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‘She was just a human’: the world forgot K-pop’s suicides. These fans never did

South China Morning Post · · 228 words · By David D Lee
K-pop Industry Ethics Mental Health in South Korea Fan Psychology and Grief
open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3352925/k-pop-moved-go…

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Loaded Language 80% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
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Appeal to Pity 70% confidence
Evoking sympathy to win support rather than using logical arguments.

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5 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Goo Hara, Sulli and Jonghyun’s suicides”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Goo Hara, Sulli, and Jonghyun died by suicide.
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web search NEUTRAL — RIP Jonghyun, Sulli, Hara, Cha In Ha and all Koreans who have passed away by suicide.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCtOIudrbwA
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web search NEUTRAL — On Sunday, singer Goo Hara, 28, was found dead in her home in Seoul six months after she survived what is believed to be her first suicide attempt. Her death came just six weeks after Sulli – another …
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3039225…
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web search NEUTRAL — The deaths of Sulli and Goo Hara likely aren't just the result of the entertainment industry's "dark side," analysts said, as South Korea already suffers the highest rate of suicide among countries in…
https://abcnews.com/International/deaths-goo-hara-sulli-high…
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“Goo Hara... girl group Kara”
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Wikipedia and BBC both explicitly state that Goo Hara was a member of the K-pop girl group Kara.
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web search NEUTRAL — Goo Hara (/ ˈɡuːhɑːrə /; Korean: 구하라; January 3, 1991 - November 24, 2019), also known mononymously as Hara, was a South Korean singer and actress. She was a member of the K-pop girl group Kara, and h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goo_Hara
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web search NEUTRAL — South Korean singer and actress Goo Hara has been found dead at her home in Seoul, police say. The 28-year-old is best known as a former member of the K-Pop group Kara, which she joined in 2008.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50535937
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web search NEUTRAL — Koo Hara (구하라; also romanized as Goo Hara and mononymously known as Hara) was a South Korean singer and actress. She was a former member of the girl group KARA. She made her solo debut on July 21, 201…
https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/Koo_Hara
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“Nearly seven years after her death [Goo Hara]”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results for 'Google', 'Goo Goo Dolls', and 'Goo Goo Cluster'. No evidence was provided regarding the date of Goo Hara's death relative to the article's publication.
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web search NEUTRAL — Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking for.
https://www.google.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Goo Goo Dolls just dropped a new lyric video for "Misery", check it out on YouTube !! WATCH…
https://www.googoodolls.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — FIND GOO GOO CLUSTERS NEAR YOU! We’ve got partners across the nation, check our Retail Locator to find out who’s carrying Goo Goos in your neck of the woods.
https://googoo.com/
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“Sulli and Jonghyun of Shinee”
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Kpop Profiles explicitly identifies Jonghyun as a member of the boy group SHINee.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jonghyun was born in Seoul. [9] He has an older sister. [10] His family received welfare support during his school years. [11] During middle school he became involved in a school band, [12] and credit…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonghyun
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 18, 2017 · Jonghyun's close friend and artist 9 from the group Dear Cloud has released Jonghyun's final letter.
https://www.koreaboo.com/news/shinee-jonghyun-suicide-letter…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jonghyun (종현) was a Korean singer-songwriter and a member of the boy group SHINee, under S.M. Entertainment.
https://kprofiles.com/jonghyun-shinee-member-profile/
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“Sulli... close friend and fellow K-pop star [of Goo Hara]”
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Multiple sources confirm Sulli was a K-pop star and a close friend of Goo Hara.
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web search NEUTRAL — Choi Jin-ri, known professionally as Sulli, was a South Korean singer and actress. She first made her debut as a child actress, appearing as a supporting cast member on the SBS historical drama Ballad…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulli
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web search NEUTRAL — K-pop star and TV celebrity Goo Hara, 28, was found dead at her home in South Korea's capital, Seoul, on Sunday in a possible suicide, which would make her the second female singer in a month to take …
https://www.dw.com/en/k-pop-star-goo-hara-death-stokes-onlin…
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web search NEUTRAL — Shortly after the death last month of Sulli, Goo's close friend, Goo bid farewell in an Instagram livestream video, saying, with tears running down her cheeks, "I hope you will live happily as you ple…
https://abcnews.com/International/deaths-goo-hara-sulli-high…
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