By Staff
Northwest Asian Weekly
South Korean actress Kim Sae-ron poses for photos on the red carpet of the Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) in Hong Kong, Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Korean actress Kim Sae-ron was found dead in her home in Seongdong-gu, Seoul, on Sunday, the BBC reported.
A friend discovered Sae-ron’s body, after the 24-year-old actress failed to show up for a scheduled meeting. No immediate cause of death could be determined. There were no signs of foul play.
Sae-ron, who had been acting since the age of 9, took a hiatus from her career in 2022, after she was involved in a DUI incident that resulted in significant property damage. She was fined 20 million Korean won, or $13,815. Due to the controversy surrounding the DUI incident, much of her role in Netflix’s 2023 film, “Bloodhounds,” was edited out.
Sae-ron was best known for her roles in the films “A Brand New Life” and South Korea’s highest-grossing film of 2010, “The Man from Nowhere.”