K-pop star Moon Bin, a member of the boy band Astro, has died at the age of 25, his music label Fantagio announced on Thursday.
Local media, citing the Police, reported that Moon Bin had been found unresponsive on Wednesday evening in his apartment in the upscale Gangnam neighbourhood of Seoul.
“On April 19, Astro member Moon Bin unexpectedly left our world and became a star in the sky,” said a statement posted in Korean early Thursday on Fantagio’s official Twitter page.
It did not provide any information about the cause of death.
The statement asked that everyone “refrain from speculative and malicious reports” so that his family can pay their respects in privacy.
Moon Bin – who performed as Moonbin – was a member of the group Astro and also performed with a subgroup called Moonbin & Sanha.
