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South Korean actress and model Jung Chae-yul was found dead in her apartment. She was 26 years old.
Chae-yul’s death was announced by her management company on Tuesday, although the explanation for her death continues to be unknown.
“We’re here to deliver heartbreaking news. Actress Chaeyul has left us,” said Chae-yul’s Agency, Management S MK newstranslated by koreaboo.
“Her funeral can be held privately as per the needs of her family, who have to be in greater grief than anyone else,” the statement read. “We hope you’re praying for the deceased, that Chaeyul, who was also sincere in her actions, may rest in peace.”
“Our Chae-Yul was very hardworking. She was an excellent friend and a pleasant friend,” the overall manager of the management agency Chae-Yul told OSEN. Independent. “I feel it’s hard to place into words how amazing she was as an actress.”
The actress made her modeling debut on the 2016 reality show Devil’s Runway but recently rose to fame together with her role within the South Korean comedy Zombie Detective.
She was within the strategy of filming the upcoming K-drama series “Wedding Inconceivable”, by which she played the lead role.
![Selfie of a young Korean woman.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/NYPICHPDPICT000009478927.jpg?w=819)
![Chae-yun and co-star's phone on the set of Zombie Detective.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/NYPICHPDPICT000009478919.jpg?w=1024)
![Black and white photo of a young Korean woman wearing headphones.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/NYPICHPDPICT000009478929.jpg?w=819)
The solid and crew stopped filming until at least Wednesday.
Fans of the actress mourned on social media, leaving comments under her recent posts.
“Rest in peace angel,” one user wrote gloomily.
“I wish you all the perfect there and only good memories,” wrote one other. “I’m so sad. I do not know the right way to feel.