Lee Kyung-sil, 89 pyeong of Han River View Ichon-dong Apartment Auction...I heard it's a habit to borrow money.

By Jaewan, Ko

May 15, 2025

Lee Kyung-sil, 89 pyeong of Han River View Ichon-dong Apartment Auction...I heard it's a habit to borrow money.
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An apartment in Ichon-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, owned by comedian Lee Kyung-sil, is attracting attention as it has entered the auction process.

According to Gigi Auction, a company specializing in real estate bidding and short selling on the 15th, an auction for a 293㎡ (about 89 pyeong) apartment owned by Lee Kyung-sil will be held at the Seoul Western District Court on the 27th. The auction price starts at 2.55 billion won.

The apartment is a building completed in the early 1970s located at the beginning of Ichon-dong and consists of 24 households with a size of 223 to 317㎡. Many households can view the Han River, and Lee Kyung-sil has owned the apartment since purchasing it for 1.4 billion won in 2007.




Analysts say that Lee Kyung-sil borrowed money as collateral for this house and was auctioned off because it was not deep. Experts say that it is a voluntary auction due to non-payment of mortgage loans. A voluntary auction is a procedure in which creditors can request an auction without trial if a debtor defaults on the principal and interest of the loan for more than three months.

The apartment has a collateral security right of 1.8 billion won in the maximum amount of bonds under A's name, and A filed a voluntary auction with the court in September last year after claiming about 1.33 billion won in bonds. Since then, the bonds have been transferred to a loan company.

Lee Joo-hyun, an expert on Gigi Auction, explained, "This apartment is an old house that has been over 50 years since its completion, and the difficulty of general sale as Yongsan-gu is currently designated as a land transaction permit area is one of the reasons behind the auction."




Lee Kyung-sil, 89 pyeong of Han River View Ichon-dong Apartment Auction...I heard it's a habit to borrow money.
The apartment, which was completed in the early 1970s, was reportedly bought for 1.4 billion won in 2007 and is currently living there. Lee Kyung-sil said in MBN 's 'Sungpul Show Dongchimi', which aired last year that `It has been 18 years since we got married again, but we have not registered our marriage so far. But that doesn't mean it's not marriage. When I looked back on the history of life, there were a few noisy events. Many of you must have been shocked by the first divorce, but I'm the first one to be shocked. It became the biggest trauma. I didn't think it was easy to remarry, but the marriage registration was a big deal for me."

Then he said "I think my husband read this thought. I don't know what will happen to the person my husband is in business, and you are a celebrity, so if something happens to me, it can hurt you. He told me that my heart is important, so what if I don't register my marriage. Thank you so much for being considerate of me."

Lee Kyung-sil is currently starring with her son Son Bo-seung on TV CHOSUN'The Lover of Joseon'. In particular, it was controversial when it was revealed that Son Bo-seung borrowed 20 million won from Lee Kyung-sil, saying he would do YouTube.




Meanwhile, Lee Kyung-sil married her ex-husband, identified only by his surname Son, in 1992, but she was hospitalized in February 2003 after being assaulted by Son for three weeks, including a broken rib. The ex-husband, who was later arrested on charges of assault, was sentenced to October in prison and divorced on this matter.

The current husband Choi, who has been in a de facto marriage since 2007, was also investigated for sexually harassing his acquaintance's wife in the car and admitted all the charges at several hearings, so the court sentenced Choi to October 2016 in prison and ordered him to complete a 40-hour sexual violence treatment program.



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