During this April 19, a piece of news was released that shook the world of K-pop as it was reported that one of the members of the South Korean boyband known as STAR, MOONBINIt was found lifeless by his representative, the events occurred inside his apartment located in Seoul.
At the moment the South Korean authorities are carrying out the corresponding investigations, however the main line of investigation showed that the young singer apparently took his own life. According to information shared by the Korean media Yongap Newshis representative found his body around 8:10 p.m. inside his home.
singer’s agency fantiago, confirmed the death of MOONBIN through a statement, in which they offered an apology to the affected family, the fans and the members of the ASTRO group. So far, the official police version of the events has not been released.
The authorities are discussing the possibility of performing an autopsy on the body in order to finally determine the cause of death, however this measure could take a few hours or days since a decision has not been reached regarding the procedure.
Regarding the reasons for his death, MOONBIN’s agency asked the community to not fall for malicious information and that would allow the artist’s family to go through their mourn in peace and that the image of the deceased be respected.
Within the Kpop industry, it is not the first time that an idol decides to end his life, since the December 18, 2017, the vocalist of a famous group known as SHINeeHe passed away at the age of 27.
Kim Jong-hyun was found no vital signs inside his apartment located south of Seoul. The first report reported that he was found in a state of cardiopulmonary arrestTherefore, he was immediately transferred to a health center, where they fought without success to save his life.
The accusations collected by the Korean media yonhapindicated that the authorities detailed that he died from inhale carbon dioxideas charcoal briquettes were found in a frying pan found on the floor of the building.
Two years later, in the same year, the death of two singers was recorded: Sullymember of the girl band f(x) and Goo Haramember of KARA. Choi Jin Ri, better known in the Kpop industry as Sulli, was found dead by her representative, the events occurred on the afternoon of October 14, 2019.
The young woman was found inside her home located in the city of Gyeonggi, Seongnam province, south of Seoul. According to the reports shared by the Sungnam District Police Office, they indicated that the autopsy performed on the singer revealed that she took her own life.
Sulli was the same age as MOONBIN at the time of her death, that is, 25 years old. Before her death, the singer spent the last months of her life with depressionproduct of cyber bullying of which he was a victim since 2014.
On the other hand, the history of hara reported that in the same year of his death he attempted take your own life on two occasions; the first of these was May 26, 2019when it was reported that the singer tried to end her life, however at that moment she was immediately transferred to a hospital where they managed to rescue her.
However, the second attempt that definitively ended his life was reported on November 24 of the same year. The reports mentioned that she was found inside his home, the decision she made was prompted by the cyber bullying received and for the departure of her best friend Sulli, who also suffered from the same problem.
