K-pop singers Goo Hara, left, and Sulli, two K-pop stars and close friends who were both recently found dead, six weeks apart, with suicide being the most likely cause of death. Photo: InstagramK-pop singers Goo Hara, left, and Sulli, two K-pop stars and close friends who were both recently found dead, six weeks apart, with suicide being the most likely cause of death. Photo: Instagram
K-pop singers Goo Hara, left, and Sulli, two K-pop stars and close friends who were both recently found dead, six weeks apart, with suicide being the most likely cause of death. Photo: Instagram
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Goo Hara and Sulli’s deaths: ‘K-pop music labels need to change’, says Korean psychologist

The deaths of Goo Hara and Sulli just six weeks apart shows that something needs to change in K-pop – here Korean psychologists take aim at a toxic system rife with cyberbully, exploitation, mental illness and gender double standards

Topic |   K-pop idols
Korea Times
Korea Times

Updated: 4:23pm, 2 Dec, 2019

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K-pop singers Goo Hara, left, and Sulli, two K-pop stars and close friends who were both recently found dead, six weeks apart, with suicide being the most likely cause of death. Photo: InstagramK-pop singers Goo Hara, left, and Sulli, two K-pop stars and close friends who were both recently found dead, six weeks apart, with suicide being the most likely cause of death. Photo: Instagram
K-pop singers Goo Hara, left, and Sulli, two K-pop stars and close friends who were both recently found dead, six weeks apart, with suicide being the most likely cause of death. Photo: Instagram
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