SEOUL, April 21 -- In a revealing and heartfelt interview, South Korean icon Youn Yuh-jung has opened up about her family, sharing that her eldest son is gay and even joking that she loves her son-in-law more than her own son.

The Oscar-winning actress made the comments as she discussed her role in "The Wedding Banquet", a Hollywood remake of Ang Lee's 1993 classic, which struck a personal chord with her.

Youn, who made history as the first Korean actress to win an Academy Award for her role in the 2020 film "Minari", shared that her son came out as gay back in 2000, a time when such matters were still largely hidden in South Korea's conservative society.

When same-sex marriage was legalised in New York, the family threw a private wedd...