- Lee Sun-kyun was discovered lifeless Wednesday, per studies.
- According to South Korean media, the actor was discovered lifeless in his automotive.
- The actor was greatest recognized for his function as the rich father in “Parasite.”
South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun was discovered lifeless inside a automotive, police introduced Wednesday, in line with a number of studies. Lee, who performed the rich patriarch Park Dong-ik within the Oscar-winning film “Parasite” was 48 years outdated.
Yonhap News Agency, citing police, mentioned that Lee was discovered at a park with a charcoal briquette in his passenger seat. Police additionally informed the company that his spouse had reported that he walked out of his house after leaving what gave the impression to be a suicide observe.
Before this, investigators had been wanting into allegations that the actor had been utilizing unlawful substances and marijuana at a bar in Seoul. Per Yonhap, the actor denied that he ever deliberately took medication and mentioned {that a} hostess gave him the medication with out his data.
He was most lately questioned concerning the claims of drug use on Sunday in a 19-hour interrogation, Yonhap reported.
Lee was most recognized abroad for his function within the 2019 thriller “Parasite,” which gained him a Screen Actors Guild award. But in South Korea, his work spans over a decade.
Per the AP, he grew to become a family title after enjoying a music producer within the 2007 sequence “Coffee Prince.” In 2023, Lee starred within the film musical “Killing Romance,” which grew to become a cult traditional in South Korea.
The information of Lee’s dying comes amid an ongoing crackdown on drug crimes within the nation.
In April, the South Korean authorities established a unit of 840 officers to research crimes akin to drug smuggling and drug dealing over the web, per Yonhap.
South Korea has strict drug legal guidelines, and repeat offenders or sellers can resist 14 years in jail, per Reuters.
Citizens may also be prosecuted for drug use even when they did so legally overseas.
There’s additionally been a spate of high-profile drug scandals involving fashionable Korean celebrities lately.
In July 2017, singer T.O.P. from Big Bang was given a 10-month jail sentence for smoking marijuana with a trainee singer at his house in Seoul, per Yonhap.
In October, actor Yoo Ah-in — recognized for his roles within the 2018 movie “Burning” and the Netflix sequence “Hellbound” — was indicted for utilizing medication habitually, per The Korea Times.
Yoo was investigated after the nation’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety accused him of taking propofol, a sleep-inducing drug, 73 instances in 2021, per The Korea Times.
