Koo Jun-yeop and Seo Hee-won returned home after completing the statue...an indefinite suspension of activities

Mar 21, 2025

After Koo Joon-yeop completes the statue of the late Seo Hee-won 'Return'…"Activities suspended indefinitely" Koo Jun-yeop is planning to produce a statue of his wife, Seo Hee-won, and will return to Korea after the completion.

Chinese media, including Taiwan ET Today, reported on the 20th that Koo Jun-yeop will return to Korea after his wife's statue memorial is built.

Earlier on the 18th, according to Taiwanese media such as the Jungji Newspaper Network, Koo Joon-yeop asked his acquaintance, a designer, to make a statue of Seo Hee-won.




Seo Hee-won's mother and Seo Hee-je, Seo's younger brother, are also rooting for Koo Joon-yeop to produce a statue of Seo Hee-won, local media reported.

Seo Hee-won's statue will be built within this year in a tombstone forest near Geumbo Mountain (Jinbao Mountain) in Shinbei, Taiwan, where the remains of the deceased fell asleep.

When the statue of his wife is completed, Koo will leave for Korea to meet his family.




Local media reportedly put everything aside because `We don't know when he will resume his work at the moment' Koo Joon-yeop reportedly lost his wife. You have to wait for his inner pain to heal before you consider work," he said.

Earlier on the 15th, Koo Joon-yeop said goodbye to his wife Seo Hee-won for the first time in 42 days.

Taiwan's Next Apple News exclusively reported footage of the funeral of the late Seo Hee-won at Geumbosan Memorial Park.




More than 10 people, including Koo Joon-yeop and Seo Hee-won's mother, sister, and children, who were caught in the photos and videos, saw Seo Hee-won off for the last time in the rain.

Koo Jun-yeop, who originally had a muscular body signature, wore a black suit and white gloves while wearing an emaciated body, holding his wife's urn on his chest. Koo Jun-yeop was crying to the point where his body trembled even from a distance.

The media reported that `Koo Jun-yeop is remarkably thin and emaciated.' `He sent his wife with bloodshot eyes, crying all through the downpour with a sad expression on his face," he said.

Meanwhile, Seo Hee-won died on the 2nd of last month from pneumonia caused by the flu during a trip to Japan with her family. The fact was confirmed through an official statement by his younger brother Seo Hee-je, shocking many.



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