BTS Jimin's house was seized due to unpaid health insurance

BTS member Jimin [ILGAN SPORTS]

BTS member Jimin was belatedly found to have had his residence seized earlier this year due to his unpaid health insurance.

His agency Big Hit Music admitted that the problem arose "due to the company’s negligence" and that it has since fully repaid the arrears.

"The company staff [accidentally] left out some mail during the process of sifting through the letters that were sent to his house before passing them to the artist," the agency said in a statement on Monday.

"Jimin wasn't aware of the delayed fees due to his schedule overseas from the end of last year and his long vacation. But now, the arrears have been paid in full and the matter has been settled."

Local news outlet Biz Korea reported on Sunday that the National Health Insurance Service had seized Jimin's luxury apartment "91 Hannam,” located in Yongsan District, central Seoul, on Jan. 25. It cited Jimin's failure to pay 28 million won worth of health insurance as the reason for the seizure. Biz Korea added that Jimin's apartment was released on April 22.

Jimin bought the apartment in May 2021 for 5.9 billion won (around $4.7 million). He paid for the apartment in cash, without any loans.

BY LEE JIAN, YOO JI-WOO [lee.jian@joongang.co.kr]