K-Pop star Moonbin dies aged 25

A popular young K-Pop star with millions of followers has been found dead at his home, leaving fans devastated.

K-Pop star Moonbin has died.

Moonbin, a member of the South Korean pop group Astro and its sub-unit Moonbin & Sanha, has died, according to police. He was 25.

Authorities told Korean news outlet Yonhap News that the singer, whose real name was Moon Bin, was found dead in his home by his manager in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, at around 8.10pm local time Wednesday.

“He appears to have taken his own life but an autopsy is being reviewed to determine the exact cause of death,” police said.

The official cause of death is pending, Page Six reports.

Moonbin’s record label, Fantagio, released a statement on Twitter on Wednesday confirming his death.

K-Pop star Moonbin has been found dead at his home.

“First of all, I apologise for the sad and heartbreaking news,” the post, loosely translated, began.

“On April 19, Astro member Moonbin suddenly left us and became a star in the sky.”

The statement noted that Moonbin’s relatives and all of those who worked with him, including bandmates Cha Eun-woo, Rocky, Yoon San-ha, MJ and Jinjin, were “deeply mourning the deceased in great sadness and shock.”

The singer’s bandmates are ‘deeply mourning’.

The team asked fans to “refrain from speculative and malicious reports so that that the bereaved families, who are deeply saddened by the sudden sad news, can reverently commemorate and greet the deceased”.

Moonbin’s funeral will be held “as quietly as possible” with only family members, friends and colleagues attending, the statement also said.

Meanwhile, fans flooded the Candy Sugar Pop singer’s 3.8 million-follower Instagram account to honour him.

One heartbroken follower wrote: “You changed my life. You made me sooooo happy, Bin. Thank you for everything. I’ll love you forever. Rest in peace, my love.”

Fans have flooded Moonbin’s Instagram page with tributes.

Another added, “He always had such a big smile on his face which could automatically make a people smile too but now that’s happiness is gone making everyone sad and loss of smile.”

A third said, “As an old K-Poper I hate K-Pop … I feel that those bad days we had in the past have been repeated again … R.I.P. #Moonbin.”

In December 2017, Kim Jonghyun, the former lead singer of top South Korean pop group SHINee, was found dead at his apartment in Seoul.

Then, less than two years later in November 2019, K-Pop star Goo Hara was found dead. She was 28.

This story originally appeared on Page Six and is republished here with permission