Ok So-ri (; born 23 December 1968) is a South Korean actress. "Ok So-ri" is her
stage name
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; her real name is Ok Bo-gyeong (옥보경).
Ok made her debut in a TV commercial in 1987. She appeared in the TV series ''Hero's Diary'' in 1994.
Adultery case
In 2008, she was accused of
adultery
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with an
opera
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singer, and an Italian chef working at a Seoul
luxury hotel
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. Her husband, Park Chul (박철), a radio
talk show
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personality, sought the maximum sentence of two years' imprisonment, while the prosecutors were seeking 18 months. Ok blamed her infidelity on a loveless
marriage
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.
[ She was sentenced, in December 2008, to eight months in prison by a suburban ]Seoul
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court, but avoided jail because the sentence was suspended for two years.divorce
Divorce (also known as dissolution of marriage) is the process of terminating a marriage or marital union. Divorce usually entails the canceling or reorganizing of the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage, thus dissolving the ...
, and awarded custody of their eight-year-old daughter to Mr. Park.
Ok had been trying to overturn a 1953 law that criminalises extramarital affairs and can send a person to jail for up to two years for adultery.[ For this purpose she brought a case before the ]Constitutional Court of Korea
The Constitutional Court of Korea () is highest constitutional court in judicial branch of South Korea, seated in Jongno, Seoul. Established under Chapter 6 of the Constitution of South Korea, the Court has ultimate jurisdiction over judicial ...
, which ruled against the actress and in handing the decision said that society would be harmed if it overturned the law,
Personal life
Ok married an Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
in 2011, and gave birth to a son and a daughter. The family lived in Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
, but Ok later divorced her second husband. Following their 2014 divorce, her Italian ex-husband received child custody
Child custody is a legal term regarding '' guardianship'' which is used to describe the legal and practical relationship between a parent or guardian and a child in that person's care. Child custody consists of ''legal custody'', which is the righ ...
rights and remarried in 2016.Actress loses custody of children to Italian husband
Dong Sun-hwa, ''The Korea Times
''The Korea Times'' is the oldest of three English-language newspapers published daily in South Korea. It is a sister paper of the ''Hankook Ilbo'', a major Korean language daily; both are owned by Dongwha Enterprise, a wood-based manufacturer ...
'', 10-15-2018
Filmography
*Kuro Arirang
''Kuro Arirang'' () is a 1989 South Korean film directed by Park Jong-won (director), Park Jong-won. It stars Ok So-ri and Lee Geung-young and marks the debut of Choi Min-sik and Shin Eun-kyung. The film caused a stir over labor issues.
Premise
T ...
구로아리랑 (1989)
* Watercolor Painting in a Rainy Day 비 오는 날 수채화 (1989)
*A Sketch of a Rainy Day 젊은 날의 초상 (1990)
*A Pale Rainy Day 햐얀 비요일 (1991)
* Watercolor Painting in a Rainy Day 2 비 오는 날 수채화 2 (1993)
*Karuna 카루나 (1996)
References
External links
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Business Partner Spills Beans on Celebrity Couple Divorce
Digital Chosunilbo, 25 October 2007
The Korea Times, 29 October 2007
Is hanky-panky a crime?
JoongAng Daily, 12 March 2008
Court challenge on adultery rocks South Koreans
Taipei Times, 21 May 2008
The Independent, 24 May 2008
The Straits Times, 30 October 2008
South Korea seeks to jail actress for adultery
The Hollywood Reporter, 26 November 2008
Daily News, 27 November 2008
Sydney Morning Heralds, 17 December 2008
YouTube video
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1968 births
Living people
South Korean actresses
Uiryeong Ok clan
Marriage in South Korea