Musical actor Yang Jun-mo, former Spica member Yang Ji-won to marry

Musical actor Yang Joon-mo and former girl group Spica member Yang Ji-won announced on Monday that they are getting married and expecting a child.

Yang Joon-mo also revealed that his previous marriage ended in 2023.

“There was someone beside me who gave me […] strength and helped me smile again,” he wrote in a post on social media. “That person and I are now going to become a family and start a new life together.”

He disclosed his divorce in the same post.

“Some of you may be surprised that I am sharing this so late,” he wrote. “After much thought, I wanted to inform you that my [first] marriage ended in 2023.”

Yang Joon-mo married a composer in 2009 and has a daughter with her.

“We are each building new lives,” he continued. “Our child is healthy and […] surrounded by love.”

Yang Ji-won posted wedding photos of the couple on her own social media account the same day.

“We originally planned to marry early next year, but we have been blessed with a new life. I will become a mother at 40,” she wrote, referring to Korea’s traditional age-counting convention. “So we are having the ceremony a little earlier.”

Yang Joon-mo made his stage debut in the musical “Geumgang” in 2004. He later appeared in the musicals “The Last Empress” and “The Man Who Laughs” and became known for playing independence activist An Jung-geun in the show “Hero” (2009-10). 

Yang Ji-won debuted with Spica in 2012. The group released songs including “Russian Roulette” (2012). After Spica disbanded in 2017, she competed on KBS’s “The Unit” (2017-18) and joined project group UNI.T in 2018. She has also appeared in TV dramas including “Divorce Lawyer in Love” (2015) and “The Witch’s Game” (2022).

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