Lee Ji-han, Ok-Pop Singer and Actor, Dies at 24 in Seoul Crowd Surge

Lee Ji-han, a budding 24-year-old Ok-pop singer and actor, was among the many greater than 150 individuals who died within the Seoul crowd surge within the metropolis’s Itaewon district on Oct. 29; the tragedy has now been deemed one of many deadliest peacetime accidents in South Korea’s historical past. 

Lee’s company, 935 Leisure, confirmed the information in a press release posted to social media. “We’re unhappy to ship such information as we speak, however Lee Ji-han has handed away within the crush in Itaewon final evening,” the translated assertion reads. They go on to precise condolences for his household and followers.

The singer rose to fame in 2017 after competing within the second season of “Produce 101,” an audience-voted music competitors wherein winners are positioned in a boy band. He made his debut as an actor within the comedy internet drama “At the moment Was One other Nam Hyun Day” in 2019.

Lee was one of many 1000’s of people that congregated to have fun Halloween within the Itaewon district over the weekend the place over 150 folks have been killed and 133 have been injured throughout a deadly crowd surge that occurred in an alleyway some 11 ft huge. Following the incident, South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol issued a interval of nationwide mourning by means of Saturday.

In alliance, a number of Ok-pop acts and companies have put a halt to approaching releases and occasions together with Hybe, (the main label and administration home behind BTS, Tomorrow X Collectively, Seventeen and extra) who postponed its 2022 “Hybe Briefing With the Neighborhood” convention that was initially scheduled for Nov. 4.

Label and administration firm YG Leisure (Blackpink, Huge Bang, Winner, Treasure and extra) additionally issued a statement on the short-term postponement of their promotion schedule and content material launch dates for his or her artists.