Popular actor Kim Sang-kyeong will marry a dentist five years his junior in coming October, his agency said yesterday.
The 35-year-old actor is best known for his roles in hit films such as "Memories of Murder" and more recently, "May 18", a movie about the 1980 Gwangju Democracy Movement. He met Kim Eun-gyung, his wife-to-be, when he visited her dentistry in Gahoe-dong, Seoul in June.
"I knew she was the one when I first laid eyes on her", said Kim, according to Fantom Entertainment Group, Kim's agency.
After getting permission from their parents last week, the couple decided to marry in a wedding ceremony to be held at Walkerhill Hotel in Gwangjang-dong, Seoul, on Oct. 7. They will honeymoon in the Maldives.
Kim is scheduled to play the title role in the historical TV drama "The Great King Sejong" to air from next January on KBS.