Sun-Hwa Kwon
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Portrayed by Yunjin Kim
Mrs. Paik - Mother
Jin-Soo Kwon - Husband
Ji Yeon Kwon - Daughter
Mr. Kwon - Father-In-Law
Jin's Mother - Mother-In-Law
Sun-Hwa Kwon (née Paik: 백) (Korean name: Hangul: 백선화 or 권선화, Hanja: 白善華), born March 20, 1980, is one of the middle section survivors of the crash of Oceanic Flight 815. She was traveling on the plane with her husband, Jin-Soo Kwon. Their marriage has been very unstable, on and off the Island, mainly due to Jin's controlling and violent nature and also because of Sun's many secrets that she will go to great lengths to protect, even at the expense of others.
She is one of the Oceanic 6, and in flashforwards has given birth to Jin's daughter Ji Yeon Kwon in Korea.
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Before the crash
Sun-Hwa Paik was born in South Korea to Mr. and Mrs. Paik on March 20, 1980. As a little girl, Sun accidentally broke a very expensive glass ballerina, but when her father confronted her, she blamed it on the maid. Her lying likely caused the firing of the maid and seemed to reflect Sun's willingness to protect herself at all costs. ("The Glass Ballerina")
Her father, a rich businessman, arranged for her to meet a wealthy man named Jae Lee through his wife. After initially liking him, Sun was put off when she realized Jae was purely using her to satisfy his parents, when in reality his heart belonged to another. On her way home, after leaving Jae in a restaurant, Sun bumped into her future husband, Jin. ("...And Found")
Sun and Jin were given permission to marry by Mr. Paik, under the condition that Jin would work for his father-in-law's company. However, Jin's job soon began to create problems within their marriage and Sun felt the relationship was failing. ("House of the Rising Sun")
Shortly after her marriage, Sun was approached by a woman who demanded $100,000 or she would reveal Jin's mother was a prostitute. She tracked down Mr. Kwon who confirmed the story and admitted he didn't know if Jin was his own child. However, there was nobody else to raise him. Desperate, Sun asked her father for the money, stating she needed it to prevent great embarrassment for somebody she loved. He gave her the money, but told her the price was Jin working at a higher level than floor manager at Paik Automotive. She took the money and paid off the woman, whom she knew to be Jin's mother, but not before making a subtle threat about her family's power. ("D.O.C.")
Jin spent most of his time working long hours, so he and Sun started talking less and less. Once, after work, Jin came home with blood all over his hands and shirt. Sun inquired how he got the blood on his shirt, and had to tug on him to get a response. He responded, saying that he did what he had to for her father. At this point, Sun began to distrust Jin, thus creating more turmoil in an already failing marriage. ("House of the Rising Sun")
Their marriage was placed under further strain when the couple found they were having trouble conceiving. They sought the advice of a fertility doctor, who told them Sun was unable to have a child; however, Dr. Kim later revealed to Sun that it was really Jin who was infertile. ("The Whole Truth")
Sun decided she was going to leave Jin and go to America. Taking secret English lessons from Jae Lee, she soon became fluent without Jin even knowing. During their lessons, Sun started an affair with Jae Lee, but decided she couldn't continue the lie one morning in bed at a hotel room, after being presented with a pearl necklace by Jae (which she refused). At that moment, Sun's father walked into the room and caught them in bed together. ("The Glass Ballerina")
Paik ordered Jin to "take care of" Jae, under the pretense that he had somehow "shamed the family." Oblivious to the situation between Jae and Sun, Jin badly beat the man due to a sense of loyalty to Mr. Paik but could not kill him. Instead, he told Jae to disappear, then left the hotel and got in his car. Jae committed suicide by jumping from the hotel room, landing on Jin's car with the pearl necklace clutched in his hand. Sun soon found out and was present at his funeral. She was found by her father, and asked him if he would ever tell Jin about her affair. Mr. Paik told her that it was not his business to do so.
Sun was later told by Jin that they would be traveling to Sydney and Los Angeles on vacation, however he was actually on a mission for her father to deliver Rolex watches. With the help of the decorator, Sun planned to leave Jin forever at Sydney airport, disappearing to start a new life under the name of Dahlia Choi. ("House of the Rising Sun") ("Buried Secrets")
However, a moment of tenderness from Jin, while they waited in the check-in line at the airport, reminded Sun of her love for her husband. She decided at the final moment not to escape, and said nothing as her planned rendezvous time with the decorator passed. ("House of the Rising Sun")
On the Island
Season 1 (Days 1-44)
Upon arriving on the Island, Sun and Jin remained very secluded and on their own. Jin was overly protective multiple times, such as when he told Sun she needed to button her shirt or when he refused to let a fellow survivor share their shelter during a freak rainstorm. The protectiveness continued in a softer manner when Sun became dehydrated and Jin managed to trade Sawyer a fish for two bottles of water. Later, Jin told Sun she was filthy and needed to wash up. Finding a spot in the jungle, Sun removed her shirt and cleaned up, but was interrupted by a startled Michael who apologized and left. ("Pilot, Part 1") ("Pilot, Part 2") ("Tabula Rasa")
Sun, wanting to be more active with the other survivors, slowly began to find her place with them, leaving Jin to fish. Though the language barrier existed, Michael chose Sun as a babysitter for Walt when he went hunting for boar. Sun then began to share her knowledge of herbs, showing Walt how to use an aloe plant like toothpaste (Korean word for toothpaste being "chi-yak"). ("Walkabout") It wasn’t long before Sun’s relationship with Michael was strained when Jin violently attacked Michael for no apparent reason. After being chained with Kate’s handcuffs to some wreckage, Sun spoke to Jin to find out what was going on.
Figuring out the problem, Sun approached Michael while he was cutting bamboo and revealed to him that she knew English. She explained that the watch he was wearing was one of the watches Jin was supposed to deliver for her father and Jin wanted the watch back out of a sense of honor. Michael released Jin from being detained, but Jin no longer felt safe and the two moved from the beach into the caves. ("House of the Rising Sun")
At the caves, Sun once again tried to become a more active participant in the group. She helped dig rocks out of a cave that had trapped Jack and she used eucalyptus to help Shannon overcome an asthma attack. Her efforts did not go unnoticed, but Jin still acted protectively, and scolded her for wearing a tank top, to which she replied she was too hot. This attitude pushed Sun away from Jin who seemed to spend most of his time fishing. ("The Moth") ("Confidence Man")
Sun began cultivating plants in the caves and creating a garden close by in the jungle. One day while in the caves she overheard that Kate was a fugitive. Nevertheless, when Kate stumbled upon Sun working in her garden she allowed her to help with the planting. The two began an awkward friendship, but when Sun laughed at one of Kate’s jokes Kate realized that she understood and therefore spoke English. Sun begged her not to tell her husband to which Kate replied that she could keep a secret. ("Hearts and Minds") Sun’s friendships continued to expand when Michael asked her for advice about his son Walt. ("Special")
After Michael caught Sun while she was burying her fake driver's license and showed understanding of her troubles, they almost shared a kiss. ("Buried Secrets")
Feeling the stress of being stuck on an island, Sun decided to relax on the beach in a bikini. Jin saw his wife in the revealing attire and rushed to her, yelling and forcibly covering her with a blanket, knocking her down in the process. Michael saw this and rushed to Sun’s aid, yelling at Jin to stop, but surprisingly, Sun slapped Michael in the face and the couple walked away. Sun later approached Michael and apologized, saying she was afraid of what Jin would do to him.
That evening, Sun talked to Kate about her marriage and explained how Jin used to be sweet and soft but that had changed. Kate urged her to be stronger and claimed it was not right for Sun to be afraid of her husband. Sun said that she loved him. Their talk was cut short when they heard a commotion on the beach and realized someone has set Michael’s raft on fire. Sun rushed to help with the blaze when Michael suddenly started yelling at her and blaming Jin for the fire. Sun rushed to the caves to find him before anyone else and was surprised to see his hands were burnt. She asked him if he was guilty and he replied with anger, claiming she was more concerned about Michael and his raft then his injury. She left him in the caves and next saw Jin on the beach being beaten by Sawyer and Michael for his supposed crime. Terrified, Sun screamed for them to stop in perfect English, much to Jin’s surprise. She revealed that Jin was attempting to put out the fire when it started and he was injured.
Later, Sun went to comfort Jin but he was mad about her secret bi-lingual abilities and he walked away from her. Upset, she began talking to him in English, telling him her original plan to leave him at the airport. Jin, however, would not have it and left her in tears. She then had a moment to herself with her bikini on the beach. ("...In Translation")
Sun’s estrangement from her husband took its toll but she continued to try and be useful by helping to cure Sawyer's chronic headaches. While she failed at this, she was later extremely useful when Boone was brought severely injured to the caves. Sun acted as Jack’s assistant during the makeshift “surgery” and even came up with the idea to use sea urchin spines as needles for a blood transfusion. During the surgery, Jin appeared to retrieve Jack in what seemed to be the couple's first meeting since they quit speaking. Sun translated for Jin in an awkward moment where she was clearly upset at the way things were. Sun later acted as Jack's voice of reason, telling him he had given enough blood and trying to convince him that he could not save Boone. ("Do No Harm")
Without her husband to take care of, Sun was seen being more motherly to the other survivors, convincing Jack he needed rest and trying to aid Claire in the care of her newborn baby. Throughout this though, Sun repeatedly went to Kate for comfort and answers about her situation with Jin. ("The Greater Good")
As it got closer in time for the raft to depart the Island, Sun became worried for Jin’s safety. However, when Michael got sick, the raft was put on the back burner and debates flew about who should ride out on it. Eventually it was revealed that Michael became ill through poisoning, which Jack discovered. He confronted Sun about it, asking her if she was the culprit, to which she admitted she was trying to make Jin ill so he wouldn’t leave her. Sun later told Kate that Jack wouldn't reveal her guilt to the others and Sun revealed she won’t admit that it was Kate’s idea. ("Born to Run")
With the raft completed, the Losties all began to say their goodbyes including a tearful Jin and Sun who made up. Sun gave Jin a book of English phrases he could use on the raft to communicate and the two kissed and parted ways. Sun also had an awkward hug with Michael before he left. As the raft set sail, Sun cried on the beach, but there wasn’t much time for mourning when Rousseau arrived and attacked Claire. Sun rushed to the screaming Claire to discover that baby Aaron had been kidnapped. Sun tended to the injured mother and helped lead the Losties to the caves for protection against the mysterious “Others." ("Exodus, Part 1") ("Exodus, Part 2")
Season 2 (Days 44-67)
Sun became concerned about Jin when Shannon claimed to have seen Walt (supposedly on the raft) on the Island. This caused the Losties to panic somewhat while waiting for their leaders to return. The confusion continued when Sun was working in her garden but was interrupted by Shannon and Claire who had found a bottle of messages that was on the raft. Sun, not being able to handle not knowing what’s going on, buried the bottle in desperation. ("Man of Science, Man of Faith") ("Everybody Hates Hugo")
Sun began doing chores around the Island to get her mind off things. While doing laundry with Claire she was reassured that four days isn’t that long and the men on the raft are probably fine. Sun however did not pay attention as she realized her wedding ring was missing. She rushed to her tent and rummaged through everything, being confronted by Jack who told her it would turn up. Next she attempted to re-trace her steps with the help of Hurley, but the ring was not found. She searched her garden, but became overly frustrated and ripped the plants out of the ground. Locke found her, and, embarrassed, she laughed. He told her she will find it and when she asked how, he replied “The same way anything is found; when you stop looking.” A tired Sun talked to Kate on the beach where she had buried the bottle of messages. While discussing the fate of Sawyer and Jin, Kate noticed Sun’s wedding ring in the sand.
Soon after, Sun was back working in her garden when Michael stumbled upon her after walking across the Island. She took him to Jack in the Hatch and after a short wait she was reunited on the beach with Jin. The two embraced and spent that night together, emerging from their tent the next morning with big smiles on their faces. The smiles would soon fade as the couple attended Shannon’s funeral. ("Collision") ("What Kate Did")
The couple began to act as part of island life again. Sun became a nurse again for Jack, watching over a wounded Sawyer. Later, Jin and Sun make an act of peace with accidental murderer Ana Lucia by giving her a fish. The next day Sun affectionately made Jin wear a hat because of the sun, when she noticed Hurley talking about something important. The couple then found out Michael had fled back into the jungle after Walt and Jin wanted to join the rescue team because he was Jin’s friend. Sun commented that she was his wife and she doesn’t want to be separated again. She said she didn’t care if Jin was upset about being told what to do because she lived with being told what to do for four years. ("What Kate Did") ("The 23rd Psalm")
The excitement continued when Sun was once again in her garden and Vincent surprised her. She laughed at being scared and then enjoyed a brief rainstorm before having a bag pulled over her head and being dragged through the jungle. Kate and Sawyer found her unconscious. Upon waking, Jack asked her what happened but she did not remember much except being dragged. Jin acted protective of her. Sun slowly recuperated from her injuries to the point where she was well enough to watch Claire’s baby so Claire could go into the jungle for a vaccine. Sun told her it is not right for a mother to leave her child, but when Claire asked if she has kids she oddly replied that she does not. ("The Long Con") ("One of Them")
When next working in her garden alone, Jin approached and told her she was not safe and that she needed to return to the beach with him. She refused, so Jin ripped her garden apart. Sun yelled at him that she did not need his protection and ran off. While getting water she began to feel ill and vomited. Rose and Bernard asked if she was ok and whether they should go and get Jin to which she replied she was fine and to not get Jin. Knowing something was wrong, Sun went to see Sawyer and asked to rummage through his medical supplies but he refused to allow her unless she told him what she needed. She asked for a pregnancy test. ("The Whole Truth")
Sun went into the jungle to take the test in private but was interrupted by Hurley. She quickly left saying she was on her way to the beach. Eventually she found Kate for emotional support and the two women wait for the Widmore pregnancy tests results. Sun asked Kate if she had ever taken one to which Kate says yes, and when Kate retorted back with why Jin was not there for the results Sun says he did not need to know. When the result was positive, the girls go to Jack to see if he can lend advice. He told Sun she was definitely pregnant and that she needed to be honest with Jin.
She found Jin replanting her garden that he had destroyed and the two talked. Jin said he hated fighting and that he needed Sun because he did not understand anyone else. She revealed to Jin that she was pregnant and that it was he who was infertile and not her, which she had found out before the crash. She swore to Jin that she had been faithful and the two embraced stating it was a miracle. They began working on the garden together and discussed baby names and whom they will tell on the Island. When Jin began to leave, Sun asked to stay a little longer on her own. Jin accepted her independence and she smiles while rubbing her belly. ("The Whole Truth")
Being pregnant, Sun became more low-key for a little while. She helped the group sort through a new supply of food, she instructed Jin to break up a fight between Hurley and Sawyer and she helped build a giant S.O.S. sign (which everyone had given up on). The couple spent more time together and were excited about the baby. When Michael returned again, the couple was excited that he was okay, but sad to learn that Libby and Ana Lucia had died. They attended the dual funeral where Sun spotted a sailboat off shore. ("Two for the Road") ("?")
With Michael planning a final rescue effort for Walt, the Losties prepared a surprise attack mission against the Others using the new sailboat. While one group went by land, Sayid planned to take Jin with him on the boat. Although Jin did not want to go at first, Sun insisted that she too will be part of the mission and the couple joined Sayid. Sun experienced morning sickness on the boat, but was valuable while sailing. The group continued to the other side of the Island spotting a giant four-toed statue that is either ruined or incomplete. Their mission seemed to be in vain when the village they find is an abandoned decoy village. ("Live Together, Die Alone")
Season 3 (Days 68-91)
Feeling more morning sickness Sun threw up again but Jin watched over her. He asked why she came and she stated he knows why, because she did not want to leave him. The two discussed their next plan of action with Sayid. While Jin wanted to go back to the camp for his wife’s protection, Sun sided with Sayid and agreed they need to help Jack and the others. This upset Jin. When they found an old dock, the trio landed and began making a signal fire. Wanting to help, Sun brought gasoline from the boat. She noticed that the fire was quite large and realized that Sayid was setting a trap for the Others, but she agreed to lie to Jin because he would have deemed the plan unsafe for his wife and unborn baby. ("The Glass Ballerina")
Catching onto the plan, Jin demanded a gun from Sayid and then reprimanded Sun for lying to him. He told Sun he understood English better then she thought and Sun looked away form her husband in shame. Sun agreed to remain on the boat for safety, and Sayid told her there is a gun in the cabin in case the Others get past him and Jin. Sun replied that it would not matter because she would not want to live without Jin. Upon nightfall, Sun was cooking in the cabin. She heard footsteps and quickly retrieved the hidden gun. Colleen (an Other) spotted her, but Sun took aim and demanded to be let off the boat. Colleen called her by her full name telling her she knew Sun was not a murderer and that “she is not the enemy, but if you shoot me that is what we will become”. Suddenly the engine of the boat started and Sun fatally shot Colleen in the stomach. Having heard the shots, the rest of the Others investigated, but Sun escaped through a window and avoided two bullets, but fell off the sailboat. A worried Jin swam out to her aid and the Others sailed away while Sun and Jin returned to shore with Sayid who announced they now have a long walk home. ("The Glass Ballerina")
Back at camp, Sun began to teach Jin English and told him she would only speak to him in English to help him learn the language better. The two returned to normal island life and were excited to see Kate and Sawyer return to the camp. They joined the group in an effort to reconstruct the ping pong table from the Hatch, which was in pieces around the Island. Sawyer had the only ping pong ball and donated it so he could get all of his ransacked goods back in a ping pong tournament. After being called Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger, Sun suggested that he cannot use nicknames for a week if he loses the tournament. Hurley defeated him. ("Stranger in a Strange Land") ("Tricia Tanaka Is Dead")
The next day the couple was drafted to watch Aaron so Claire and Charlie could go on a picnic but plans soon changed when Claire decided she would rather catch seagulls in an attempt to escape the Island. Sun and Jin used nets and helped cut fish to execute her plan. Sun told Claire that chopping fish is just what her mother feared she would end up doing. She laughed at this. The trio almost caught a bird, but Desmond scared them off with a gun, later catching one on his own for everyone. ("Par Avion")
When Nikki and Paulo turned up apparently dead, the Losties had a murder mystery to solve. As they had no visible wounds, Sun suggested that they were poisoned, but after checking the food supply, this turned out to be false. When someone suggested it was the Others' doing, Hurley retorted that they were too far away. Sun reminded everyone how she was attacked by the Others in her garden. When Hurley discovered that Nikki and Sawyer were arguing that morning, Sun defended him saying he would not harm another one their own, claiming he was a good person for going all the way across the Island to help Michael. She believed it was the Others. ("Exposé")
Charlie, feeling guilty, admitted the truth to Sun that he kidnapped her and dragged her through the jungle, but that it was all Sawyer's plan. Angered, Sun walked away from him not listening to his apology. When the group questioned Sawyer about his actions with Nikki, he revealed a bag of diamonds which she buried and he threw them to Sun saying she could keep them. While digging the dead couple’s grave, Sun approached Sawyer and told him he could keep the diamonds because they have no value. She revealed that she knew the story behind her kidnapping and when Sawyer asked if she would tell Jin she replied that then they would have to dig another grave. Sawyer began to act thankful but was then slapped by Sun who stormed off. When Sawyer tried to make amends to the rest of the beach for his numerous wrongdoings, many of the Losties forgave him, but Sun remained skeptical. ("Exposé") ("Left Behind")
After Jack visited her in her garden and asked about her pregnancy symptoms, Sun confronted Juliet regarding what happens to pregnant women on the Island. Juliet secretly took her to a hidden part of the Staff Station and ran an ultrasound on her. During the procedure, Sun confessed her affair, and told Juliet the truth about Jin's infertility. Juliet responded that sperm counts in males on the Island were five to ten times normal. Sun realized that no matter what, she loses, but obtained the result that she's 8 weeks pregnant, thus making Jin the father. However, Juliet told her all of her other have died in the middle of the second trimester, and none had made it to the third. ("D.O.C.") Juliet later told Jack that if Sun would be on the Island in about a month, both she and the baby would be dead. ("Operation: Sleeper")
Sun was among the group of survivors who listened to Sayid as he talked about his distrust of Jack and Juliet. ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
Jin asked Sun about Juliet's tape recorder. She informed Jin of their healthy baby, but failed to tell him about her remaining two months. Later, Sun gathered with the rest of the camp at the south end of the beach, ready to head to the radio tower. Jin stayed behind with Bernard and Sayid to be one of the shooters. ("Greatest Hits")
Sun then left Jin at the beach and traveled with the rest of the survivors to the radio tower. On the way they, stopped and heard the shooters shooting the dynamite. When there were only two explosions (instead of the expected three) followed by several gunshots, she was anxious as she comforted Rose. When Jack received news from Hurley that Jin was alive, she was relieved. She then traveled with the group to the radio tower. ("Through the Looking Glass")
Season 4 (Days 91-98)
After Jack made the call to the freighter, Sun celebrated with Claire. She was delighted that she was going to have her baby in a hospital. She journeyed with the rest of the survivors to the cockpit where she was happily reunited with Jin. After Locke and Jack's confrontation and the camp subsequently splitting into two, she and Jin joined Jack's group. Sun then followed Sayid and Juliet back to camp. ("The Beginning of the End")
A day or so later at the beach, Sun and Jin make plans on where to live when they get rescued. While Jin wants to live in New York, Sun would rather raise their baby in Seoul. Jin disagrees, saying he learned English so that they could live in America. Later, Sun confronts Jack about the freighter people and whether or not Locke was right about them. When Jack says he isn't, Sun then asks why Kate stayed with Locke. ("Eggtown")
Despite her suspicions, Sun remained at the beach. She was helping Juliet fix her tent one night, when Jack asked Juliet if she had seen Charlotte and Daniel anywhere. Jin, who was nearby, mentioned that he saw them leave the camp and go into the jungle. A search party was quickly organized to go looking for them, with Juliet and Jack heading in one direction and Sun and Jin (with Vincent) in the other. ("The Other Woman")
Jin and Sun talk about baby names. Sun is evasive of this as she believe's it's bad luck. Though Jin continues and suggests the name, Ji Yeon. Sun thinks it's a beautiful name but they come to an agreement that they will continue the discussion when they rescued. When Kate and Jack arrive back to camp, Kate informs Sun on Daniel and Charlotte's suspicious behaivour at The Tempest. Sun realises after a talk with Daniel that rescue may not happen and orders Jin to collect food for two days because their traveling to Locke's camp.
Sun needs pre-natal vitamins and goes through Juliet's medical supplies but when Juliet arrives and asks why she needs a new bottle. She guess's that Sun's leaving the camp and because Juliet lied to Jack, Sun doesn't believe Juliet's story of pregnant women dieing. So when Juliet reminds Sun of her story, Sun takes the pills and leaves. As Sun and Jin are about to leave camp, Sun thanks Kate for the map and as they begin to leave, Juliet stops them. Juliet reveals to Jin that Sun will die very soon and when that dosen't persuade him, she tells Jin of Sun's affair, Jin leaves upset and Sun slaps Juliet. Sun later tries to reason with Jin but is unsucsesfull. Later Juliet confronts Sun and apolagises and explains to her what will happen in the coming weeks if she does not leave the island. After a conversation about marriage and karma with Bernard, Jin understands why Sun had the affair beacuse of the man he used to be. Jin asks if the baby is his, Sun cries and tells Jin that the baby is. ("Ji Yeon")
A day later, Sun responds to Bernard's calls for help when a dead body washes ashore. The body is revealed to be that of Ray's, the freighter doctor. ("The Shape of Things to Come")
When Jack suffers from appendicitis, Sun agrees to travel to The Staff station to collect medical supplies needed for his emergency surgery. Jin, Charlotte and Daniel accompany her. When she reaches the medical station she tells Jin that she doesn't feel that Charlotte or Daniel are actually going to help them leave the island. Jin then promises Sun that he will get her and their baby off the island. He later confronts Charlotte, and by threatening to hurt Daniel, he commands her to let Sun on the helicopter when it returns. ("Something Nice Back Home")
After the Island
Under unknown circumstances, Sun escapes from the Island and becomes a part of the Oceanic Six. She is forced to continue her life without Jin; who the world believes to be dead (whether this is the truth or not remains unknown)
Sometime in July 2005, a heavily pregnant Sun is packing a suitcase and applying her make-up, while watching a Korean dub of "Exposé"; she begins to feel pain and calls for an ambulance. When the operator asks her what is wrong, she responds, “I’m pregnant, and I think something is wrong.”
After Sun is admitted into the hospital, one of the nurses proclaims to the other that Sun is a member of the Oceanic Six. In her room, the nurse attempts to remove her wedding ring, but Sun protests. When her doctor, Dr. Bae, arrives, he explains that her baby is in distress. Sun, feeling exhausted, demands for her husband – Jin (at one point confusing a hospital visitor for her husband.) However, Dr Bae (who isn't aware of Jin's presumable fate) cannot hold the birth off any longer. Sun gives birth to a baby girl, whom she names Ji Yeon.
After returning home from the hospital, Sun puts her wedding ring back on. She answers a knock on the door and sees Hurley. Having traveled to Korea to see her, Sun presents him with her baby girl and Hurley tells her that she looks just like Jin. However, Sun and Hurley walk to the cemetery, where they visit Jin’s grave. Sun speaks to him, saying that the labor was hard on her, and that she was calling out for him. She then tells him that she named their child Ji Yeon, just as he had wished, through tears, telling Jin that she missed him. ("Ji Yeon")
Trivia
- Sun was the fifth character to ever have a flashback and the fifth to have a flashforward.
- Sun's episode count so far (as of Ji-Yeon) is 55.
- "Sun" is only half of her Korean name. In "The Whole Truth", the fertility doctor, apparently a friend of the family and on first name terms with her, can be heard to address her as "선화씨" (Sun-Hwa-ssi) indicating that her full given name is Sun-Hwa. If, when she was married, she followed an old tradition of Korean women, her title would be Sun-Hwa Paik, wife of Kwon when the relation has to be known. It remains unclear why she followed the Western practice of taking her husband's surname. She may have let herself be addressed as 'Mrs. Kwon' However, Colleen referred to her as Sun-Hwa Kwon, so it can be inferred that she took Jin's name.
- Sun attended Seoul National University where she studied Art History.
- She is an accomplished pianist, as revealed in "The Glass Ballerina".
- Alternate Romanized spellings:
- Revised Romanization of Korean (RR): Baek Seon-hwa
- McCune-Reischauer (MR): Paek Sŏn'hwa
- Sun's birthdate is revealed in "Ji Yeon", carved into Jin's family tombstone.[1]
Additional casting
- Sophie Kim played the role of Young Sun in "The Glass Ballerina".
Unanswered questions
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- For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Sun-Hwa Kwon/Theories
- Where does her vast knowledge of plants and gardening come from?
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| Centric episodes | "House of the Rising Sun" • "Exodus, Part 1" • "...And Found" • "The Whole Truth" • "The Glass Ballerina" • "D.O.C." • "Ji Yeon" | |||
| Mobisodes | "Arzt & Crafts" • "Buried Secrets" | |||
| Flashback characters | Decorator • Gina • Jae Lee's American woman • Jeff • Jin's mother • Dr. Je-Guy Kim • Mr. Kwon • Jin-Soo Kwon • Mrs. Lee • Jae Lee • Mr. Paik • Mrs. Paik • Paik's associate • Paik's secretary • Mrs. Shin | |||
| Flashforward characters | Admitting nurse • Another nurse • Dr. Bae • Corvette/Nikki • Delivery room nurse • Jin lookalike • Ji Yeon Kwon • Mr. LaShade • Dr. Park • Hugo "Hurley" Reyes | |||
| Items | Glass ballerina • Message bottle • Notebook • Pregnancy test • Wedding ring • Driver's license | |||
| See also: Main Characters | ||||
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