Dead K-pop star ‘consumed by depression’

SEOUL: A top K-pop star wrote in a suicide note that he was “broken from inside” and “engulfed” by depression, it emerged yesterday as his death sent shockwaves among fans worldwide, reports AFP. Kim Jong-Hyun, 27-year-old lead singer of the hugely popular K-pop boyband SHINee, was found in a hotel room in the South Korean capital Seoul in what police said was suicide. A coal briquette was burning on a frying pan—a common method of self-killing in South Korea, an ultra-competitive society with one of the world’s highest suicide rates. Kim’s close friend, musician Nain9, released a suicide note on her Instagram account, saying he had asked her to publish the message in the event of his death. “I am broken from inside. The depression that gnawed on me slowly has finally engulfed me entirely,” it said, adding

Dead K-pop star consumed by depression

SEOUL: A top K-pop star wrote in a suicide note that he was broken from inside and engulfed by depression, it emerged yesterday as his death sent shockwaves among fans worldwide, reports AFP. Kim Jong-Hyun, 27-year-old lead singer of the hugely popular K-pop boyband SHINee, was found in a hotel room in the South Korean capital Seoul in what police said was suicide. A coal briquette was burning on a frying pana common method of self-killing in South Korea, an ultra-competitive society with one of the worlds highest suicide rates. Kims close friend, musician Nain9, released a suicide note on her Instagram account, saying he had asked her to publish the message in the event of his death. I am broken from inside. The depression that gnawed on me slowly has finally engulfed me entirely, it said, adding