Na Jong-ho, a psychiatry professor at Yale University, likened the spate of celebrity deaths in South Korea to a real-life version of Squid Game, the South Korean Netflix blockbuster which sees the indebted fighting to the death for a huge cash prize.

Actor Kim Sae-ron’s death adds to the list of celebrity deaths in South Korea that underscore the enormous pressure they face under the gaze of a relentlessly unforgiving media that pounces on their e

After South Korean actor Kim Sae-ron was found dead in her home on February 16, multiple Facebook pages with tens of thousands of followers shared images falsely claiming they show surveillance footage of her last moments in an elevator.

South Korean actress Kim Sae-ron, who previously starred in the Netflix action series Bloodhounds, is suspected to have died by suicide, South Korean Police confirmed via local outlets and the New York Times.

Korean celebrities may be loved by their fans, but make one slip-up and the online abuse starts, often fuelled by mass media.