Red Star Watch | Why do Korean artists commit suicide frequently?

Unexpectedly, the first month of 2021 is not over yet, and there is news of artist suicide in Korean entertainment circle: 26-year-old Korean actress Song Youting committed suicide at home; Iron, a 29-year-old hip-hop singer, died in a pool of blood, and South Korean police have ruled out homicide.
In recent years, the news of Korean artists’ suicide one after another is impressive. There are many Korean artists who suddenly left by "suicide" in Li Enzhu, Cui Zhenshi, Zhang Ziyan and recently Sulli. What are the reasons behind this surprising news?
Another Korean female artist is suicidal, only 26 years old.
Song youting, a 26-year-old Korean actress, committed suicide at home on January 23rd.
Song Yiting entered the entertainment circle as a model, and in 2013, he started the drama road with the drama "Golden Rainbow". Since then, he has performed "Speak Your Wish", "School 2017" and "Dear My Name". At present, the police have not announced the reasons for Song’s suicide.
The last update time of her social platform was December 30 last year, but she smiled sweetly at the camera. Nowadays, her beautiful figure can only be recalled through photos and films, which is infinitely embarrassing.
Songyouting
At the same time, Iron, the third runner-up of South Korea’s popular variety SHOW ME THE MONEY, also died on January 25, when security guards found him lying in the flower bed of an apartment in central Seoul, and he died after being taken to the hospital. According to the latest news, the South Korean police announced that the investigation of Iron’s death was over and homicide was ruled out.
Li Enzhu, Cui Zhenshi, Zhang Ziyan and Sulli … all chose this way to leave.
In fact, tragedies like Song Youting are not unfamiliar in South Korea. Every once in a while, the Korean entertainment industry will hear the news of artists committing suicide.
In 2005, Li Enzhu, a 25-year-old Korean actress, committed suicide in her apartment. Most of the reasons for her suicide were that she suffered from online violence due to shooting a large-scale nude play, which led to her depression.
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In 2007, 26-year-old singer U-Nee and 27-year-old actor Zheng Duobin hanged themselves.
In 2008, Cui Zhenshi, Han Xing, who performed Korean dramas "look for a star" and "Rose Life", was suspicious of online negative comments and depression, and hanged himself in the bathroom of his apartment at the age of 39. His younger brother Cui Zhenying and her ex-husband Zhao Chengmin also committed suicide in 2010 and 2013 respectively.
Jin-sil Choi
Only one day after Cui Zhenshi committed suicide, South Korean star Zhang Caiyuan, who was maliciously slandered for sex-change surgery, was also found hanging herself in the bathroom at home at the age of 26.
In 2009, Zhang Ziyan, a Korean actress, committed suicide by hanging her neck in the Pentangjia Village of Gyeonggi Province at the age of 26. Later, the suicide note disclosed by the media revealed that she had been forced to provide sexual services to many people, including those who worked in planning companies, financial institutions and broadcasting companies. Ten years after Zhang Ziyan’s death, in 2019, South Korean President Moon Jae in ordered a thorough investigation into the incident.
Jang Ja-Yeon
In 2011, Korean actress Han Caiyuan hanged herself at her home in Seoul, South Korea at four o’clock in the morning. Before her death, she wrote on her personal homepage: "I don’t want to hurt anymore, I don’t want to cry anymore … There are many things more important than money in this world … I can solve them as long as I succeed, but … alas!"
In 2017, Kim Jonghyun, a member of SHINee, a male singing group belonging to SM Entertainment with Sulli, was found to have committed suicide by burning charcoal in an apartment in Seoul, and died after being sent to hospital at the age of 27. Kim Jonghyun wrote in his suicide note: Depression eventually swallowed me up, and I couldn’t overcome it. I was just a lonely person. What more needs to be said? Just tell me that you have worked hard. Even if you can’t smile, please don’t blame me for sending me away.
Kim Jonghyun
In 2019, South Korean singer and actor Sulli committed suicide at home. She has revealed more than once that she had suffered from social phobia and panic disorder. After the news of love came out, she suffered from malicious messages and various rumors and temporarily suspended her performing arts activities.
Sulli
South Korea has enacted the Suicide Prevention Act.
Suicide is also a social problem in South Korea. Suicide has become the fifth leading cause of death for Koreans, after cancer, heart disease, pneumonia and cerebrovascular disease.
Statistics show that the main causes of Korean suicide are mental and economic aspects. Korean society generally believes that economic conditions are more important than personal happiness, and the whole society evaluates people with academic performance, company position, KPI and other rankings, which makes people feel great pressure.
According to South Korea’s "Central Daily News", in order to further prevent suicide, the South Korean government first formulated and published the pan-government "National Action Plan for Suicide Prevention" in 2018. In 2019, the newly revised Suicide Prevention Law of the Korean government came into effect. According to the law, anyone who uses the Internet to share suicide advice or attempts to conclude a suicide agreement will face up to two years’ imprisonment or a fine of up to 20 million won (about 116,900 yuan).
According to Korea Radio International, the South Korean government will conduct an in-depth analysis of the impact of celebrity suicides, and at the same time cooperate with the entertainment industry to develop suicide prevention projects to further improve suicide prevention countermeasures. Considering the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the public, the Korean government has also increased various psychological support. However, to reduce the suicide rate, more efforts and persistence are needed.
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Swimming beginners can learn quick skills in five minutes!

Swimming is not only a summer vacation but also a very good exercise to lose weight. It can also exercise our cardiopulmonary function and make our bodies stronger. For those who have never been exposed to swimming, it must be difficult to swim. But as long as we understand the following points, at least we will learn to swim much faster than others, and naturally learning to swim will become much easier.

float

People who have never swam before should start swimming by floating. First, they should make their bodies float in the water, so we should not rush to swim in the middle of the water at the beginning. We should start from shallow water, where the water level is almost half of our body. Relax your whole body, choose a casual posture, squat down or slowly try to climb on the level to see if your body will float. In short, put your whole body into the water except your head and feel the buoyancy of the water. Because in shallow water, there will be no danger, we should feel the feeling of the body in the water naturally and boldly, and gradually overcome the fear in the water.

suspend

We move freely in the water and gradually adapt to the water. After overcoming our fears, we can try to take a deep breath, submerge our whole body, even our head, feel the underwater world and feel our heartbeat. Slowly open your eyes and look at the whole underwater world. After you basically overcome your fear, you can hold your hands on the ground, beat the water with your feet alternately and practice floating yourself with your feet. At the end of this step, you can occasionally hold the ground without your hands. At this time, you will be surprised to find that your body has a sense of floating and swims forward.

tread water

When we gradually master the suspension, we don’t have to worry about the body sinking to the bottom of the water. At this time, we can go to the middle of the water, leave our feet off the ground, spread our hands, and then keep treading water to keep an upright position, so that our hands and feet can cooperate to control our body posture. When this step is practiced in the later stage, we can slowly change the direction of treading water and try to swim with the movements of our hands.

hands and feet

Practice the movements of hands and feet. Beginners suggest that it is best to learn breaststroke first. Breaststroke is the simplest swimming skill. You can practice the basic skills on the shore as in the video. When you get into the water, you can complete this set of natural and coherent movements, practice it repeatedly, and master the breaststroke skills completely.

Swimming style is actually not required for beginners. Beginners may learn to swim in a dog crawl or frog style, or even dive in a plunge. No matter which posture, once a beginner learns to swim, other strokes are no longer difficult.

There are big changes in the frontcourt this summer. Barcelona wants to clean two generals, and the No.10 in the team+the old Manchester City general.

This season, the team has successively introduced Levan and Rafinha, which has achieved good results. Barcelona hopes to continue to upgrade its frontcourt position this summer, while some players with poor performance will be purged. Fati and Phelan Torres are undoubtedly inferior to others in the frontcourt. In terms of reinforcement, Barcelona intends to introduce Rocco, while in terms of cleaning, Fati and Phelan Torres are the two frontcourt players who are most likely to leave the team. In order to have enough funds to continue the upgrade and reinforcement of the frontcourt, Barcelona may consider selling one of Fati and Phelan Torres.

Fati, the new Barcelona No.10 is obviously not as good as the previous No.10 players of the club, and it is difficult for people to see any signs of improvement. Fati’s future in Barcelona has become increasingly uncertain, and now the club is more inclined to sell it to recover funds, rather than give time to prove itself. Fati’s own performance is unstable, and it also affects other players on Barcelona’s offensive end from time to time. The most classic scene is that Fati grabbed Levan, who was in a better position, so that the latter failed to make a header attack. Fati failed to have a good chemical reaction with other teams in the frontcourt, but it had the opposite effect. The data of 6 goals and 3 assists in 36 games seems not bad, but Fati did more harm than good in the frontcourt.

Fortunately, Fati still has a market, and several top teams in the Premier League want to introduce this Barcelona frontcourt player. Therefore, as long as Barcelona is willing to push Fati into the transfer market, I believe it can be sold at a good price. As for Phelan Torres, he only came to Barcelona in January last year, and this season has actually begun the first full season of his career in Barcelona. However, the club is obviously not satisfied with Phelan Torres’ performance on the court. Poor ability to seize opportunities, whether it is personal scoring or organizing assists, has not played the role and effect expected by the coach. Phelan-Torres Espiba has a low presence on the offensive end, which has actually lasted for a long time.

People don’t see any signs of recovery in Phelan Torres. Phelan Torres is not as good as Dembele in breaking and killing on the flank. The latter can not only play a critical role, but also always send assists to his teammates. Barcelona hopes to sell Phelan Torres this summer. At the beginning, it cost 55 million euros to introduce him from Manchester City, and the capital cost is a little. Now it seems that this transaction is obviously disappointing and at a loss. Phelan Torres has played 32 games for Barcelona so far this season, of which only 13 started and scored 5 goals and 1 assist. It’s worse than Fati in data.

For Barcelona fans, compared with Fati, the club is actually more inclined to sell Phelan Torres. After all, the former comes from the team’s own youth training, and the fans still hope Fati can play and show his due role on the court. Phelan Torres is not from Barcelona, but from Valencia. Phelan Torres made a name for himself in Valencia and attracted the attention of Manchester City. During his time at Manchester City, Phelan Torres’ performance was remarkable. However, due to Barcelona’s invitation, fans have the idea of returning to La Liga. Manchester City chose to follow Phelan Torres’ wishes and the deal was successfully concluded. However, it is a pity that Phelan Torres, who returned to La Liga, played an outstanding performance in Valencia and even Manchester City, but now he is facing the fate of being purged.