Popular Actress Distances Herself From Older Sister After News of Apartment Seizure

Amid the ongoing wave of scandals in the Korean entertainment industry involving celebrities evading financial responsibilities, actress Kim Tae Hee‘s older sister—who was formerly the CEO of the management company that represented the actress—was revealed to have had her apartment seized for unpaid health insurance contributions.

On January 30, 2026 (KST), in response to the reports, Kim Tae Hee’s current agency, Story J Company, shut down any association between the actress and her sister, telling Xports News, “This matter is unrelated to Kim Tae Hee.”

Kim Tae Hee’s older sister currently resides in the United States, so she was unaware of the unpaid health insurance contributions, which led to this situation.

— Story J Company

Earlier the same day, Ilgan Sports reported that the luxurious apartment in Seongdong-gu, Seoul, owned by Kim Tae Hee’s sister, Kim Hee Won, had been seized by the National Health Insurance Service for unpaid contributions, but the seizure was lifted three weeks later, on January 19. The apartment was built in 2000. Kim Tae Hee purchased one unit in 2006 and later gifted it to her older sister in 2016, and it has remained in Kim Hee Won’s ownership since.

Kim Hee Won was previously the CEO of Lua Entertainment, the company that represented Kim Tae Hee for 9 years. Kim Tae Hee moved to a new agency in 2018, and Lua Entertainment changed its name to Lua Asset in 2019.