[Edaily Reporter Lee Youn-jung ] MBC’s “Oh Eun-young Report—Marriage Hell” will reveal an update on the “quasi-family couple,” who had been embroiled in severe conflict over living expenses, six months later.

Airing at 9 p.m. on the 27th, “Oh Eun-young Report—Marriage Hell” will feature a follow-up special—its first in over a year. The program continues to demonstrate its commitment to authenticity by revisiting the lives of the participating couples and their families after counseling to show how they have changed.

The first couple featured in the first installment of the “After” special is the “Quasi-Family Couple” who appeared on the show last January. The wife, who settled in South Korea after two attempts to defect from North Korea, and the husband, who had suffered the pain of losing his spouse, had built a new family together but faced a crisis due to conflicts over living expenses and mutual suspicion.

At the time, the wife complained that her husband was not providing the 1 million won in living expenses he had promised on time, while the husband expressed suspicion that she had approached him for financial reasons. Dr. Oh Eun-young rebuked the wife, asking, “Did you come here just to get 1 million won in living expenses?” but also analyzed that the living expenses symbolized her husband’s recognition of her as a family member. She then advised the husband to set up automatic transfers for the allowance and urged the wife to tone down her harsh language.

Six months after the broadcast, when they met again, the wife shared, “People around me kept asking, ‘How can you live with someone like that?’ My phone was ringing off the hook after the show.” The husband also confessed that he had faced criticism from those around him following the broadcast.

The production team verified whether the automatic transfer of living expenses had actually taken place and also revealed an unexpected gift the wife received from her husband. It is also reported that there has been a change in her relationship with her sister-in-law, who had previously misunderstood her as being solely interested in money.