to attend the wedding of South Korean actress Song Hye Kyo and actor Song Joong Ki in Seoul on Oct 31, 2017. PHOTO: AFP
Also, the couple did not miss out actress Kim Ji Won and other colleagues from Descendants, the 2016 drama that lifted the actors' careers to new heights and brought the pair together.
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Talk-show chatter has it that the couple might have first met through actor Zo In Sung, a mutual acquaintance. Song Joong Ki has been good friends with Zo after they acted in the 2008 film A Frozen Flower. Song Hye Kyo starred with Zo in the 2013 drama That Winter, The Wind Blows.
In addition, Zo is said to have been one of the top candidates for the leading role of Descendants, special forces captain and lover Yoo Shi Jin, but he passed and Song Joong Ki eventually won the part.
The show was shot in South Korea and Greece in 2015. In March 2016, weeks after the romantic drama premiered, rumours started going round that the Songs were dating in real life.
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At a talk in September, Descendants writer Kim Eun Sook was asked if she had helped write the Songs' love story into being.
She answered: Song Hye Kyo has said, 'Yoo Shi Jin has changed Song Joong Ki.' Apparently, the actor was a tough guy, but became sweeter after playing the dashing captain, the writer said. They really love each other to death. It is just so beautiful to see.Song Hye Kyo and Song Joong Ki have shared some absolutely stunning photos from what many are calling the wedding of the decade!
The two stars tied the knot on October 31 at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul, and their agencies have now released official images from their magical day.
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Celebrity guests in attendance at their wedding included Lee Kwang Soo, Yoo Ah In, Park Bo Gum, Kim Ji Won, Yoo Jae Suk, Ji Suk Jin, Kim Jong Kook, Haha, Park Hyung Sik, Kim Min Suk, Cha Tae Hyun, So Ji Sub, Park Bo Young, Yoo Yeon Seok, Super Junior’s Donghae, 2PM’s Junho, SHINee’s Minho, Zhang Ziyi, Yoo Dong Geun, Jun In Hwa, Han Jae Suk, Park Sol Mi, Hwang Jung Min, Moon So Ri, Choi Ji Woo, Hong Kyung Min, Hyun Jyu Ni, Kim Soo Ahn, Go Chang Suk, Han Sang Jin, Son Chang Min, Lee Jung Hyun, Jung Seok Won, Kang Shin Il, Im Joo Hwan, Song Jong Ho, Kim Hee Sun, Lee Mi Yeon, Lee Seung Joon, Seo Jeong Yeon, Kim Je Dong, and more.
Lee Kwang Soo and Yoo Ah In read letters at the ceremony, and Park Bo Gum played the piano. Ock Joo Hyun sang for the couple, and a long-time friend of Song Joong Ki was the MC.
A representative from their agencies stated, “We sincerely thank you for the interest and love you’ve shown in Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo’s wedding. Amid good wishes from many people, their wedding went well. They will pay back everyone’s love by living happily in the future. Please send your heartfelt good wishes and support for their future.”
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Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo became close while starring in the KBS drama “Descendants of the Sun, ” and announced their engagement in July. They are reportedly heading to Europe for their honeymoon, and plan to live together in the neighborhood of Itaewon in Seoul.
