Choi Eun-hee's Funeral

Actress Choi Eun-hee passed away from sickness and her funeral is being held in Sungmo Hospital in Seoul. She passed away at 92 this year.

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Choi Eun-hee debuted in the theater for the first time in 1942 with Kim Ji-mee and Um Aing-ran. They were the original troikas of the 1950s to 60s. She married director Shin Sang-ok in 1954 and starred in 130 or so movies throughout her lifetime.

She then became a director herself and went to Hong Kong in January of 1978 where she was kidnapped by a North Korean spy. Her husband was also kidnapped in the following July. In North Korea, they made 17 movies and earned Kim Jung-il's trust. In 1986, the couple were in Austria and they managed to defect into the US Embassy for 10 years. In 1999, they returned to Korea.