South Korean actress Jung Da-bin, 27 years old, was found dead at her boyfriend’s house at 7:50 AM on Saturday, February 10th. 

The exact circumstances of her death are still unknown and many rumors have been circulating among the internet communities. According to investigators, the actress hung herself around 3:30~50 AM. In the absence of evidence and based on the testimony of Jung’s boyfriend and various acquaintances who spoke about the actress’s clinical depression, the police first ruled out the possibility of a murder. However, due to inconsistencies in the report, they are now examining the case in further detail.

Sedona Media, her management company, also expressed their disbelief  and requested an autopsy, which was approved by the family.

Jung was a very popular actress who had built a large fanbase thanks to her interpretation of petulant but cheerful characters in television dramas like New Non Stop (2002), Attic Cat/Rooftop Cat (2003) or My 19 Year-Old Sister in Law (2004), a couple of which I used to follow regularly.

She had a brief career in movies with He Was Cool (2004)  a comedy based on a popular Internet-based novel, This Good Fellow (2003) and The Legend of Gingko.

Jung Da-Bin: there was darkness behind the smile

This sudden, brutal death of a female celebrity is the second to occur in less than a month. Popstar U;nee committed suicide on January 21st.

U;Nee. Korean pop suicide.

The news of Jung Da-Bin’s death also comes as a strange and sad echo of the suicide of actress Lee Eun-Joo, who killed herself in February 2005, to the shock of many South Koreans and myself.

 

 

The late and regretted Lee Eun-Joo (December 22, 1980 — February 22, 2005)