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"A handwritten note that was pessimistic about
her life was found on a living room table," Lee Yong-pyo,
commissioner of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, told
reporters.
Fans mourning Koo's death flocked to her funeral home on Monday,
while her colleagues canceled their schedules and relayed
condolences.
Koo, 28, was discovered at her home in southern Seoul by her
maid at around 6 p.m. (0900 GMT) on Sunday, Lee said.
Better known as Hara in other parts of Asia, Koo had spoken out
against cyber bullying.
In June, a month after she was found unconscious at her home and
hospitalized, she said on social media that it was difficult to
fight depression and vowed to respond sternly to malicious
online comment.
"It is so sad that she had to suffer from vicious, inhumane
comments at such a young age just because she was a celebrity,"
20-year-old student Kim Nam-gun told Reuters, one of about two
dozen fans who gathered at the funeral home.
Koo debuted with five-member band Kara in 2008. They helped fan
the global K-pop wave, building large fan bases in Japan, China
and other countries.
After her deal with a South Korean management agency was
terminated, Koo launched a solo career in Japan and held a
concert there this month.
Another K-pop star, Sulli, a former member of girl group f(x)
and a close friend of Koo's, was found dead at her home in
October. Sulli, 25, whose real name was Choi Jin-ri, had also
spoken out about cyber bullying.
(Reporting by Hyonhee Shin; Additional reporting by Minwoo Park,
Youngseo Choi and Sangmi Cha; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)
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