Selling the building to pay for Lee Soo-geun's wife's hospital expenses? It's not true.

Jul 16, 2025

Selling the building to pay for Lee Soo-geun's wife's hospital expenses? It's not true.



Comedian Lee Soo-geun corrected the misunderstanding caused by the reason for the sale of the building.

Lee Soo-geun's agency, Big Planet Made, countered on the 16th that `We would like to correct the facts about the sale of the building under the name of Lee Soo-geun's wife, a broadcaster of the company reported today.' `The report stated that the reason for the sale of the building was related to the payment of medical expenses for the family's health problems, but this is not true.'

Lee Soo-geun said, "The sale of the building was based on personal investment judgment and asset management plan, and has nothing to do with any particular personal matters or health problems." We hope that the misunderstanding will not spread, and we ask for your warm interest in Lee Soo-geun" he said.




Earlier in February 2011, Lee Soo-geun and his wife Park Ji-yeon jointly purchased 165㎡ (49 pyeong) of land in Sangam-dong for 1.3 billion won and built a three-story building. Since then, the building has been put up for sale on the 7th, raising speculation that it may be to pay for treatment ahead of his wife Park Ji-yeon's kidney re-transplantation.

Meanwhile, Park Ji-yeon married comedian Lee Soo-geun in 2008 and has two sons. Park Ji-yeon received a kidney transplant from her mother's father due to abnormal kidney function due to pregnancy poisoning during her second son's pregnancy in 2011. However, the transplanted kidney was not properly positioned and has been treated for dialysis until now, and was listed on the waiting list for brain-dead patients for re-transplantation in 2021.

After that, his brother will be a kidney donor, and Park Ji-yeon will undergo kidney re-transplantation this month.




▶Next is Lee Soo-geun's position full text

Hello, we're Big Planet Made Entertainment.

I would like to correct the facts about the article about the sale of a building under the name of the wife of Lee Soo-geun, a broadcaster of our company, reported today.




Reports have stated that the reason for selling the building is related to the cost of care for the family's health problems, but this is not the case.

The sale of the building was a decision based on personal investment judgment and asset management plans, and has nothing to do with any particular personal history or health issues.

I hope the misunderstanding will not spread, and I ask for your warm interest in Lee Soo-geun.

Thank you.



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