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Samsung Chairman's Daughter Commits Suicide
Lee, 26, was found dead hanging in her apartment near New York University where she was studying. It was not immediately known whether she left a suicide note. The New York Times reported Saturday that her body was found by her boyfriend Shin Soo-bin and his friend about 3 a.m. last Saturday, hanging by an electrical cord attached to the door of her Manhattan apartment.... she suffered from a severe depression during her stay in the U.S. after her marriage plan with a Korean boyfriend was opposed by her parents, Yonhap reported quoting the source.
By Chung Ah-young, Korea Times (November 27, 2005)
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200511/kt2005112717384111960.htm

[endo]

Whaaa.....I thought she died in a car accident?

[itaewonguy]

[BigBlackEquus]

A friend of mine from Vancouver used to teach privates to a student from that family at a home somewhere up on the big North hill in the Itaewon area. They paid her 100,000 won an hour, and my friend said they had 3 servants caring for the house and yard. I wonder if my friend has met that girl before. I will have to send her an e-mail.

And why don't they post the girl's full name in the article? Anyone have a pic of her?

[betchay]

here's the article from the New York Times...

After Samsung Reports Accident, Painful Details of Suicide Emerge
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/26/nyregion/26crash.html

so sad... i'm not rich nor pretty but i feel so much luckier than her...

[VanIslander]

Oh Samsung didn't lie initially about the facts, it was a "mix up of facts"

face-saving at its lamest

[mindmetoo]

[jjurabong]

...sigh...I wasn't sure if I should post here, but I'm quite down about this. I knew her fairly well, for about a year, just previous to her moving to New York.

I can tell you that she was one of the brightest, most open-minded people I've ever met. Of course, she was very well taken care of, but apart from that, you would never guess that she was from such a rich and powerful family - very down to earth.

The last time I saw her was in July - she was so happy and optimistic about going to New York, and experiencing some freedom. In Korea she had two bodyguards on her everywhere she went. The house was run like a hotel, there were so many staff. She had intended to live a semi-"normal" existence in New York, and told me she didn't plan to bring any staff - although I'm sure her father must have at least make her bring a driver/bodyguard.

This is deeply shocking to me - honestly, there is nothing in her character that I would have ever predicted would lead to this. Although I knew that she was having a tough time with the boyfriend situation, her older sister had married a relative "nobody", and so the marriage being the sole reason for her suicide doesn't seem probable to me.

I also know her two sisters, though not the brother, and the three girls seemed very close, even though they were all incredibly busy. I honestly don't know how the bright, happy girl I knew in July could have found herself in such a dark place by November....

I hope that the postings on this thread remain respectful. She was really an amazing person, and the family members that I've met (mom and two sisters) are also class acts. Of course, I know that Samsung has done many illegal and unethical things. I don't think driving Yoon Hyung to suicide was one of them. She often felt trapped by who she was, as I think the whole family must have felt at some point or another.

I will never understand this - such an action seems so far away from the person I knew. Please send out some good thoughts for her soul when you have a moment....

[SarcasmKills]

[itaewonguy]

[itaewonguy]

[plattwaz]

[SarcasmKills]

[Ya-ta Boy]

I'm not entirely disagreeing, but suicide does have different connotations in different cultural situations. A Buddhist who devoutly believes in reincarnation does not have the same attitude toward suicide as a Christian who devoutly believes we get only one trip through life.

[Harpeau]

I'm sure that if the coroner says suicide, then I'm sure that it's correct. I'm just wondering if murder might be another possibility? The reason I ask is that usually for women there are warning signs or previous attempts made. Just wondering. Must have had much trouble in mind. RIP.