{"id":145,"date":"2008-10-08T21:28:33","date_gmt":"2008-10-09T02:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/?p=145"},"modified":"2008-10-08T21:28:33","modified_gmt":"2008-10-09T02:28:33","slug":"gay-south-korean-actor-found-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/2008\/10\/08\/gay-south-korean-actor-found-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Gay South Korean Actor Found Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2008\/10\/gay-south-korea.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-144\" title=\"jihoo\" src=\"http:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/jihoo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/jihoo.jpg 150w, https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/jihoo-98x150.jpg 98w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2008\/10\/gay-south-korea.html\" target=\"_blank\">Towleroad<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>South Korean actor Kim Ji-hoo took his own life earlier this week, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreatimes.co.kr\/www\/news\/nation\/2008\/10\/117_32358.html\">the <em>Korea Times<\/em> reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A note at the scene read: &#8220;I&#8217;m lonely and in a difficult situation. Please cremate my body.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kim was 23: &#8220;Police said his suicide reflects public prejudice toward gay people and their difficulty in succeeding in the entertainment industry. Following the announcement of his sexual orientation, Kim&#8217;s management agency did not renew his contract and many TV programs and fashion shows cancelled his appearances. His blog was bombarded with numerous messages denouncing his sexual orientation. &#8216;He underwent many professional and personal difficulties following his coming-out,&#8217; Kim&#8217;s mother said during police questioning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreatimes.co.kr\/www\/news\/nation\/2008\/10\/117_32358.html\">Gay Actor Found Dead in Apparent Suicide<\/a> [korea times]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Towleroad: South Korean actor Kim Ji-hoo took his own life earlier this week, the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asian-news","category-gay-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146,"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions\/146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}