Koo Kyo-hwan and Lee Ok-seop Have Been Married 4 Years

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As of October 1, 2026, actor Koo Kyo-hwan and director Lee Ok-seop are confirmed to have registered their marriage in 2022, according to their agency. They held no wedding ceremony, and a partnership that began in 2013 is now a legal marriage.

2022Year they registered their marriage

About 9 yearsTime together before marriage

2020Year they went public as a couple

Key points

Their agency, Namoo Actors, announced on October 1 that the two registered their marriage in 2022.
Koo Kyo-hwan is 44 and director Lee Ok-seop is 39.
Alumni of the Seoul Institute of the Arts, they became a couple while working on a short film in 2013 and went public with the relationship in 2020.
The two reportedly never held a wedding ceremony.

Namoo Actors announced the marriage of Koo Kyo-hwan and director Lee Ok-seop on October 1. The paperwork was filed in 2022, so the news came out roughly four years later. Koo is 44 and Lee is 39. The couple skipped a ceremony and handled only the legal formalities.

The agency said the two support each other as colleagues at work and as family at home. It added that they will keep meeting audiences with new work in their own fields.

The pair are alumni of the Seoul Institute of the Arts. They grew close in 2013 while making the short film *4th Grader Bo-kyung* (title translated literally), and they became a couple. Since then they've made a string of shorts and features together, including *Maggie* and *Romeo: The Crime of Having Eyes* (literal title). They went public with the relationship in 2020. Their roughly nine years together, from 2013 to 2022, ended in marriage.

The collaboration is ongoing. They co-run a YouTube channel, '2x9HD Koo Kyo-hwan × Lee Ok-seop,' and have posted videos as recently as this month. Both have also been credited on projects like *Your Country*, starring Jang Do-yeon, and *The Love Counselor*, featuring Lee Na-young (both titles translated literally).

In Korea right nowIn Korea, the two are known as creative partners who have worked like a single team in the film world for years. They kept making projects and running their channel together even after going public, which is why news that they've been married for four years is drawing extra attention.

FAQ

Did Koo Kyo-hwan and Lee Ok-seop hold a wedding?

Reports say they did not hold a wedding ceremony and only registered their marriage in 2022.

How did they meet?

They're alumni of the Seoul Institute of the Arts and grew close in 2013 while making the short film *4th Grader Bo-kyung*, which is when they became a couple.

Will they keep making work together?

Their agency says they'll keep greeting audiences with good work in their own fields. The two also continue to post projects on the YouTube channel they run together.