Singer DJ Koo, proper, and the late Barbie Hsu / Captured from Barbie Hsu’s social media
DJ Koo (Koo Jun-yup), the South Korean singer and husband of the late Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu, is about to inherit one-third of her wealth beneath Taiwanese legislation.
Taiwanese media shops, together with China Occasions, reported on Monday that her property, estimated at 600 million yuan (1.2 trillion gained or $820 mill), shall be equally divided amongst Koo and her two minor kids.
Nevertheless, since her kids are nonetheless minors, their inheritance shares and guardianship shall be managed by their organic father, Hsu’s ex-husband Wang Xiaofei, till they attain maturity.
A separate supply indicated that Wang doesn’t plan to relocate the kids to Beijing and can prioritize their well-being in any choices.
Final month, Koo stated on social media that he deliberate to switch his share of the inheritance to Hsu’s mom, saying, „All of Hsu’s hard-earned property had been meant to guard her beloved household, so I intend to offer my share to my mother-in-law.“
Nevertheless, authorized specialists in Taiwan have identified that inheritance rights are private and can’t be transferred to a different particular person. If Koo had been to formally resign his inheritance, Hsu’s whole wealth would cross to her kids.
Hsu debuted in 1994 as a part of the group SOS together with her sister, Dee Hsu. She gained widespread fame because the lead actress in „Meteor Backyard,“ the Taiwanese adaptation of the favored Japanese manga collection.
She married Chinese language businessman Wang Xiaofei in 2011 however divorced after 10 years. In 2022, she rekindled her romance with Koo, whom she had dated 20 years earlier. The couple registered their marriage in March 2022 with out holding a marriage ceremony as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
Hsu handed away on Feb. 2 whereas on a household journey to Japan after growing flu-related pneumonia. On the time, Koo expressed his grief, saying, „I’m going by indescribable ache, as if my coronary heart is being torn aside.“
This text from the Hankook Ilbo, a sister publication of The Korea Occasions, is translated by a generative AI and edited by The Korea Occasions.
