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Actress Jeon Won-ju: Mother Disowned Her for Remarrying, Later Provided Home and Business
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Actress Jeon Won-ju: Mother Disowned Her for Remarrying, Later Provided Home and Business

From Dong-A Ilbo · () Korean

Translated from Korean, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Actress Jeon Won-ju revealed that her mother disowned her for remarrying but later provided her with a house and commercial property.
  • She recalled living in a small room after her mother's disapproval of her second marriage.
  • Jeon also shared humorous anecdotes about her strict upbringing and her mother's background as a merchant.

Actress Jeon Won-ju shared a poignant story about her relationship with her mother, revealing that she was disowned and forced to leave home when she decided to remarry against her mother's wishes. Despite the initial estrangement, her mother later provided her with a house and commercial property before her passing.

During a trip to the late actress Yeo Woon-gye's house in Jeju, featured on the YouTube channel 'Sunpung Sunwoo Yongyeo,' Jeon recounted her past struggles. While discussing her valuables, including a Rolex watch gifted by her mother, the conversation turned to her marriages. Jeon explained that her mother had supported her first husband's education but strongly opposed her second marriage.

My mother opposed my remarriage. Because I married against her wishes, she kicked me out with nothing.

— Jeon Won-juRecounting the conflict with her mother over her second marriage.

"My mother opposed my remarriage," Jeon confessed. "Because I married against her wishes, she kicked me out with nothing." She recalled living in a small rented room, reflecting on the difficult period following the conflict with her mother. However, her mother eventually softened, unable to bear seeing her daughter struggle.

She later bought me a house and a commercial property before she passed away.

— Jeon Won-juDescribing her mother's eventual reconciliation and support.

Jeon also touched upon her strict childhood, humorously remarking that she initially thought her mother was a stepmother due to frequent beatings, with different sticks used depending on the severity of her misdeeds. She mentioned her mother was a successful silk merchant in Dongdaemun Market and hailed from Gaeseong, where Jeon's family fled during the Korean War when she was in fifth grade. Sunwoo Yongyeo remembered Jeon's mother as a generous and strong-willed woman.

Jeon Won-ju was widowed three years after her first marriage and later remarried, only to be widowed again in 2013. The story highlights themes of maternal love, forgiveness, and the resilience of family bonds despite initial conflict.

My mother was so strict that I initially thought she was my stepmother.

— Jeon Won-juSharing a humorous anecdote about her upbringing.
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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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