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South Korean arts and culture organizations, artists and filmmakers, including Bong Joon-ho, have joined together to call for an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of actor Lee Sun-kyun. Lee, whose credits include Bong’s Oscar winning Parasite, died last month in an apparent suicide at the age of 48.
At the time, he was under investigation for alleged drug use at the home of a hostess working at a high-end bar in Seoul’s Gangnam district. Yonhap reported that Lee had been questioned multiple times by authorities, including for 19 hours the weekend prior to his death. The actor had said he was tricked into taking drugs. Last Friday, the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency referred two women, including a bar hostess, to the prosecution for further investigation and potential indictment on charges of blackmailing Lee for 350 million won ($266K), Yonhap reported.
This week, according to the Korea Herald, an organization calling itself The Association of Solidarity of Cultural Artists and made up of 29 culture and arts groups, including the Busan Film Festival, released a statement urging authorities and the media to prevent similar deaths in the future.
The statement, per the Korea Herald, said, “In the face of the tragic death of actor Lee Sun-kyun, we shared the same heart that this should never happen again. We will call for investigation officials’ probe to discover the truth, request media outlets to delete articles that do not fit their function as media, as well as urge authorities to revise the law to protect the human rights of artists.”
A press conference will be held in Seoul on Friday with such figures as Bong, filmmaker Lee Won-tae (The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil) and the head of the
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Parasite director Bong Joon-ho and several South Korean creatives have called for a probe into the circumstances behind renowned actor Lee Sun-kyun’s death.Last month, the 48-year-old actor was found dead in an apparent suicide. At the time of his death, Lee had been undergoing a highly publicised investigation by South Korean police on suspicions of drug use.Earlier this week, the newly established Association of Solidarity of Cultural Artists released a statement calling for an investigation into Lee’s death, per The Korea Herald.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Parasite” director Boon Joon-ho led a press conference in Seoul on Friday, following the death by suicide of actor Lee Sun-kyun at the end of December. Lee had been investigated by police in Incheon for possible recreational use of drugs and was at the center of a maelstrom of media and social media commentary for the two months prior to his death.
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