SHInee's Jonghyun found dead- is it a Werther effect?

It's another sad day for the entertainment industry when it comes to K-pop. Tweets started pouring in after the sudden death of their favourite K-pop idol.

 "The Werther effect is the most frightening, especially the image of a young man like Jong hyun, and more celebrity fans who are supporters of it." (Twitter @ @ mo ****)

"I hope it will not lead to the effect of Werther on other people in favour of Jong hyun's sincerity." (Twitter Rihanna @ ah ******)

On December 18th, main vocalist and member of SHINee Jonghyun (Kim Jong-hyun, 27) has died. His death went frenzy over in Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites are increasingly concerned about the 'Werther effect' (Copy-cat suicide)

The Werther effect is a phenomenon in which a celebrity or an opponent who wants to model himself suicides by identifying himself or herself.

It has already been proven statistically. In fact, the number of suicide victims was 78 after the death of actress Choi Jin-sil, who was a national actress in 2008, and on the 5th day after she died, it claimed nearly 90 lives. At that time, the average number of suicides per day in Korea was around 30.

                              Jonghyun (in front from Left) with SHINee members                                

SHInee is a popular idol among teenage girl fans. For fans who are shocked by sudden K-pop idols, the netizens are sharing their comfort through sharing the Suicide Prevention Hotline (1577-0199), Life 's Telephone (1588-9191), and Suicide Prevention Law through SNS.

A netizen wrote on an online community bulletin board that "the power of celebrities is a publicity issue and as such they are legally enforceable. If they see this, their mental loss to society is too great."

Another netizen wrote, "It should not happen, but if you are a fan of SHINee Jonghyun, you might have a Werther effect, so you should look around and your family." Jonghyun's elder sister found him unconscious in his Cheongdamdong apartment and later police pronounced him dead.

Speculations on whether Jonghyun took his own life but this has certainly marked the shocking part, stress about being on boy band.

RIP Jong hyun...what a great vocalist and it's such a pity he died at a young age.

Condolences to his family and members of the group.