5 Korean stars with weird certifications, from Seo Ye-ji’s sex education and balloon art qualifications to Mamamoo’s Solar fun and recreation leader titles

Oct 3 , 2021

What can’t these Korean idols and actors do? Lee Byung-hun, Mamamoo’s Solar, Seo Ye-ji and Girl’s Day’s Minah all have unusual certifications. Photos: @byunghun0712, @yongsunyeba, @seoyeji_ig, @bbang_93/Instagram

Seo Ye-ji from Netflix K-drama It’s Okay to Not Be Okay has eight certificates while Kim Tae-hee, actress and wife of K-pop legend Rain, has one in scuba-diving

Girl’s Day’s Minah got a licence to operate heavy machinery for a house-building variety show – but what exactly does Solar do with her laughter therapy skills?

Celebrities are a talented bunch … and not necessarily just when they’re acting on screen, dancing on stage or recording in the studio! While some of our favourite Korean actors and idols have degrees from top universities or high IQs, others have little-known talents that they even went as far as to get certified for.

Here are five K-stars with unique certificates that have almost nothing to do with why they’re famous.

Seo Ye-ji: sex education, origami and balloon art

Seo Ye-ji obtained a certification for her hobby of folding origami. Photo: @seoyeji_ig/Instagram

The It’s Okay to Not Be Okay star Seo Ye-ji, who you might also know for her recent scandals, holds eight different unique certifications in areas such as sex education, origami and balloon art.

During her appearance on SBS Power FM’s Park Sun Young’s Cine Town, the actress clarified that she got the certificate in sex education because she wanted to educate herself, and when she has children one day, she hopes she can teach them about sex in a healthy way.

Seo Ye-ji played Go Moon-young in the hit drama series It’s Okay to Not Be Okay. Photo: @seoyeji_ig/Instagram

According to Her World, Seo wanted to get a certificate in origami because it has been a hobby of hers since she was young. Whenever she feels stressed, she folds her troubles and worries into roses.

Mamamoo’s Solar: laughter therapy and recreation

Solar’s certification of laughter therapy is certainly unique. Photo: @yongsunyeba/Instagram

The leader of Mamamoo, Solar has three different certificates that all have to do with bringing happiness to others: recreation and fun leadership, and laughter therapy. During her appearance on MBC’s My Little Television, Solar said the classes don’t take a long time and can be completed in just a few short hours.