Yoon Jung-hee, Paik Kun-woo couple/Photo = Yonhap News
Will pianist Paik Kun-woo directly clarify the suspicion of neglecting actor Yoon Jung-hee?
Paik Kun-woo returns to Korea through Incheon International Airport on the 11th. Departing from Paris, France on the 10th (local time) and coming to Korea.
Earlier, in the Cheong Wa Dae national petition, an article was published stating that Paik Kun-woo and his daughter “Neglect Yoon Jung-hee, who has dementia. Paik Kun-woo dismissed the controversy through his agency Binche-ro as “a claim that is completely unfounded,” but Yoon Jeong-hee’s younger brothers are raising suspicions of neglect through interviews.
It is known that Paik’s return to Korea was in line with the performance plan, regardless of the controversy about neglecting his wife Yoon Jeong-hee. With the theme of Schumann, Geonwoo Paik held a concert at the Daejeon Arts Center (February 26), Daegu Concert House (March 4), Art Center Incheon (March 8), and Seoul Arts Center (March 12). Proceed. It is known that Paik will perform Schumann’s first work,’Avek Variation’ and his last work,’Ghost Variation’.
In addition, on March 14th, the Seoul Arts Center will have a concert stage with the Korean Symphony Orchestra conducted by Choi Hee-jun. It showcases works by Debussy and Wagner, including Bartoke’s Piano Concerto No. 3.
Vinche-ro also said, “Currently, there are no plans to disclose additional positions in Korea such as a press conference.”
However, there is a possibility that Paik Kun-woo will take legal actions such as defamation in relation to the post.
Despite the repeated controversy, it is known that Paik will digest the performance schedule such as’The Mozart Project’ (July/November) and the London Philharmonic (October) with young musicians.
The controversy surrounding the couple Paik Kun-woo and Yoon Jeong-hee arose on the 5th of the Blue House National Petition Bulletin, when a post was posted on the Cheong Wa Dae’s public petition bulletin board titled’Please save a movie star *** who is falling apart from the outside.
The article did not mention the name Yoon Jung-hee, but because she lives in Paris, France, and because she is an actress who gained popularity in the past, it was possible to assume that she was Yoon Jeong-hee.
Petitioner said to Yoon Jung-hee, “She is separated from her husband and is not being cared for by her spouse. She is alone in an apartment outside Paris and is struggling with Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes.” “I can’t take proper care of my mother because of her busy life.”
“I asked my daughter several times so that the brothers could call and visit freely, but I set the number and time as if visiting a prisoner.” “The phone call once a month for 30 minutes, the visit Every three months, it is two hours. Individual freedom is seriously violated and human rights cannot be found.”
Paik Kun-woo/Photo = Yonhap News
The side immediately refuted, empty body. “Through the Blue House National Petition and the online community, we have confirmed that false information is being circulated about our artist, pianist Paik Kun-woo (hereinafter abbreviated as honorable name) and his daughter, Paik Jin-hee.” Announced the statement.
In addition, referring to the filing of a lawsuit filed by Yoon Jeong-hee’s younger brothers against Paik Kun-woo’s women as guardianship for property and personal life, the dispute that began on May 1, 2019 when Yoon Jeong-hee (real name Son Mi-ja) returned to Paris was in November 2020. It was concluded with the appeal of the appellant with the final judgment of the court,” he hinted that the petition was due to the loss of the lawsuit.
Mr. A, who had known with the Yoon Jeong-hee couple for 23 years, appeared on the CBS radio’Kim Hyun-jung’s News Show’ and said, “Because there was a different content from the facts, (Geon-Woo Paik) was so embarrassed and embarrassed. I was talking on the phone yesterday and he couldn’t sleep at all. The same,” he said.
Lee Mi-ah, CEO of the Korean-French culture and art exchange group’Echo of Korea’ also posted on her Facebook page, saying, “Jung-hee Yoon is living very well and peacefully with her husband, daughter, and grandchildren.” In the meantime, the condition deteriorated, so I moved to a building next to the same apartment where my daughter lives, rather than a nursing home, and my daughter decided to take care of her by having a professional caregiver.”
Born in 1944, Jung-hee Yoon made her debut with the movie’Youth Theater’ in 1967, and gained great popularity by being called’Actress Troika’ along with Moon-hee and Nam Jeong-im in the 1960s. In 1976, he married Paik Kun-woo, a piano player, and gave birth to a daughter, Baek Jin-hee, who is active as a violinist.
Yoon Jung-hee played the role of Alzheimer’s patient with director Lee Chang-dong’s’Poetry’ in 2010, and won the Baeksang Arts Awards, Best Actress Award at the Grand Bell Awards, the Best Actress of the Year, the LA Film Critics Association Best Actress Award, and won the Red Carpet at the Cannes Film Festival. I stepped on it.
However, more than 10 years ago, symptoms of Alzheimer’s intensified, and it is known that her husband, Paik Kun-woo, helped fight illness by living with Yoon Jeong-hee in France.
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