Miss Korea (미쓰코리아)

You two are still lovey-dovey like newlyweds.

I know. - I noticed their rings.

Are those your wedding rings?

Yes, they are. - Yes.

Oh, really?

I think it's wonderful. - I know.

What does it say? - There's something written here.

What is your wife's name? - Goh Jung Sook.

"Jung Sook"? - Yes.

You're Jung Sook? - Yes, I am.

"Muller Goh".

You've combined your surnames. - Yes.

You took your wife's surname.

You're allowed to use both. - I see.

Right. - He wanted it.

He combined "Goh" and "Muller". - Yes.

How did you two decide to get married?

On our second date, I already knew that she was the one.

I'm not sure why.

On our third date, I proposed to her.

On your third date? - That soon?

That's wrong. It wasn't on our third date.

Then when was it?

This is too funny. - Here they go again.

I shouldn't have asked that. - I know.

It was longer than that. - We met a few more times.

She's denying it. - After...

After meeting her a few times, I knew she was the one.

So I asked her to tell her parents.

He's a foreigner. - Right.

My third oldest sister also had an interracial marriage.

My parents were extremely against it.

Such marriages weren't typical. - They were against it as well.

They were against it as well.

How was it when you met your parents-in-law?

First, I talked with her older brother.

He and I decided to meet...

at a coffee shop in Hyatt Hotel.

I see.

But when I had arrived,

Her mother must've been there. - my mother-in-law was there too.

Oh, no. - Oh, no.

It must've been nerve-racking. - Goodness.

They didn't know I spoke Korean. - I didn't know they'd meet.

He was amazing. - Right.

He's so amazing. - You were afraid to show up.

No... - So my mother-in-law...

Please stop arguing.

Why did you ask? - I didn't ask anything.

Didn't you ask him the question? - No, I didn't.

And then? - And then?

And then?

You were brave. - She knew everything.

So the moment I sat down,

she started reprimanding me.

She continued on for an hour. - "I can't hand over..."

"my daughter to you!" - "I won't allow this!"

She said, "Get out. Leave. Forget about my daughter."

She said she'd never accept a foreign son-in-law...

and that her daughter was already betrothed to someone else.

It was someone at the hospital. - A doctor's son.

It was a doctor's son. - It was a doctor or something.

She said it was all scheduled. - A doctor's son?

They always bring up such characters...

when it's time to get married.

She intimidated me. - I see.

So I just sat down in front of her and listened.

I was waiting for her... - To stop?

to end. - Right.

So all that I did was bow and say, "I see, I see."

That was all that I did.

After an hour,

she stopped reprimanding me.

She said, "You can speak Korean."

So I said, "Yes, a little bit."

She asked, "How many siblings do you have?"

She also asked, "Where are you from?"

So I said, "I'm from Switzerland."

Then she asked about my job.

So I told her I ran a business.

She asked how much I made,

so I said, "Not much." - You were being honest.

I said, "My business is still new,"

"so I'm not making much yet."

Then, we started chatting.

She must've felt your sincerity. - So...

I think she felt something. - Right.

But right before she left,

she told me to stop seeing her daughter.

You must've been hurt. - I said, "Yes, ma'am."

But I kept seeing her nonetheless.

And then? - After some time,

I think she started to pity me.

She talked to you. - Right, she did.

She felt sorry for him because he looked old...

and was living abroad all by himself.

And since he could speak Korean,

he didn't seem like a stranger to her.

She felt a sense of familiarity with him.

She must've felt his sincerity. - Of course.

I'm sure she felt your heart.

Is your mother...

still alive? - Yes, both my parents are alive.

They're in Jeju Island? - Yes.

Is she nice to you now?

Her mother. - I sometimes even tell her jokes.

A long time ago, I built a house for them...

on Jeju Island.

I built a house for them.

You're such a great son-in-law. - He's such a great son-in-law.

I sometimes say to her,

"It was a bad idea after all to oppose our marriage, right?"

You can say that now. - As a joke.

I tell them, "If you didn't change your mind,"

"you probably wouldn't be living here now."

But since we got married, she likes me very much.

I'm sure she thinks she's lucky to have you...

as her son-in-law. - She is indeed lucky.

When you first got married,

it must have been hard.

It's become much better now.

When we first moved here, we had a really hard life.

I ran away about three times.

When you first got married, it must have been hard.

It's become much better now.

When we first moved here, we had a really hard life.

I ran away about three times.

You ran away? - We were living a hard life.

It was a hard life.

There was one time when we had to survive a week with just 20 dollars.

We bought 2kg of flour and milk with the money...

and made a lot of bread to feed children.

I cut and froze the bread.

We had to plan all the expenses carefully.

That's incredible. - Some things were free,

but some things weren't. - Right.

Back then, we wished...

we could sell one more pair of shoes...

so our family can...

visit Korea that year.

That's what motivated us to work hard.

You didn't give up your hope. - I wanted to visit Korea.

Back then, I really wanted to visit Korea.

If I didn't have enough money, I would have had to wait...

another 3 to 4 years until I visit Korea.

That's why I worked hard.

I'm visiting Korea often these days,

but back then, because of the children...

We visited Korea every year.

No, not the first 10 years, honey.

For 10 years... - 10 years?

For the first 10 years, we couldn't visit Korea every year.

For the first 10 years, we couldn't visit Korea every year.

You seem to have memory problems.

Every year...

They're doing this again.

I was immersed in her story, but then...

At first, we had to wait all the time.

They were expecting a nice story.

We didn't have money.

We were very poor when we were young.