The couple hosted 50 friends and family for a ceremony in the property's ornate art gallery, followed by an outdoor luncheon, on June 27, 2021. 'It had that old European charm, amazing artwork inside, and an amazing little garden with a pond that felt like a dream come true,' they say. But when they were forced to scrap their plans for a European affair, planner Raela Gore of RSVP Events helped them find a little piece of Paris in Washington, D.C., at the Larz Anderson House. In November 2019, they proposed to each other-Byung Kyu to Soyoung in Death Valley National Park, and Soyoung to Byung Kyu at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City-and decided on a destination wedding at the Ritz Paris, in France.

Luckily, Soyoung loved Byung Kyu, who she calls affectionate and absurdly understanding, right back. 'I asked Soyoung out for coffee the next class.' After 'one semester's worth of caffeine,' Byung Kyu fell in love all over again with Soyoung, the kindest and most unique and caring person he has ever met. When Byung Kyu saw Soyoung in the first row of their STAT 503 graduate school class in September of 2016, he 'fell in love at first sight,' he says.

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