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    Deaths of K-pop stars put focus on mental health taboos in South Korea

    Toxic mix of misogyny and view of mental illness as a failure is ruining lives beyond music industry
    by Justin McCurry in Tokyo Dec 01, 2019 3 minutes
    A shrine to the K-pop star Goo Hara in Seoul a day after her death. Photograph: Chung Sung-jun/Getty Images

    Only a few years ago, Sulli and Goo Hara were at the height of their powers, two K-pop stars whose talents had brought them fame across Asia. But in the space of six weeks, both women died.

    , 25, took her own life in October after years of online abuse. Her close friend , who was the same age, had just completed a solo tour of Japan when her body was found at her home in Seoul last weekend alongside

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