Hana Yori Dango Actress Commits Suicide

[tienguan]

Rising actress Jang Ja-yeon, who was currently starring in the Korean drama adaption of Hana Yori Dango (Boys over Flowers), was recently found to have committed suicide at her home in Bundang, Gyeonggi Province.

Jang’s death marks the third celebrity suicide to hit the Korean entertainment industry in the past 6 months. Police said that the 27-year-old actress apparently hanged herself from a stairway railing and was discovered by her sister. The Korean entertainment business is known to be tough on its stars.

Internet-based personal attacks have been particularly nasty. Rabid Korean netizens figured prominently in fueling the suicide of actress Choi Jin-sil last October.

Jang had been suffering from depression and had undergone medical treatment for it during the past year. Jang was also known to have had trouble with her current management agency. The actress had complained about the overwhelming stress to her sister during a phone call earlier that afternoon.

Jang’s suicide is a tragic end to her rising stardom. After her public debut in 2006 in a TV commercial, Jang rose to stardom playing Sunny, one of the three mean girls in Boys over Flowers. With two upcoming movies this year, Jang was poised for a breakthrough year.

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---May her soul rest in peace.

[Caels]

holy crap . I liked her in the Korean version of HYD too. Too bad it ended so randomly.

[Deluxe]

Oh that's terrible. The recent spate of suicides within the industry is rather disturbing. My thoughts to her family.

[bangbangtang]

can she give her "prettiness" for me ? lol, how can she ended up her self with that pretty face n body....

[aisatsunin]

Aww another suicide. Rest in peace, Jang. You will be remembered for your greatness. And yeah, this suicide thing is going up really bad.

[cutebabyuk]

wow i am quite shocked!! i was watchin her acting and wow now story bout her commited sucide. i feel sad for the parent who is going through pain. rest in peace

[esztokam]

It's so unbelievable. And the cast should go on with the making of the drama~
This drama must be cursed. First accidents on the set then accident of the leads and now this~ I hope nothing bad will happen from now on...

[vamparia]

That's so sad... so many suicides in Korea, it's really scary.

[perezz]

So sad...

[smrebornme]

I really don't understand how the Korean Entertainment Industry works... the number of celebrity suicides there is sort of disturbing. Is the pressure and criticism in Korea really that bad to cause this? American tabloids and scandals are pretty bad, but I've yet to see any celebrities here commit suicide. This must be really tough on her family, my prayers are with them.

Side note, what is up with the bad karma associated with this show?...

[esc1a]

people, why are you committing suicides? life is beautiful!

may you be happy in that world, Jang Ja-yeon..

you got that right. why?
maybe, their it more to the story than just being depress..
anyway her acting will always remember by us

[shyda]

RIP to her..
She got a lot of talent..unfortunately she cannot expand it now..
Suicide always not the solution for the problem..
is it bcoz human always thinks to much..if we cannot found the answer juz killed ourself..poor our family..

[tanga86]

This is just depressing. Poor girl, there has to be something wrong with the entertainment business over there it just seems too demanding on people. Many times these people are treated as if they were something other than just that people with a job who are just as vulnerable as any other person in the world.

[justinjoe]

yeah i heard about that, im so sad...i wish the best for the family