Korean American K-pop stars promote mental health awareness

Growing up in Georgia, the United States, Eric Nam says he was bullied and even spat on by a classmate. Photo: AP

K-pop star Eric Nam was having a meeting in New York when he suddenly felt a pain in his chest.

"I thought I was going to have to call 911,” he said, recounting the experience from 2019. But instead he remained sitting and "had to quietly breathe my way” through the meeting, he said.