Moonbin, a K-pop idol, passed away at the age of 25, according to his record label.
The death of Moon Bin, a 25-year-old K-pop sensation and member of the well-known boy band Astro, shocked and saddened fans worldwide.
Moon Bin has “suddenly left us and became a light in the sky,” according to his music company, Fantagio, which confirmed his passing on Thursday.
The music label said that “all Astro members, Fantagio colleagues, executives, and staff who have worked together for a long period are truly mourning the departed in such tremendous sadness and shock.” It added that Moon Bin “always loved and thought of the fans more than anybody else.”
According to a representative from Gangnam Police Station, the star’s management discovered him dead at his residence in southern Seoul at around 8:10 p.m. on Wednesday.
Moon Bin is thought to have committed suicide, according to Gangnam police, who spoke with CNN on Thursday. There have been no indications of wrongdoing in this case, according to police.
Fans expressed their sadness at the celebrity’s passing on social media as they posted condolences, the latest incident bringing attention to the frequently intense demands stars experience in the cutthroat and demanding Korean entertainment market.
With more than 2.6 million tweets with the hashtag #moonbin, some of which were in English, Spanish, Indonesian, Tagalog, and Thai, the topic was trending worldwide.
Social media videos, meanwhile, showed Astro’s signature colours of white and purple balloons being used to line a wall as a memorial for the late star in Chile.
On the video that was tweeted, a supporter wrote: “RIP in peace Moonbin… You comforted others with your remarks. I wished you had expressed your suffering. Lie down, darling angel.
“Now that you’re a star in the sky, you’re keeping an eye on the ones you love. Thoughts and thoughts are with his family and all AROHAs, as MTV Asia tweeted in reference to the nickname Astro’s supporters use for one another.
“We lost a bright light, who was genuinely contributing to his family’s, friends’, and fans’ life, and that bright light is gone,” said CedarBough Saeji, assistant professor of Korean and East Asian Studies at Pusan National University.
Saeji, a self-described Moon Bin supporter, said that while there was talk about the strains of Korean culture and the country’s celebrity industry, it was also necessary to recall the young star’s successes.
“Moonbin was a dancer and singer with extraordinary talent. He had recently started to write some of the content for Astro as well. Also, he had been appearing in a number of well-liked web dramas. If he had persisted in his profession and developed more as a performer, there is absolutely no telling how far he may have gone, Saeji stated.
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