Actress Son Ye-jin celebrates son’s second birthday

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He is already so handsome and cool. Stay healthy.”</p> <div class="ads clearleft"><div id="dfp-ad-imu1-wrapper" class="dfp-tag-wrapper"><div id="dfp-ad-imu1" class="dfp-tag-wrapper greywash"> <script type="text/javascript"> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('dfp-ad-imu1'); }); </script> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> if( window.innerWidth<=740 && document.getElementById("dfp-ad-imu1-mobile") != null) { var element = document.getElementById("dfp-ad-imu1"); element.parentNode.removeChild(element); document.getElementById("dfp-ad-imu1-mobile").id = "dfp-ad-imu1"; } </script> </div></div> <p>Son tied the knot with South Korean actor Hyun Bin, 42, her co-star in the hit romantic drama Crash Landing On You (2019 to 2020), in Seoul on March 31, 2022.</p> <p>She gave birth to their son on Nov 27 in the same year. </p> <p>The actress has always protected her son’s identity on social media, though she has posted photos of his feet or hands.</p> <div class=""><div id="dfp-ad-midarticlespecial-wrapper" class="dfp-tag-wrapper"><div id="dfp-ad-midarticlespecial" class="dfp-tag-wrapper"> <script type="text/javascript"> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('dfp-ad-midarticlespecial'); }); </script> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> if( window.innerWidth<=740 && document.getElementById("dfp-ad-midarticlespecial-mobile") != null) { var element = document.getElementById("dfp-ad-midarticlespecial"); element.parentNode.removeChild(element); document.getElementById("dfp-ad-midarticlespecial-mobile").id = "dfp-ad-midarticlespecial"; } </script> </div></div> <p>Son is filming the suspense thriller No Other Choice, which is directed by famed South Korean film-maker Park Chan-wook and also stars actor Lee Byung-hun. </p> <div id="sw_seventh_para_placeholder"></div> <p>Hyun made the news on Nov 23 after Son disclosed on social media that he sent a food truck in their son’s name to her film set, with the truck decorated with photos of her from Crash Landing On You.</p> <p>No Other Choice marks Son’s first project since the TV series Thirty-Nine (2022), which also starred actresses Jeon Mi-do and Kim Ji-hyun. 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