Asia stunned as South Korean TV star and singer Park Yong-ha kills himself

Asia stunned as South Korean TV star and singer Park Yong-ha kills himself, me too...

Due to career pressures? He had to take care of his 62-year-old father who is suffering from terminal stomach cancer as well...

Yesterday, Park Yong-ha was found dead by her mother hanging from a cable of a cellular phone in his home at Seoul Nonhyundong at approximately )5:30 hrs

According to online reports, the actor massaged his father’s legs and then walked to his room at 0:40 am. He is reported to have said repeatedly “I am sorry” but no more details were given. Park had been taking sleeping pills due to insomnia.

Reported on http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/celebrity/buzz/asia/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4188746

Reports also revealed that before his death, Park's last phone-call was to his good friend, Kim Jae-joong of popular boyband TVXQ.

"He sounded chirpy on the phone, I didn't feel like he acting out of sorts. We even promised to meet up when I'm back in Korea. I am shocked," said Kim.

Park Yon Ha funeral procession has been scheduled for July 2. My heart goes to his family. May his soul rest in peace.

Reported in The Australian

THE death of one of South Korea's top young stars has stunned millions of fans across Asia and left a nation once again bewailing its sky-high suicide rate.
Park Yong Ha was found dead at his home in Seoul yesterday, hanged by the slender cable of his mobile phone charger. Park, 33, who was midway through a singing tour of Asia, was among a small cadre of South Korean stars who dominate the domestic film and television scene.

No suicide note was found but the immediate cause of the actor's misery appears to have been the strain of caring for his terminally ill father.

His death is the latest in a series of young celebrity suicides that began with the death of Lee Eun Joo, the film star, in 2005.

Three years later Choi Jin Sil, widely regarded as the country's most accomplished actress, took her own life. This year Jin Young, her actor brother, committed suicide.

Suicide rates in South Korea are exceptionally high. Health Ministry figures suggest that the national rate is 24 suicides for every 100,000 people.

Park Yong-ha began his acting career in the late ’90s, starring in popular Korean TV dramas. More recently, he starred in 2002’s Winter Sonata and 2009’s A Man’s Story. Park was widely popular in Japan and released eight albums there. According to published reports, he was supposed to hold 12 concerts across Japan from July 2 to Aug. 22 and the tickets were sold out, according to Japanese record company Pony Canyon Inc.

News of Park’s suicide dominated headlines in Japan along with the country’s World Cup defeat to Paraguay.

His first concert in Japan, such a great singer!!