It is true that Seo Se-won died of cardiac arrest and shock in Cambodia.

Senior comedian Seo Se-won died of cardiac arrest. Age 68.

According to a diplomatic source on the 20th, Seo Se-won, who settled in Cambodia for business, suffered from shock while receiving an IV at a local hospital in the morning and died of shock. It was reported that he was declared dead around 3 PM (Korean time).

Seo Se-won, who debuted through TBC Radio in 1979, was a broadcaster and producer who was active from the 1980s to the early 2000s. He received the grand prize at the KBS Comedy Awards in 1995 for KBS2's 'Seo Se-won Show', and in 1997, he enjoyed his peak by receiving a commendation from the Minister of Culture and Sports.

However, after a series of failed movie investments and rumors of involvement in various incidents and accidents, he was in trouble, and was even accused of stock price manipulation. In 2009, he was sentenced to two years in prison, three years probation, and a fine for stock price manipulation and embezzlement of company funds. Since June 2010, he was banned from appearing on KBS and pursued a career as a pastor.

Later, in 2014, his wife Seo Jeong-hee filed a divorce and alimony lawsuit against Seo Se-won at the Seoul Family Court, and in the process, it was revealed that Seo Se-won assaulted Seo Jeong-hee. For this reason, Seo Se-won, who was indicted without detention, was sentenced to six months in prison and two years of probation, and divorced Seo Jeong-hee by agreement the following year. A year later, she remarried a haegeum player 23 years younger than her, moved to Cambodia, and has a daughter. With Seo Jeong-hee, he has a daughter, Seo Dong-ju, and a son, Seo Dong-cheon (Miro).

He left Korea with his remarried family and is known to have won a real estate construction project worth 3 trillion won, including my media business, in Cambodia in 2020. Last month, a YouTube channel captured him giving testimony and lecturing at a church in Cambodia, including singing hymns and laying hands on believers.

Taeyuna, Ten Asia Reporter youyou@tenasia.co.kr