Popular Korean star Moobnin has died at the age of 25, his record label has announced. The K-pop star was found by his manager at his flat in Seoul on Wednesday night.
Police said: "He appears to have taken his own life but an autopsy is being reviewed to determine the exact cause of death."
In a tribute, his label Fantaiago said he: "unexpectedly left our world and became a star in the sky". Actor and model Moonbin had joined popular boy band Astro in 2016 at age 18.
Since 2020, he had been performing with another Astro member Sanha, reports the BBC. Moonbin & Sanha had been in the middle of a world tour.
The label Fantiago said all of Astro's members were returning to Seoul on Thursday.
Astro fans - known as "Arohas"- have been mourning Moonbin's death with flowers and notes at street memorials in South Korea.
