Barbie Hsu: South Korea singer shares ‘indescribable grief’ over wife’s death

Koo Jun-yup, a song from South Korea, paid tribute to his later wife, Chinese artist Barbie Hsu, who passed away earlier this year, saying his “angel went up to heaven.”

In a post on Instagram, Koo added that he was going through “indescribable pain” and a moment of “gut-wrenching discomfort”.

One of the biggest superstars in the Mandarin-speaking world, Hsu, is thought to have fallen ill and eventually passed away while she was in Japan with her family.

The 48-year-old star’s rapid passing shocked the entire entertainment industry. She was most well known for her role in the 2001 Television set Meteor Garden, which was popular in many parts of Asia.

” On 2 February, 2025, my god returned to god… Best now, I am going through a period of gut-wrenching pain”, Koo wrote in a post on Instagram late on Thursday.

Koo, who goes by the name DJ Koo, even demanded that his home been left alone in their grief in his blog.

Some ruthless people have begun to disparage my family and our love even before I could effectively grieve and grieve this enormous loss.

” Delight, can you just allow Hsu rest in peace? ” Koo wrote.

His remarks come after many Chinese speech media reports had surfaced reports speculating who do gain Hsu’s land, which reportedly includes a property portfolio for several million dollars. These facts cannot be verified by the BBC.

Koo continued,” Koo decided to give my mother-in-law total control over all of Hsu’s assets because she worked so hard to support the family she loved.

” As for the children’s discuss, I did take constitutional measures through a attorney to ensure that terrible people cannot feel it, protecting it until they reach age.”

In 1998, Hsu and Koo second met. At the time, Hsu and her girl were guests on a common variety program, and Koo, who was part of a K-pop trio, Clon, was an speaker on the show.

They later began dating, but they eventually ended their relationship, according to reports that Koo’s management was hostile toward the pair.

Hsu afterwards married Chinese merchant Wang Xiaofei, with whom she had two kids. Before a bitter marriage in 2021, the pair were legally married for ten years.

Hsu and Koo reconnected after their marriage, and they were married in 2022.

Meteor Garden, an version of the Japanese comic series Kids Over Flowers, was aired and dubbed in regional languages in response to her death, which shocked viewers all over Asia.

Hsu was even known for hosting Chinese variety shows, frequently with Dee’s younger sister. The sisters formed a music duo called SOS in the 1990s, which gave them their individual stage names Great S and Little S.

Her bones were flown up to Taiwan on Thursday, local media reported.