In a letter of agreement submitted to the Seoul Family Court, Seo Tai-ji and Lee Ji-ah confirmed that they divorced in the United States in 2006 and said they will no longer question it, KeyEast said in a release.
The settlement did not involve a monetary deal, the agency added.
Seo and Lee also promised not to use any detail of their marriage for commercial purposes, such as publishing a book about the ordeal. The penalty for breaking the promise is 200 million won (US$190,041), the statement said.
Lee filed the lawsuit against Seo in January, claiming 5 billion won for her share of matrimonial properties and 500 million won in alimony. But the lawsuit, as well as their 14-year secret marriage, remained unknown until a local sports daily broke the news in April.
The revelations came as a greater shock to the public as both Seo and his 33-year-old ex-wife were cast as enigmatic figures who lived in a strictly private manner.
Allegedly suffering from "extreme mental distress" from the disclosure of her marriage and divorce, Lee dropped the suit on April 30. But the suit was kept alive as Seo had refused to end litigation.
(T.A045/H-AK)
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