K-pop Star Sulli Found Dead in Apparent Suicide

Actress and former K-pop star Sulli (25) was found dead in her home on Monday in an apparent suicide.

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Police said her manager reported discovering her body at her home at around 3:21 p.m. claiming that the star committed suicide due to acute depression.

Sulli last spoke with her manager at 6:30 p.m. Sunday but could not be reached afterwards. He went to her home south of Seoul and found her body on the second floor. She did not leave a suicide note.

Police apparently found a diary but declined to comment on the contents.

Sulli debuted by playing a little princess in a TV drama in 2005 and went on to become a member of the girl band F(x) in 2009. The band, which was part of the SM Entertainment stable, rose to popularity alongside Girls' Generation and 2NE1.

Sulli became a target of cyberbullying in 2014 after she started dating rapper Choi Ja, who was 14 years her senior and recently stirred up controversy after a photoshoot with photographer Rotta, who has been jailed for sexually harassing a model.

Korea's censorious online community were even more outraged when Sulli during a YouTube broadcast last month accidentally revealed a part of her breast.