South Korea’s entertainment industry has postponed several events in the wake of the tragic crowd surge that killed more than 150 people in Seoul’s Itaewon district on Saturday night.
The country is in a week-long period of mourning. Among those reported dead is 24-year-old actor Lee Ji-han who gained fame as a contestant on Mnet audition show, Produce 101.
His agency, 935 Entertainment, wrote on Instagram that he has “become a star in the sky and left us,” though it did not expressly refer to the events of Saturday night.
A representative told XsportsNews, “It is true that Lee Ji-han died in an accident in Itaewon on the 29th,” according to a translation by Korean pop culture site Soompi.
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