(CNN) Korean superstar actors Song Hye-kyo and Song Joong-ki have stunned millions of fans by announcing their divorce.

The pair played lovers in the wildly popular romance television series "Descendants of the Sun" in 2016, before starting a real-life relationship.

They earned the joint nickname the "Song Song Couple" and were widely seen as Asia's answer to American A-list pairings like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

But, like that of Pitt and Jolie, who also met as co-stars, the marriage of the pair was to last just two years. After wedding in a high-profile ceremony in 2017, the actors released separate statements announcing the split on Thursday.

"Rather than blaming and criticising each other, I wish to end the marriage in an amicable manner," Song Joong-ki said, according to AFP.

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