New brides become new moms

15 July 25, 2008July 24, 2008

by javabeans

Add two more high-profile actresses to the list of the recently knocked-up. (Kim Hee-sun announced her happy news in May and is currently three months pregnant; comedienne Park Kyung-lim announced hers, due January 2009, last month; and frequent variety-show host Kang Ho-dong becomes a father in March.)

“Queen of Cannes” Jeon Do-yeon (so called because of her Best Actress win at Cannes last year for Secret Sunshine) has just announced she is three months pregnant, and planning to give birth next February. Jeon was married last year to a businessman, and has just finished shooting her next project, the Lee Yoon-ki film My Dear Enemy [멋진 하루], which co-stars Ha Jung-woo.

Then there’s also newlywed TV actress Park Eun-hye (Yi San), who was married in April and has also just announced her pregnancy. Hers is the earliest of the bunch, currently only in its tenth week. Congrats to all, and I guess we can all expect to hear a bunch of birth announcements early next year.

Via YTN Star, Mk.co.kr

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1 marcel

July 25, 2008 at 1:58 AM

is it not enough that they get to have glittering screen careers, but get to be blissfully happy wives & mothers as well? oh the heartache, the gnashing of teeth by less fortunate women in this world.. cause for congratulations & rejoicing yes, but also an arrow to the heart for some... sigh...

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2 choram

July 25, 2008 at 4:45 AM

^wow that was a depressing comment. hope you cheer up!

congrats to the moms and dads to be!

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3 Annie

July 25, 2008 at 6:25 AM

For some reason I dont like the word "knocked up". Sounds kinda cheap and degrading to women. (Just my opinion, of course) When did Park Eun Hye get married? I had no idea. I guess she kept her wedding on the downlow? I'm glad Yi San ended so she can finally rest after those long months.

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4 uniquetaste

July 25, 2008 at 9:49 AM

congrats park eun hye! i love her since jewel in the palace!

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5 Sue

July 25, 2008 at 1:35 PM

i believe kang ho dong's wife is 6 weeks.

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6 marcel

July 25, 2008 at 3:09 PM

thanks choram.. sorry bout that.. i've just been in a really bad mood lately... anyone else have practically all your girlfriends married off with two kids already, while you're still single? somehow the words "new brides become new moms" triggered something sinister in me.. & i just had to verbalize it...

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7 melusine

July 25, 2008 at 8:42 PM

Congratulations! Wow, it's just one blessing after another for Jeon DoYeon. Good for her ^_^

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8 Annie

July 26, 2008 at 11:40 PM

Don't worry Marcel, dear. Your prince charming will come soon enough.

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9 mimi

August 26, 2008 at 11:19 AM

congratulation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

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10 mimi

September 30, 2008 at 12:34 AM

kim hee sun knock up too?? for me knocked up someone who has a baby before they married , just said pregnant .. i think all of them has a baby in " Great way " , married first than have a baby

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11 Javabeans

September 30, 2008 at 5:17 AM

mimi, "knocked up" just means pregnant. it doesn't have anything to do with one's state of marriage.

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12 safa

October 5, 2008 at 6:06 AM

park haein when i watch you in this rools i like you and i love ,you are veryyyyyyyyy nice and you can do all the rools really you are a big actresse all the love for you and for your dreams
safa

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13 safa

October 5, 2008 at 6:11 AM

kim hee seon i send the first word in the ather letter is park haein sorry ,because i like haien more then say kim hee seon ,if you can send a message for me i will happy

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14 haru

May 15, 2010 at 11:55 PM

Actually, I agree that the word has a negative connotation - while whether or not you are married is becoming less and less of a concern, the original meaning of the phrase was pregnant-not-married and negative.

How negative? just look at the this quote:

"An OED citation from 1836 refers to slave women who are "knocked down by the auctioneer, and knocked up by the purchaser."

So it's honestly a phrase I prefer not to use at all - the fact that it's used in a news article is a little....strange.

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15 haru

May 15, 2010 at 11:59 PM

sorry, I said strange but I'm not meaning to be insulting - I do think it's a negative word, but I also know that the current meaning is not as negative as the original meaning - so I'm sure you didn't mean to imply anything negative

I'm afraid I'm a bit of a word geek :D

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