I'm speechless. Another Korean actress killed herself last weekend. And this one I knew personally and even hung out with a couple of years ago. Ran into her last summer when she stopped by at the neighboring office where she was meeting a director for casting. We chatted a little bit and I told her I was very happy her acting career was taking off. Her bright smile then didn't hint any sense of sorrow or pain.

Why did she have to end her life? Only God knows... or does he even know?

I'm afraid this is turning into a pattern. Already a handful of Korean celebrities killed themselves in recent years. Being on the spotlight all the time or the lack of it must be tough for many fragile souls. But is it so unbearable that you have to end it all? I'm scared. It's like an epidemic here. Everyone seems vulnerable. What's happening here?