Bang Si-hyuk, chairman of HYBE, poses in a fighting stance with employees. /Courtesy of Instagram

Bang Si-hyuk, chairman of HYBE, revealed his current status after losing weight and maintaining it.

On the 8th, Bang posted a photo with employees on Instagram along with the message, "Thank you to the HYBE Healthcare Center." The healthcare center is a company clinic of HYBE.

In the photo, Bang is posing in a navy-colored Dior hooded track jacket (3 million won) and a Prada cotton T-shirt (around 1.37 million won), looking thinner than when he took a photo with J-Hope during the BTS concert in Mexico last month.

As this photo spread on online communities, netizens reacted with comments like, "Please tell us your diet secret," "Did you take the obesity treatment drug Wigovi?" and "How could you lose it so quickly?"

Bang has drawn attention since he revealed his weight loss starting in August last year. While there were questions about whether "the photo was edited," it was confirmed as a fact when he attended The Federation of Korean Industries' regular general meeting in February.