Koo Junyeop, Seo Heewon, I'll protect you until the end of your love..For the last wish, a private funeral + the burial of an arboretum are enforced

By Yoona, Jeong

Feb 13, 2025

Koo Junyeop, Seo Heewon, I'll protect you until the end of your love..For the last wish, a private funeral the burial of an arboretum are enforced



With the late Taiwanese actor Seo Hee-won passing away, her husband, Koo Jun-yeop, a former clone, and her younger brother Seo Hee-je stepped up to listen to the deceased's will.

According to local media reports, Seo Hee-je and Koo Jun-yeop are Seo Hee-won's last will, "I don't want to be unnoticed and disturbed." insisted on not disclosing the date and place of the funeral, in order to keep the word. By doing so, he hoped that Seo Hee-won could finish her final journey peacefully with her family and friends.

Seo Hee-je previously said that the remains of Seo Hee-won, carried by his family, including Koo Joon-yeop, from Japan, will be laid to rest in the form of an arboretum, a type of natural field. Seo Hee-je said, `I remember saying that if my sister dies someday, I want an eco-friendly arboretum, so I'm applying now.' `My sister's remains are temporarily buried in our warm house. If the application is approved, we will return the remains of our beloved sister to nature."




Seo Hee-je also reported that Seo Hee-won often talked about life and death with her sisters while she was alive.

Koo Junyeop, Seo Heewon, I'll protect you until the end of your love..For the last wish, a private funeral the burial of an arboretum are enforced
Seo Hee-won's family is trying to make her wish come true, which she wanted but didn't achieve all her life. Taiwanese film producer Wang Yu-chung, who is close to Seo Hee-won's family, said in a statement on the 3rd that `Seo Hee-won's mother asked reporters to help her achieve her wishes during her lifetime. Seo Hee-won was always concerned about reporters chasing her. Since very dangerous situations can happen, I sincerely ask that your family refrain from chasing or chasing you at the airport or on the street when they return to Taiwan. This is a wish that Seo Hee-won has wanted all his life but has not achieved, and I hope everyone will be considerate."

Later, when Koo returned to Taiwan with his wife's remains, he tried to protect her at the airport. Koo Joon-yeop reportedly held a pink urn containing his wife's remains in his arms and asked reporters who flocked before boarding the vehicle to cover it with an umbrella so that his wife would not be surprised.




Koo Junyeop, Seo Heewon, I'll protect you until the end of your love..For the last wish, a private funeral the burial of an arboretum are enforced
Meanwhile, Koo Joon-yeop and Seo Hee-won made headlines by announcing their marriage in February 2022. The two first met in 1998 and dated for about a year before breaking up. Since then, Seo Hee-won married a Chinese businessman and Wang So-bi in 2011 and had one son and one daughter, but divorced in 2021. Koo Joon-yeop contacted Seo Hee-won after hearing about his divorce, and the two, who reunited after 23 years, became a couple by registering their marriage.

The love between the two drew attention as a movie-like story and received support from many people. However, Seo Hee-won suddenly died on the 2nd due to complications of pneumonia while traveling to Japan with her family, causing regret.






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