Did the late Seo Hee-won leave a will for her Daejeon estate? "Koo Jun-yep to inherit from two children" [Star Issue]

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Amid ongoing disputes over the estate of the late actress Seo Hee-won (Hsu Hsi-yuan), newly reported details about her alleged pre-death asset distribution plan for her Daejeon residence are drawing fresh attention.

On the 15th (local time), the Taiwanese media outlet Mirror Weekly reported that the late Seo Hee-won left behind instructions regarding her estate distribution.

According to the report, Seo Hee-won reportedly expressed her wish to leave her assets not only to her two children and husband Koo Jun-yep but also to a portion for her sister's children. However, Seo Hee-won's family has refused to recognize this, citing lack of legal validity.

According to sources, the vast majority of the enormous wealth Seo Hee-won accumulated through her entertainment career is held overseas, and only her mother, Huang Chun-mei, knows its location.

Seo Hee-won's mother, Huang Chun-mei (Huang Chun-mei), recently revealed in an interview that the luxurious home provided by her daughter to her is not legally part of her inheritance due to ownership and succession order issues, and she will need to move out soon.

She publicly expressed her fears, stating, "I am afraid of being kicked out of my home," and added, "I may end up homeless in the future."

Huang Chun-mei claimed that after Seo Hee-won's marriage, her activity level decreased, and significant costs were incurred to resolve various lawsuits, asserting that "there may not even be 2 million New Taiwan dollars (approximately 93 million won) left in the Taiwanese bank account." However, local media have also raised questions about the actual scale of her assets.

After achieving a phenomenon-level popularity across Asia with the drama 'Boys Over Flowers', Seo Hee-won continued diverse activities including dramas, variety shows, advertisements, and events, shuttling between mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. It is reported that she maintained strong revenue-generating capabilities in the Chinese market until before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Local entertainment industry sources stated that Seo Hee-won earned at least 100 million New Taiwan dollars (approximately 4.6 billion won) annually, with particularly substantial advertising model contract fees offered in China. According to these sources, she generated significant revenue even without long-term acting projects, solely through advertisements and licensing agreements.

Meanwhile, actual procedures for estate distribution are underway. According to the Taiwanese media outlet Sanli News Network (SETN), Koo Jun-yep is set to enter mediation proceedings next week with Wang Xiao-fei, Seo Hee-won's ex-husband, regarding the division of her estate. Wang Xiao-fei will attend this process in his capacity as legal guardian for their two minor children.

Wang Xiao-fei's side has established a separate trust account to manage the children's inherited assets and has previously stated that they respect Koo Jun-yep's decision regarding his statutory inheritance share.

Last year, Koo Jun-yep posted on his SNS: "All of my wife's estate was painstakingly accumulated by Hee-won during her lifetime to protect the family she loved, so I intend to give everything related to my rights to her mother." He also stated, "I plan to take legal measures through a lawyer to ensure that no bad people can touch the children's rights and to protect them until they reach adulthood." However, local Taiwanese media reported that Koo Jun-yep has not given up on inheriting Seo Hee-won's assets.

Meanwhile, Seo Hee-won passed away in February from pneumonia and sepsis caused by influenza while traveling with her family in Japan. Seo Hee-won and Koo Jun-yep met in 1998, dated for one year, and then broke up. Seo Hee-won later married Wang Xiao-fei and had one son and one daughter but divorced in 2021. She reunited with Koo Jun-yep after more than two decades and officially became a couple in 2022.

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