Korean Star Park Yong Ha dies in apparent suicide

Park Yong-Ha, a famous  South Korean actor and singer was discovered dead at his home in Seoul Wednesday what seems to be an apparent suicide, police said.

Park Yong-Ha, 33, was found in his room by his mother after reportedly hanged himself with an electrical cord, KBS TV said.

According to Police,  it is an apparent suicide but refused to comment  whether Park had left any note before hanging himself.

Park spent his last moments on Tuesday night  with his father, who has cancer, KBS said.

Reportedly, he massaged his father for a long while before uttering the words: “I’m sorry. I’m sorry.”

Park  gained fame through the 2002 hit TV drama series “Winter Sonata” and attracted  fans in Japan and other Asian countries. He also made albums as a singer.

He had been selected for the leading role in a Korean television drama, a remake of the popular 1996 Hong Kong film, “Comrades, Almost a Love Story”. The shooting was scheduled  to start in July.

If the suicide issue is confirmed, Park would be added to the number of entertainers to kill themselves. They include top movie actress Lee Eun-Joo who committed suicide in 2005 and Choi Jin-Sil who died in 2008.

Based on reports, suicide is the highest cause of death among those in their twenties and thirties in South Korea, which in 2007 had the highest suicide rate among members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

The health ministry says 23.9 in every 100,000 South Koreans committed suicide in 2007, compared with 19.4 in Japan, 16.7 in Finland, 14.2 in France and 14.0 in Switzerland.

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