him very shortly before dating Jung Woosung. The article stated that Lee Jiah and Seo Taiji first met in the USA and married when she was 19 (in the US). His group announced their retirement shortly before that. The couple decided to live their lives in Atlanta and Arizona.

But Seo Taiji quickly went back to Korea to start his solo career in 2000. A year after her debut, Lee Jiah began divorce proceedings and the couple fought for nearly 5 years in court. This news completely shook the entire country. The fact that Lee Jiah’s grandfather was—

A pro-Japanese who became wealthy by selling out Korean independence fighters to the Japanese occupation in the 40s really didn’t help her case. (Her grandfather was Kim Soon Heung and was for a long time the number 1 pro-Japanese member who must be eradicated by independence—

—fighter Kim Goo) (Knets are also speculating that she changed her name from Kim Sangeun to Lee Jiah to avoid being connected to her grandfather). A few months after the news broke out, Jung Woosung announced that they broke up and until now—

—he has never publicly announced any of his relationships ever again. I personally find it really crazy how she cleaned her image bc that shit, especially the pro-Japanese thing, is so inexcusable in South Korea