K-pop moved on from Goo Hara, Sulli and Jonghyun’s suicides. Fans never did
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K-pop moved on from Goo Hara, Sulli and Jonghyun’s suicides. Fans never did

May 10, 2026
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Every year for the past three years, Edward Sugiana has made the same pilgrimage from Vancouver to a memorial hall on the southern fringes of Seoul that has become one of K-pop’s most sacred and sorrowful sites. Inside a small private room, Post-it notes from fans cover the walls alongside flowers and photographs of the girl group Kara. Nearly seven years after her death, visitors continue to arrive to pay tribute to Goo Hara – a woman many never met, but whom thousands feel they lost.

K-pop moved on from Goo Hara, Sulli and Jonghyun’s suicides. Fans never did

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