Max Changmin and Lee Yeon-hee star as cover models for fashion magazine

Covers of tje Korean (left) and Chinese version of fashion magazine Ceci [SM Entertainment]

Max Changmin from boy band TVXQ and actress Lee Yeon-hee have graced the covers of both the Korea and China editions of a Korean fashion magazine, according to SM Entertainment on Tuesday.

SM announced through a press release today that Changmin and Lee posed for the February issue of CeCi, a local magazine for women in their 20s which gets published in China as well but is rarely seen with the same stars posing for both editions of the magazine simultaneously.

The two, set to star in upcoming drama “Paradise Farm” together, posed for the magazine in line with the motif from the show.

"Paradise Farm," helmed by Kim Chul-kyu and shot in Australia and Korea's southern Jeju island, tells of a couple who gets married at the young age of 19 and then gets a divorce, only to meet up in a place called Paradise Farm six years later. The drama is set to premiere on January 24.

Max Changmin, 22, made his debut in the originally five-member boy band TVXQ, composed of other members Xiah Junsu, Hero Jaejun, Micky Yuchun and U-Know Yunho, in 2004.

However, Jaejung, Yuchun and Junsu halted their activities with the group after getting embroiled in a legal dispute with agency SM Entertainment over their 13-year exclusive contract.

Max Changmin and U-know Yunho remained in the group and made a comeback as a duo with the special edition of the new album “Why (Keep Your Head Down)” which has been sweeping both online and televised music charts upon its release early this month.

Lee Yeon-hee, 23, who debuted in 2001, took her first starring role in cable drama “U-Turn” (OCN, 2008) in which she starred with popular actor So Ji-sub.

However she came to be better known through primetime series “East of Eden (SBS, 2008) which she starred in alongside heartthrob Song Seung-heon.

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