Death of young actor Kim Sae-Roro Sparks Discussion of Toxic Internet Comments, Media Reporting in South Korea

South Korean actor Death of Kim Sae-Rona This week, he started pouring sadness and calls for changes in the way celebrities are treated in the public arena and social media, which critics say they can encourage the culture of harassment.

The 24-year-old, who started her career as a children’s actor and deserved for her roles in several domestic films, including 2010 crimes “A man from nowhere,” found a dead friend at her Capital Land, Seoul, Sunday . Her death is assumed to be suicide. The National Police Agency said she did not suspect bad playing and that Kim had not left the note.

Once among the brightest stars on the colorful film and television scene in South Korea, Kim struggled to find a job after a drunken driving incident in 2022, for which he was later punished in court.

Kim last appeared in the Netflix 2023 “Bloodhounds” series Her IMDB page. However, diversity reported This majority of her roles are decorated because of a drunken driving incident.

Internet posts in South Korea are notoriously sharp to celebrities who make the wrong steps, especially women, and Kim faced a constant negative covering of news organizations that used public feelings.

Newspapers and websites criticized her whenever they were seen having fun with friends or when she complained about her lack of work and nasty comments on social networks. They even criticized her for laughing while making an independent movie last year.

After Kima’s death, several main newspapers on Tuesday announced the introductors and pieces of opinion that ran into toxic online comments about the actor. Some called to the death of suicide in 2019 K-POP singer Seol-al and Go Hara and death of 2023 actor “parasite” Lee Sun-Kyun while calling for a change of culture “sharp, zero tolerance” to celebrities.

Hankook Ilbo newspaper said the media in the country were part of the problem, complaining that some sellers continued to exploit Kim for clicks even after her death, using provocative titles that highlighted her past struggles.

The coalition of citizens for the Democratic Media on Tuesday criticized news organizations for the guilt of social media without thinking about their own “sensational and provocative reporting.”

Born in 2000, Kim began an acting career at the age of 9, with the movie “All New Life” from 2009, showing the girl’s struggle to adapt to a new life after her father left her in an orphanage.

She stood up with the star with “A man out of nowhere”, which was one of the biggest hits on the South Korean movie scene that year and won her a domestic acting award.

In her career, Kim showed versatility in a series of acting roles and won several other film awards, including Best Actress in 2015 for her appearance in “The Girl on my Gate”, according to her words IMDB page.

She starred in various films and TV shows before the 2022 drunk driving incident.

The gold medal, Kim’s former management agency, did not immediately respond to calls for comment.

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