Okay-pop star Moon Bin, member of the favored boy band group Astro, was discovered lifeless at his dwelling in Seoul, South Korea on Wednesday night, his administration label introduced. He was 25.
Moon Bin, recognized professionally as Moonbin, was reportedly discovered unresponsive by his supervisor within the Gangnam neighbourhood of Seoul.
Police are presently investigating the dying, although native authorities have mentioned there may be no proof of foul play. A police officer in Seoul informed the Korean outlet Yonhap News that Moon Bin’s dying seems to be a suicide.
“On April 19, Astro member Moon Bin unexpectedly left our world and became a star in the sky,” reads an announcement in Korean from the music company Fantagio.
The music company didn’t present any extra details about Moon Bin’s dying however mentioned the label’s different artists are in a state of “very deep sadness and shock.”
Fantagio requested followers to “refrain from speculative and malicious reports” in favour of respecting the Moon household’s privateness.
Moon Bin’s funeral shall be as non-public as doable with household, buddies and colleagues in attendance, the assertion reads.
Astro debuted in 2016 after they appeared on a preferred actuality TV present. The group rapidly discovered success in South Korea and Japan and was listed on Billboard’s prime 10 record of latest Okay-pop teams that yr, with the journal praising them for his or her “bright, synthpop sound that won over K-pop lovers from around the world.”
Astro initially had six members, however one left the group in February 2023. The group has launched three full-length albums and 10 EPs since their debut.
Before becoming a member of Astro, Moon Bin was a toddler actor and mannequin. He held a minor function within the Okay-drama Boys Over Flowers, which was massively common in Asia.
Moon Bin’s sister, Moon Sua, is a Okay-pop artist as nicely and is a member of the woman band Billlie. Moon Bin was additionally a member of the subgroup Moonbin & Sanha, alongside Astro member Yoon San-ha.
Several South Korean singers and actors have died by suicide in recent times, which has touched off soul-searching about harsh competitors within the fast-growing leisure trade, an abusive on-line tradition and failure by administration to handle the psychological well being issues of their stars.
Most Okay-pop stars be a part of leisure companies at a really younger age — many of their early teenagers — and prepare intensively for a number of years earlier than making a public debut. Okay-pop stars are sometimes held to very excessive requirements within the public eye and are regularly scrutinized on-line for his or her look, costume and behavior.
In 2019, common Okay-pop star Goo Hara of the group Kara died by a suspected suicide at 28 years outdated. The yr prior, she sued her ex-boyfriend for bodily assault and threatening to blackmail the star with a sexually express video. He was given a suspended jail time period, however Goo Hara’s profession and fame remained tarnished till her dying.
Just over a month earlier than Goo Hara died, a member of the F(x) woman group, Sulli, additionally died by a suspected suicide amid a longtime wrestle with on-line harassment and bullying. Sulli was 25.
Sulli was good buddies with Kim Jonghyun, member of SHINee, considered one of Korea’s most profitable boybands, who died of a suspected suicide in 2017. During his profession, Kim Jonghyun was a uncommon voice within the Okay-pop trade who overtly mentioned his struggles with melancholy and psychological sickness. He was 27.
According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, South Korea has the highest suicide fee of any nation, at about 26 per each 100,000 folks. Mental well being and remedy stay stigmatized in South Korean society.
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