ALL KPOP IDOLS WHO PAY THE DEBT OF THEIR FAMILY OR PARENTS

Not everyone is lucky by being born in rich family, some of them have to work hard to make a living. Some Kpop idols even have shared their experience of being in debt to others. They 're having lived in shortages made them fight harder to make themselves and their parents happy.

After being successful as an entertainer, they finally managed to pay off the debt of their parents that had been burdening their entire family.

1. AKMU

As many may or may not know, AKMU's family used to be very poor. Some of the proof is that they eventually had to move to Mongolia for a while to escape Korea's expensive lifestyle. On one of their title song: The dinosaurs are a metaphor for 채무자, or debt collectors who used to trash their house in order to instill fear, for them to pay the debt. After successfully debut under YG as musician and artist, they finally able to pay all the debt.

2. MC Gree

MC Gree start his career as rapper from as young as 8 years old, as he is the son of a popular comedian named Kim Gura. In an interview, MC Gree revealed that his mother had a debt of 1.7 billion won. He debuted at a very young age to help pay off his mother's debt. Even though Kim Gura was divorced, he is still helped pay some of the debt.

3. Chungha

In a TV program called Olive's Everyone's Kitchen, Chungha shared that thanks to her success as one of the top female soloists prior debuted under IOI members, she was finally able to pay off her family's debt. She even bought an expensive bag for a gift to her mother, that she has been dreaming for several years.

4. Hyeri Girl's Day

Hyeri debuted in 2010 as a member of Girl's Day, and is now more active as an actress. She rose to fame as the youngest member of girl group Girl's Day, and was named as the "Nation's Little Sister" by the South Korean media due to her immense popularity In 2014, Hyeri revealed that as a child she had to live apart from her parents due to financial problems. However, as a successful idols turn actress, Hyeri is now finally able to give them an apartment and luxury car.

5. INFINITE's Sungyeol

After successfully debuting with INFINITE, Sungyeol finally managed to pay off all these debts as well as giving some allowance money for his family. Sungyeol revealed that since childhood he wanted to pay off his parents' debt so that they would no longer live in difficulties. This is one of the reason whey he decided to become an idol.

6. Jo Kwon

2AM member Jo Kwon revealed that he lived in a very cramped room because his parents had a business failure.

Due to this, He has been very diligent to keep asking the manager to find jobs on various variety shows so he could quickly pay his parents debt. Jo kwon gave all his earning from Jo Kwon's first commercial to his mother. Fortunately, his family's debt has now been paid off.

7. Zico

Zico said that despite economic hardship, his parents used to help and support him in pursuing his dream. In 2016, after he breakthrough and successful career as a rapper, Zico is known to have spent most of his income as an idol as well as a song producer to pay off his parents' debt

8. IU

IU revealed that her parents had been victims of a fraud which was the beginning where they began to go into debt. Since childhood, IU and her sister have lived with their grandmother because their parents were hit by financial problems. Since she has successful career now, as a soloist singer and actress, he begin to donate in charity to help people in needs.

9. Lee Joon

In 2013, Lee Joon revealed that his family was in huge debt. However, now he finally managed to pay it off and at the same time provide a house for his parents.

10. BTOB's Minhyuk

In 2017 someone reported BTOB's Minhyuk's father for fraud charges. The reporter stated that he had lent money of 100 million won or around 1.3 billion in 2008. However, until 2017, Minhyuk's father had only paid off his debt of 50 million won.

Cube Entertainment also stated that Minhyuk did not know anything about this. After the report appeared, Minhyuk was immediately responsible by paying off all of his father's debt and the problem was resolved properly between individuals.

Other popular kpop idols with finance difficulty in their early career:

11. SNSD Tiffany

12. Mamamoo Wheein

13. Park Bogum

14. Sandara Park

15. Super junior Leeteuk

16. JYJ Jae joong