Singer Lee Seo-hyun, 30, was also under attack on the net over sexuality. Model Kim Ji-hoo, 23, was harassed on the net after coming out. Choi Jin-sil (right), 39, was worried she had pressured Ahn into suicide. Ahn Jae-hwan, a 36-year-old actor, was reportedly mired in debt.
Jang is one of seven South Korean celebrities to have killed themselves in the last six months. It's part of the process of being a star." A tragic end "In many instances, the prospective star will meet the VIP alone, who hints at casting her, introducing her to another VIP or sponsoring her lavish lifestyle. "Exploitation and abuse is the dirty secret of the entertainment industry," she said, adding that many top celebrities, as former employees of seedy hostess clubs, were expected to continue "entertaining" producers and directors in their new careers. "Popseoul," who runs a celebrity gossip blog, said the actor's suicide was part of a "tragic trend". Three weeks after Jang's death, South Korea's huge online community is still buzzing. Jang's suicide, initially attributed to lingering depression over her parents' death in a car crash 10 years ago, is one of several among South Korean entertainers over the past year.
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While the police investigate, the South Korean media has finally condemned the industry for the way it treats its most marketable - and usually female - talent.įilm and TV viewers are now wondering how big a part abuse and the demands of "slave contracts" played in a spate of celebrity suicides originally put down to the pressures of fame. Yoo is now in hospital recovering from a suicide attempt. Jang was reportedly in Yoo's office when she wrote the note, copies of which he passed to her family. Kim has proclaimed his innocence, contesting that the letter was part of an attempt by Jang's former manager, Yoo Jang-ho, to ruin his business. When police raided Kim's office, they discovered a shower and bed in a "secret room" on the third floor. She was also forced to serve and consume drinks and to act as an escort at golf matches, she wrote.
Jang reportedly claimed Kim had regularly beaten her and forced her to have sex with a string of VIPs, including directors, media executives and CEOs. The villain of the piece, according to South Korean reports, is her agent, Kim Sung-hoon, who is now in Japan following accusations he molested a male model. Her allegations, leaked to the media, have prompted an outcry and forced the police to investigate her relationships with several powerful men. Almost one million fans visited her website in the 48 hours after her death, on 7 March. I can't believe that problems surrounding the agency have driven her to suicide.After making her debut in a 2006 TV commercial, Jang cemented her fame as a vindictive schoolgirl in the soap, and was awaiting the release of her first two films when she died.
Jang was allegedly distressed over the need to choose an agency, but a representative with her current agency said Sunday, "She wanted to renew the contract with us after it expired, so we were discussing the matter. Jang's friends have been suspicious that the 29-year-old really killed herself due to depression because she had just risen from relative obscurity through the hugely popular TV drama, "Boys over Flowers." "I decided to reveal some part of her writing dotted with thumbprints to pay respect to what she had in mind."īut the friend added, "Even though the note includes details of how she has been hurt since she started working in show business to become an actress, I won't reveal it all because that could cause unwitting damage to others." "Ja-yeon would feel sad if she knew people consider her as a mere depression patient who died without even leaving a will," a friend told the Chosun Ilbo. The actress Jang Ja-yeon, who hanged herself last Saturday, left a lengthy suicide note.
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