Has shame culture gone too far? A South Korean star has died by suicide after losing her career over a drink driving incident. Some think we should cool off cancel culture.
Actress dies after being ‘cancelled’
Vulnerable: South Korean celebrities such as Kim Sae-ron (above) face immense pressure to be perfect. They are subjected to the demands of obsessive 'super fans' who can make or break careers. Glossary
Seoul - The capital of South Korea, with a population of nearly 10 million.
Suicide - When a person deliberately takes their own life. Links to mental health support contacts in the UK are available on this page from mental health charity Mind: https://www.mind.org.uk/for-young-people/how-to-get-help-and-support/useful-contacts/.
Drink Driving - The offence of driving when having drunk over a certain amount of alcohol.
Psychiatry - The medical application of psychology devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders.
Suffocating - Makes you feel uncomfortably hot or unable to breathe.
Scrutiny - Carefully examining or looking into something to get information about it.
Norms - The usual ways things are done.
Boycott - To withdraw relations from an organisation as a punishment or protest. The word comes from the surname of a Victorian Irish landlord who was subject to a boycott from poor farmers who demanded rent reduction.
Class - A system of ordering society in which people are grouped into "classes" depending on their social or economic status.
Sexual Misconduct - A sexual act or sexual behaviour that takes place without consent.
Millennia - Thousands of years.
Heinous - Utterly wicked or evil.