Kim Sae-ron, who began her career as a child actor, was found dead by a friend at her home in Seoul on Sunday, her death assumed to be a suicide.

The tragic suicide of South Korean actor Kim Sae-ron at 24 raises crucial discussions about the impact of social media on celebrity mental health, prompting calls for change in the treatment of public figures in South Korea.

Korean society's notoriously unforgiving and unforgetting attitudes toward celebrities have once again come into the spotlight after the death of young actor Kim Sae-ron.