Police are investigating after a Japanese woman influencer in her 20s who lived in Korea was found dead.
According to police and fire authorities on the 6th, at about 5:33 a.m. on the 5th a report related to a Japanese woman A in her 20s was filed from an officetel in Hangangno-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul.
A, who had about 80,000 followers, was reportedly doing a TikTok live broadcast at home at the time.
Viewers of the broadcast noticed something was wrong and alerted A's acquaintance, and the acquaintance reported it to police, according to reports. Police and fire authorities were dispatched to the scene, but A was reportedly already dead.
Soon after the incident, posts asking police for help or sharing the situation were also uploaded one after another on social networking services (SNS) such as X (formerly Twitter).
The Yongsan Police Station in Seoul said it sees no signs of a crime and is investigating the exact cause of death.
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