Lee Young-ae extends endorsement deal with GS

Actress Lee Young-ae recently extended her endorsement deal with GS Construction, proving that she remains one of South Korea's top TV commercial stars despite her marriage in late August.

Lee, 38, has been in the TV commercials for the constructor's XI apartments since September 2002 on top of dozens of other commercials the so-called 'CF queen' has appeared in.

"We concluded that it would be more beneficial for the company to sign with Lee again based on our self-analysis," an official on GS Construction's PR team was quoted as saying in the press release on Tuesday.

She will reportedly receive over 650,000 dollars during a one-year period.

Lee, best known for her role in hit TV drama "Jewel in the Palace", took all of Asia by surprise when her legal advisor revealed through a press release that she married a 55-year-old Korean-American businessman on August 24 in the United States.

Jessica Kim jesskim@asiae.co.kr