The late announcer Song Ji-sun, who was loved as the baseball goddess, has been gone from our side for 15 years.
May 23, 2026, is the 15th anniversary of the death of the late Song Ji-sun. She took her own life on May 23, 2011. Age at death 30.
After joining KBS N Sports in 2007 and moving to MBC Sports Plus in 2010, the late Song Ji-sun was beloved for the pro baseball Highlight program "Baseball Tonight Ya," earning the nickname "baseball goddess."
What brought down the late Song Ji-sun was none other than malicious comments. She suffered from malicious comments after being embroiled in a dating rumor with a baseball player. When a post claiming the romance with that baseball player was true appeared on her mini homepage, the late Song Ji-sun herself clarified, "I am not the person who posted on the mini homepage." The player's side also denied it was true.
However, the malicious comments did not stop. The late Song Ji-sun, who left the programs she was appearing on because of the malicious comments, ultimately ended her life due to stress and depression caused by the malicious comments.
After the death of the late Song Ji-sun, reflection on the culture of malicious comments continued. It starkly showed how baseless rumor spreading and personal attack comments can destroy a person's life, forming a social consensus calling for self-policing and the eradication of cyber violence.
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