Ok-drama ‘Snowdrop’ actor Kim Mi-soo dies at 31

By PTI

NEW DELHI: South Korean actor Kim Mi-soo, who featured in a supporting function within the presently on air Ok-drama “Snowdrop”, handed away on Wednesday. She was 31.

Her company Landscape Entertainment confirmed the information of the actor’s “sudden” demise in an announcement to Korean media outlet Star News. The explanation for demise has not but been revealed.

“Actress Kim Mi Soo suddenly passed away on January 5. The bereaved family is currently very heartbroken due to the sudden sad news,” Kim’s company stated.

The company additionally urged folks to chorus from spreading rumours across the actor’s demise.

“We sincerely ask that you refrain from spreading rumors or speculative reports so that the bereaved family, who is in shock and full of sorrow, can remember the deceased,” the assertion learn.

In “Snowdrop”, Kim performed the function of Yeo Jung-min, one of many roommates of the sequence lead essayed by woman group Blackpink member Jisoo. The late actor additionally starred in 2021’s hit Ok-dramas like Netflix sequence “Hellbound” and “Yumi’s Cells” (Viki).

Kim’s funeral will likely be held quietly behind closed doorways in keeping with the desires of her household, the company additional stated. “Please pray for her, and we send our deepest condolences once again to the deceased,” Landscape Entertainment concluded the assertion.

“Snowdrop” is presently embroiled in an issue at dwelling as a number of Korean netizens have accused the drama of distorting the pro-democracy motion of the Nineteen Eighties in South Korea and glorifying the infamous Agency for National Security Planning.

JTBC, the TV channel on which the present airs in South Korea, has repeatedly denied the claims, earlier than asserting days in the past that it’ll take authorized motion towards people spreading “falsehoods” relating to the sequence.

Also starring “Something in the Rain” star Jung Hae-in the lead function, “Snowdrop” is offered for streaming on Disney Plus in chosen areas.