Rising actress Jang Ja-yeon, who was currently starring in the Korean drama adaptation of Hana Yori Dango (Boys over Flowers), was recently found to have committed suicide at her home in Bundang, Gyeonggi Province.
Jang’s death marks the third celebrity suicide to hit the Korean entertainment industry in the past 6 months.
Police said that the 27-year-old actress apparently hanged herself from a stairway railing and was discovered by her sister.
The Korean entertainment business is known to be tough on its stars.
Internet-based personal attacks have been particularly nasty. Rabid Korean netizens figured prominently in fueling the suicide of actress Choi Jin-sil last October.
Jang had been suffering from depression and had undergone medical treatment for it during the past year. Jang was also known to have had trouble with her current management agency. The actress had complained about the overwhelming stress to her sister during a phone call earlier that afternoon.
Jang’s suicide is a tragic end to her rising stardom. After her public debut in 2006 in a TV commercial, Jang rose to stardom playing Sunny, one of the three mean girls in Boys over Flowers. With two upcoming movies this year, Jang was poised for a breakthrough year.
hmm this is sad.. i heard lots of good stuff about this series.. i wanted to check it out but now seeing as shes dead itll be weird :S
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I sort of liked her XD
200 pound singer… movie one
damn….
just commiting suicide is wrong, but i heard that asia is at the top for suicide
but VIPs to commit suicide is just odd and wrong
how can it be that a person who gets so much attention
and is probably loved by many feel so depressed that death is the only way