Japanese influencer in Seoul livestreams own suicide


SEOUL: A Japanese woman in her 20s died in an apparent suicide during a social media livestream, police said.

According to the Yongsan Police Station, the incident occurred Wednesday while she was livestreaming from her residence in Hangangno-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul.

Police were dispatched to the scene after receiving a report from one of the woman’s acquaintances and found her dead at around 5:33 a.m.

The woman was a social media influencer based in South Korea who had about 80,000 followers on TikTok. During the livestream, numerous posts on TikTok and X urged authorities to intervene and help her.

Police are investigating the exact circumstances surrounding her death. - Korea Herald/ANN

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