[KBS 2TV 'Sinssang Chulsi Pyeonstorang']
[KBS 2TV 'Sinssang Chulsi Pyeonstorang']

Actor Park Ha-na has revealed that she and her husband, former basketball player Kim Tae-sul, exchanged shares instead of wedding rings.

The story came to light Thursday on KBS 2TV variety program Sinssang Chulsi Pyeonstorang, a food-and-lifestyle show, in which actor Lee Yu-ri invited close friend Park Ha-na — a younger friend she has kept up with for 10 years — to her home for a meal and a chat.

During the meal, Lee brought up Kim's frugal nature. "Her husband is incredibly thrifty," Lee said, before raising the topic of the couple's unconventional wedding gift.

Lee said she had heard the two met at a coffee shop and proposed giving each other shares as a wedding present, and asked Park how they had ended up choosing shares over rings.

Park confirmed that the couple had skipped matching wedding rings and bought each other shares instead — and drew gasps when she revealed the investment had returned 75%.

Lee was visibly impressed. "Ha-na's husband was wise," she said.

Park also opened up about how the decision to marry came about. "From the very first time we met, I thought he was someone I could marry," Park said. She recalled the moment wedding preparations began almost on their own: "One day I noticed we were already looking at venues." She added that neither of them ever formally proposed — they simply started planning together.

Park and Kim, a retired professional basketball player, married in June last year.


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