Inside Big Bang’s Taeyang and Min Hyo-rin’s new luxury home – K-pop celebrities BTS, G-Dragon and Blackpink also live in the upscale Hannam neighbourhood dubbed the ‘Beverly Hills of Seoul’
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- Taeyang and Min Hyo-rin splurged US$13.2 million for their new home in Seoul’s exclusive Hannam Riverhill – way more than BTS RM’s neighbouring complex and IU’s Cheongdam penthouse
- There are only 17 households in the Janghak Paarc Hannam apartments – and two of them belong to Big Hit Entertainment founder Bang Si-Hyuk and Psy of Gangnam Style fame
Perhaps the most classic example though is Taeyang, of K-pop boy band Big Bang, who bought his Hannam Riverhill apartment in 2014 just after he started a relationship with actress Min Hyo-rin. They tied the knot in 2018.
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Hannam Riverhill is one of the most exclusive properties in South Korea where even the BTS members own units, yet Taeyang reportedly sold the apartment in 2020. So where did they go? He and Min Hyo-rin bought their new home in Janghak Paarc Hannam in late 2020 – in the Hannam-dong neighbourhood is known as the “Beverly Hills of Seoul”.
So here a few things to know about their new luxury pad.
1. Their home cost a cool US$13.2 million
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2. Their famous neighbours include Psy and “Hitman” Bang
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The Hannam area could well be K-pop Town since many Korean celebrities own property there. Various Blackpink members, Blackpink’s Jennie IU, G-Dragon and Song Hye-kyo, all call the neighbourhood home, and two big names actually live in Janghak Parcc – producer and record executive Bang Si-Hyuk or “Hitman” Bang, whose Big Hit Entertainment manages BTS, and Psy.
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