long list of young entertainment figures who have taken their own lives in Korea’s high-pressure culture industry

South Korean rapper Iron, who rose to fame as a contestant on a hip-hop competition show, has died at the age of 28.

South China Morning Postさんの投稿 2021年1月25日月曜日

 

Actress Song Yoo-jung, known for the MBC series Make a Wish, has died at the age of 26.

South China Morning Postさんの投稿 2021年1月24日日曜日

 

If Song’s death is later revealed to be a suicide, she would join a long and troubling list of young entertainment figures who have taken their own lives in recent years in Korea’s high-pressure culture industry, including K-pop stars Sulli and Goo Hara.

 

ここのところなぜか続いているね。

コロナ禍で精神的にまいっている人が多いのかな。