• Probable suicide.Sulli, K-pop star, appears dead at age 25
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Sulli entered the martyrology of K-pop yesterday with 25 years. One more in this saints with millions of followers in South Korea . Her agent found her lifeless body in her home in Seongnam, south of Seoul, after trying for two days to locate her by phone without success.

The Police have opened an investigation to clarify the causes of the artist's death, although the main hypothesis that is considered is suicide. This singer, model and actress suffered depression and her condition could be aggravated in recent weeks after the publication on Instagram of some intimate photos of her in which she accidentally showed her breasts. He said he was a victim of cyberbullying .

Despite his youth, Sulli - whose real name was Choi Jin-ri (which in Korean means true) - had starred in a very long career. He debuted as a television actress with only 11 years and at 15 he achieved musical success as a member of the female electropop group F (x). It was one of the stars of the Hallyu, as the contemporary cultural wave born in South Korea is known that triumphs with its music and its soap operas not only in Asia but also in the West.

In 2014 Sulli's career was interrupted for the first time. He announced his retirement after acknowledging feeling "physically and mentally exhausted by false rumors and fierce criticism . " The following year he resumed his career, but already alone.

Sulli was a product of the country's emerging music industry, where the trajectories of the stars are directed with entomological precision. Because succeeding in K-pop demands countless sacrifices thanks to a business model in which the fan matters more than the artist. It is the price to pay for a public and very lucrative life. In Korea, singers live in golden cages dedicated to the cult of beauty and youth in which diet, sentimental life and costumes are monitored by producers and agents. The pressure becomes at times suffocating in such young people.

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Sulli was a creation of Suman Lee , the great tycoon of the K-pop record industry that governs the destinies of the most important artists of the country from his SM Entertainment company Within a few hours of announcing the death of his pupil, the company launched On the networks, a statement in which he asked the family for respect that media and fans "refrained from spreading rumor-based speculative articles . "

The death of Sulli is a new chapter in the list of mournful events related to K-pop. Seven months ago the leader of the 100% band Seo Min-woo died of a heart attack with only 33 years and, in 2017, another star, Johngyum, of the SHINee band, took his own life. «I'm broken inside. The depression that has slowly eaten me has already devoured me, and I have not been able to overcome it. It's amazing how much it hurts. No one is more tormented or weakened than me, ”Johngyum wrote in his farewell note, which a friend made public.

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