The South Korean actress Kim Sae-Ron He was found dead at his home in Seoul on Sunday (16), almost two years after he walked away from the spotlight after a condemnation for drunk driving. She was 24 years old.
Kim’s body was discovered by a friend, according to police. There were no signs of crime and the police are investigating the circumstances of their death, a police officer told CNN.
Kim began his career as a child actress and gained ample recognition, including an appearance at the Cannes Film Festival, for his role as an abandoned girl in an orphanage in the 2009 movie “A New Life.”
She later starred in the action of action “Ajeossi” (2010), the suspense “The Neighbors” (2012) and the drama “A Girl at Door” (2014), among various roles in film and television.
Kim’s career has stagnated since April 2023, after a court of Seoul considered guilty of driving under alcohol influence when he crashed his car in the South Korean capital a year earlier. Kim avoided the arrest, but was fined about $ 14,000. His last known role was at Netflix’s K-Drama “Hunting Dogs” (2023).
The last publication on Kim’s Instagram account, a photo of the shared actress in January, accumulated more than 205,000 likes. The comments are disabled in the account.
Korean celebrities paid tribute to Kim after the news of his death. “May you rest in peace,” wrote actor Kim Ok-Bin on Instagram alongside a photo of a white chrysanthemum, a symbol of mourning in many Asian cultures.
Kim’s co-star Kim Min-Ch shared a picture of a scene from “The Neighbors” on Instagram and said: “I was very happy to meet her as my daughter in the movie. May you rest in peace. ”
Highlighting continuous concerns about mental health and pressures in the South Korea entertainment industry. Song Jae-lyt, a former model who was featured in K-Dramas, was found dead in his apartment last November at the age of 39. Boy Band Astro died last year at the age of 25. K-Pop singer and actress Sulli was also 25 when she died in 2019. And two years earlier, Kim Jong-Hyun from Boy Band Shinee was found dead at her home at 27.
Entertainment agencies implemented various mental health support systems, including counseling services and more flexible times, but observers say that the highly competitive nature of South Korean entertainment, combined with intense public scrutiny and expectations of perfection in appearance and behavior , they are affecting the stars.
