Soyeon: Former T-ara member announces wedding with soccer player boyfriend Cho Yu-min
Soyeon made her debut with veteran girl group T-ara in 2009 and had a long-running career with the group. In May of 2017, Park So-yeon (Soyeon), who was temporarily a leader of T-ara, terminated her contract with MBK Entertainment and departed from the record-breaking girl group. Now, after relaunching herself as a solo artist, Soyeon, 34, has announced the news of her marriage with her three-year-long boyfriend Cho Yu-min, 25.
On January 18, Soyeon’s label Think Entertainment shared the news with fans that she had announced her wedding with her boyfriend of three years. Soyeon’s fiance is a soccer player by profession and is plays for Suwon FC. It was revealed that Soyeon had finally decided to marry the footballer after dating him for a while.
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Soyeon will get married in November 2022
With Yu-min actively participating in the current football league, Soyeon’s agency has also announced that the couple will get married in November this year as she supports him in the game season. The label also reveals that Soyeon planned to start this season together for Jo Yu-min's support which means that the idol could be seen at soccer events supporting Cho Yu-min through his games. The label also said, “we ask for a lot of support and love for the two of them in the future, and we ask for your interest in Soyeon’s more diverse and active activities in the future.”
Cho Yu-min was born in 1996 and plays as a mid-fielder. He won the gold medal with the under-23 South Korean national team at the 2018 Jakarta Palembang Asian Games. On the other hand, Soyeon, born in 1987 debuted as a member of MBK Entertainment girl group T-ara in 2009 and was active as the main vocalist, giving numerous hit songs such as ‘Roly-Poly’ and ‘Why are you like this’.
Soyeon shares her personal statement with fans
After news broke out of the former T-ara member’s wedding, Soyeon opened up on her Instagram account sharing her personal message with fans. She said, “I wanted to personally tell you (her fans) the news that I first delivered through my agency.” Soyeon continued stating how she has had the support of her fans for 12 long years as they have been supporting her through her ups and downs. She said that she feels gratitude while telling them of the news of her marriage but these changes in her life may come out strong to certain fans to whom she is apologetic.
Soyeon herself acknowledges the new changes in her life stating that they are unfamiliar and exciting to her. Soyeon goes on to say, “I have decided to spend the rest of my life with a person I am grateful for, who always cheers for, believes in, supports, and works hard for both artist Soyeon and person Park Soyeon. We will do our best to repay you with various activities and activities.” Soyeon concluded the message to fans by saying, “I will always be Soyeon with my fans. Please support and bless me a lot.”