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Baek Jongwon's wife So Yu-jin counterattacks

So Yu-jin is coming back as an actress. She is starring in the new KBS 2TV weekend drama "Five Children".

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Baek Jongwon and So Yu-jin got married in 2013. They had their first son in 2014 and a daughter in September 2015. The last drama So Yu-jin starred in was the KBS 2TV drama "Bel Ami" and she's been busy as a parent ever since. Cuisine researcher Baek Jongwon became popular as he started appearing on TV. He's starring in the MBC TV show "My Little Television", tvN "Home Cooked", SBS "3 Kings" as more.

So Yu-jin started being called 'Baek Jongwon's wife' more than an actress. She's coming back for the first time in 2 years as an actress and at the premiere of the drama, she was in the spotlight.

About being mentioned as Baek Jongwon's wife, she said, "It's good to know that I exist through him but sometimes it's not that great".

However, she did say she wasn't making a comeback because of her husband. She said, "I wondered how to come back after having my first child so that I could be confident and find myself".

So Yu-jin stars in the drama "Five Children" as a bold single mom with 3 children, divorced with her husband for cheating on her and living with her mother. So Yu-jin said, "Being divorced with three children is sad, but I can relate to the character as I have two children of my own".

So Yu-jin was careful not to mention her husband's name too much during the premiere. She wanted to be seen as actress So Yu-jin.

KBS weekend dramas have a base of 30% in viewing percentage and are loved by all ages. "All About My Mom" also ended with 38.2%.

Meanwhile, "Five Children" stars Ahn Jae-wook, So Yu-jin, Shim Hyung-tak, Kwon Oh-joong, Wang Bit-na, Shim Yi-young, Sung Hoon, Im Soo-hyang, Shin Hye-sun, An Woo-yeon and more.

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