BTS' JUNGKOOK issued a sharp warning after back-to-back intrusions at his home.
On Sept. 1, during a birthday livestream, JUNGKOOK addressed the latest break-in himself.
"I was watching everything on my home CCTV," he said. "When I heard the police arriving, the intruder panicked in the underground garage and tried to run, but was ultimately caught. They even claimed they were my friend. ARMY are family and friends, but support and trespassing are two completely different things."
"If you show up, I will lock you in," he warned. "We have all the CCTV footage and evidence―so the only place you're going is with the police. If you step into my building's parking garage, you won't get out unless I open the door. If you don't want to end up at the station, do not come in."
At around 11:20 p.m. on the 30th, a woman in her 40s, identified only as A, was arrested on the spot after unlawfully entering the parking garage of JUNGKOOK's residence in Seoul's Yongsan District.
She reportedly tailed a vehicle to get inside, and a security guard monitoring CCTV called police, who apprehended her. During questioning, she offered incoherent statements, including, "I went in because it's a friend's house," according to authorities.
Just two months earlier in June, a Chinese woman in her 30s was caught repeatedly punching in the door code at JUNGKOOK's front entrance and was arrested at the scene. Yongsan Police later referred her without detention on suspicion of attempted trespassing.
It isn't the first privacy breach targeting JUNGKOOK. While he was serving in the military last year, a China-based hacking group allegedly tried to steal HYBE shares worth roughly 8.4 billion won in his name, but a payment freeze prevented any actual loss.
Photo: Baik Seung-Chul
(SBS Entertainment News | Kang Kyung-youn)