So sad! How could he just die and leave his sick farther behind? I don't understand! Who said life is easy? But you have to live on and do what you can.

This is utterly shocking, HE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE (the other is So Ji Sub) actor since I saw him in Story of a Man (because you highly recommended it at that time, Javabeans, and I was not disappointed). In fact S of a M is my favorite Kdrama of all time.

I have prayed for his family that they will have the strenght to carry on. I will truly miss you.

Im shocked and sadden....im currently watching his drama ON AIR, and hes a great actor!!!! :( i'll miss him and his shows, just wished and hoped that all the actors and actress please know that sucide is no escape! the ones still on earth hurts the most!! :( :( anyway Rest in peace...

I was just listening to his singing on you tube a couple of days back and OMG its a real shock. I cant believe it. What a waste for a talented guy like him. I was looking forward to his new show with Yoon Eun Hye. Rest in peace and may you find happiness in your other world.

Pictures of So Ji Sub at the funeral are all really heart breaking...

Here is a story I found that was telling of the special friendship SJS and PYH had....

http://www.wretch.cc...gakinme/8856960

Priscilla wrote:

It was a Midnight Show called “I want to see you, my friend.” Tonight’s guest: Park Yong Ha (from WLS, Loving You) and an actress (I cannot recognize her).

I don't know if that show still exists, but it was a pretty popular show where entertainers were asked, while they were on air, to call their friends (preferably other entertainers) and tell them to come out. This was in order to show which star is friend with whom. Usually, there were 2 guests (or more?) and they were both given chances to call. The guest who got more ‘friends’ to come out won.

Here was the trick. The friends were not supposed to know this, so if 'friends' did not come, everyone watching the program would think "that friend's NOT that close." (This wasn’t always true though, cuz it is usually hard for entertainers to just hang out right when your friend calls you, THAT late.) On the other hand, if that friend showed up, he/she would be 'shocked' to find that the supposed 'cafe' was filled with show host and chorus behind... with direct camera ON. I remember watching this before, and it was nice, cuz it showed some entertainers 'caught unawares' without make-up, nor proper clothing. Once, Yand Dong Gun (from ROYOW) was the guest, but none of the people he called were able to come out... ============================================
Today's Clip shows only Park Yong Ha’s parts.

[quote=Prisci,Mar 3 2005, 01:37 AM]

Today's Clip shows only Park Yong Ha’s parts.

PYH: (low tone, looking down) For me… he’s my best friend, and he’s an entertainer too. His name is So Ji Sub…

Host: So Ji Sub!
Chorus: Woooowooo!!! (getting excited)

PYH: (laughing, surprised) You were not this excited before. What happened?!

Host: Actually, these girls they get excited whenever they hear the name of any man.

PYH: (getting serious again) But this friend… he doesn’t come out much. He’s the style that likes to stay home.

Host: So he might not come out?

PYH: But since he’s my best friend… (calling SJS)

Voice of SJS: (serious) What are you doing?

PYH: I’m at a café. What am I supposed to do here? (holding his laughter) I’m so lonely so I’m drinking ‘café’(he was supposed to say coffee but slipped, cracking up)

Voice: by yourself?

PYH: No, with Kyungsung. (still holding)

Voice: ... I’d take long if I leave now…

PYH: Really? Try to hurry anyways.

Voice: (sighing) O…K…

PYH: OK, hurry up. (chorus ‘woww!!! He hangs up) I was so nervous I said ‘I’m drinking ‘café’ (everyone’s cracking up)

Skip the other guest part====================
Host: I’m think it might be Mr. So Ji Sub who’s coming now… (camera’s focusing at the entrance) I can see through the camera… (Someone’s coming in… ????)

Chorus: Ahhhhh!!!!~ (going wild, it’s SJS! He’s wearing a hat and he’s dress down. As soon as he sees the crowd, he turns around, and leaves)

Host: (standing up trying to see if SJS really left.) Wow, I think he’s shocked.

PYH: (cracking up, and standing, hoping to see SJS coming back) Don’t tell me he’s really leaving…

Other guest: someone else’s coming in.

Host: Don’t worry, he’ll come back. Because your friend…

Friend 2: (Oh Ji Ho, Korean Actor, entering while everyone’s applauding and welcoming him.) Hello…

PYH: (phone rings and he picks up) Hello?

SJS's Voice: (serious) What is it?

PYH: Hee hee hee (cracking up, speechless)

Voice: (commanding) Come out.

PYH: What? (chorus ‘wow!!!’)

Voice: Come out!

PYH: (sheepishly) We’re on air… (noise of deep breathing on the other line) Just come in for a little while.

Voice: (sighing deep) Alright…

PYH: (after hanging up the phone) He was so shocked he ran away. (turning to his Friend 2 and shaking his hand) Hi hyung(older brother), thank you for coming in. And for not getting scared either. (they introduced each other)

Host: (to Friend 2) Is SJS also treating you as hyung?

PYH: Ji Sub doesn’t know him.

(Chorus screaming, SJS’s making the big entrance, bowing. He shakes hands with PYH who cracks up bashfully. We can only see SJS’s back, but these are the words written about what he’s thinking: “You’re dead…”)

Host: You’re friends, right? Usually, when friends come here, they go like “Hey, what’s going on?” But this time, he (SJS) went like: “You’re dead…” (everyone’s cracking up. (To SJS) So, where were you, at Mapo?

SJS: Yes, I was at Mapo.

Host: It’s past 1 am right now. If he calls you this late, could you still come out like this?

SJS: huh… he’s my one and only friend.

Host: (chorus go ‘ahhhh’) I see… your only friend. (pointing at Friend 2) How did you get to know each other?

Friend 2: I got to know him (PYH) playing basketball together. I just came because I was close by.

PYH: Hey… what? (kee kee kee) What do you mean you came just because you were around here? (everyone laughing)

Host: yes, you wouldn’t have come if you were far, right? (pointing at SJS) I feel SJS’s pretty nervous. He came in and he turned around!

SJS: It’s been a while since I’m in front of the camera. I’ve been resting for around 2 months now.

PYH: He finished a drama and he went traveling, just resting. So I haven’t called him for a while, since he’s been away. We haven’t seen each other for a long time, but now I made him come here suddenly like this, so I think he’s just nervous.

Host: I see… So how did you two become friends?

SJS: well… (everyone’s talking at the same time)

Host: This friend doesn’t even remember how they became friends (everyone’s laughing) I’m asking because I don’t think you know, really. For example, Mr Oh Ji Ho here became friend playing basketball. What about you?

SJS: I don’t really know how we became friends.

PYH: (cracking up) That’s a joke… Actually, before, during Mr. Ang’s Show… I mean Mr. Andre Kim Show…

Host: (looks ) If you say Mr. Ang… Who’s going to understand you? It’s not Mr. Im, nor Mr. Yang… Are you talking about Andre Kim?

PYH: Yes.

Host: Then, it’s Mr. Kim.

PYH: (laughing) I just call him ‘Ang’… Anyways, we met at Andre Kim’s Fashion Show, and we found out we were of the same age. But we didn’t have a chance to exchange contact numbers. But later, we met at MBC… meaning: at another production.. And we were like: “didn’t we meet before?” And we exchanged contact numbers and we became friends. But in the case of SJS, he's not spontaneous and he’s not… open-minded. And he doesn’t talk much either.

Host: Yes… mind... open. (joking) Means mind is open, right?

PYH: He doesn’t open his heart easily. That’s why I feel so good hearing from him that I’m one and only friend.

Host: Wow! So you met Mr. So at Mr. Ang’s Show, right? (to SJS) It’s good to see such young men becoming friends like that.

SJS: He was always a good friend. We could meet whenever we felt lonely, and have drinks together. (chorus ‘wow!) And I would pay for the drinks. (everyone breaks out)

Host: He says he’s a friend, but he sounds bitter. (more seriously) Now that you came, what are you feeling now? (SJS’s thinking) Tell us you’re glad you came. Your friend’s feeling sorry for you…

SJS: …hmmm… I’m glad I came (looking down to hide his face. Laughter behind, he laughs a little).

PYH: Really, Ji Sub always just says what he has to say in one word and that’s the end of the story.

Host: You must feel irritated…

PYH: What??? Oh, no… Don’t you think that’s cool? (chorus ‘Wow!!!’)

Host: Didn’t you just say he cuts his words short?

PYH: That’s cool. Even I as a man, I like that style.

Host: (in deep thought) What does that make of us??? (scratching his head) That’s why I’m saying this… We’re far from cutting the words short. Instead we say everything inside out. Explaining, turning words around. (back to SJS) What do you think, so late like this?

SJS: Honestly, I was a little shocked….

=======Last scene
PYH: he bought me lots of drinks, and we spent lots of money together, and that’s how we became closer.

Host: Wow… it’s been so long since we made a man out of this program! (laughter. Final greetings)

The END==========================

(Translated by Priscilla)

I am Still In a big shock!!!!
He looked so confident and
with a Great -definitly not suicidal-personality
I feel so sad.....
Rest In Peace Park Yong Ha....

I am still very affected by PYH's death too, I sometimes burst into tears in the day, whatever I was then doing. And So Ji Sub's face showing how his heart is actually broken is almost unbearable.

Noticing that So Ji Sub, not PYH's blood sister, has been carrying Park Yong Ha's picture, I have a question : is it possible for a woman in Korea to carry the picture of the deceased (in ancient time and nowadays)?

If his sister could have but did not, I think that SJS carrying it brings an even deeper meaning to this gesture, as he really was PYH's brother.

PYH, you are living in many people's memories.

I don't blame anyone around him for not catching any signs of impending suicide. His tweeter message, his call to a friend, etc. He sounded just like a normal person going through an everyday life! Man! depression is really a silent killer.

RIP PYH

My heart aches whenever I thought bout him, so i found a solution which is to keep watching all dramas he was in. To think that he's still around but taking a LONG LONG break...I hope someone is watching over So Ji Sub now, having to go through the pain of losing someone so dear especially in this industry. He has to overcome and recover. Park Yong Ha, the smiling angel, will always stay in our heart.

iam really sorry that we lost such a talented and sweet actor like him all the time im thinking about him and crying i dont belive why he did that im iranian but i love korean film and actors and singers when i heard this news its like i lost one of my family i love you park young ha for ever

Why So Many Suicides?

For many years now, I have been very attached to anything that is Korean. From K-Pop songs, to Kdrama series, movies, language, cuisine, culture, etc. etc. I find everything about it interesting, intriguing, and inspiring.

Yes I do find the artists, particularly the actors and actresses as very inspirational and admirable. So it just shocks me no end why a lot of them commits suicides. They are all beautiful, talented, gifted, and much loved. Me, being non-Korean really cannot comprehend what would be the real root cause of all these. Could it be the culture? Could it of personal values and beliefs in life? In the past years, globalization has taken hold even in Korea. It is evident in their entertainment industry, fashion, some entertainers even ventured doing stints abroad. So it would have been fitting to that they could try to open their mind to a more "enlightened state." That after all the struggles and hardships, there is still hope. That after all they hurt and pain, there is still forgiveness. That after every storm the sun will shine again. That after a fall, one can still rise above all the mistakes. That irregardless of one's religious belief, a human life is sacred and precious, no one should ever take his own life. It is not his to take and end ever.

No one should ever HAVE to take his or her own life. But to say that one's life is not one's own is a disturbing thought.

The suffering must had been unbearable for him to take his own's life.
PYH was a talented actor, and perhaps a warm person to those that knew him. At least he no longer had to suffer anymore.

so sad! i'm so shocked.

Depressed people are the most cunning people at putting up "fronts", pretending that everything is o.k., when in reality they are the "walking dead".

I have suffered from depression and insomnia for years. My father died of cancer several months ago, and I can tell you all that Cancer is an evil disease, and so is depression.

Watching your father being eaten by this disease is enough to drive a person insane(for me it was the mental ward). Add to that, Park Yong Ha's mental condition, plus the stress of being an "asset" to all the companies around him. His pain must of been unbearable. I truly feel profound sadness for him...but he is free...and no longer in pain. I pray that his mother who is now dealing with his father's cancer, and the death of her son, can persevere in this very difficult time.

Psychiatric conditions are very complex. And without a good doctor, or team of doctors, individual therapy, medication, group therapy, family support, a person can be left in limbo.

FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO HELP REDUCE SUICIDES. GET INVOLDED. Advocate online. Ask people you care about if they are ok, do not give up on them if they pretend to be ok. Psychiatric illness is like any other illness. It is not a weakness. If you have diabetes you go to a doctor to get it treated. It is the same with depression, bipolar, schizophrenia, etc.

If you are suffering, try to hold on, do not give up...there is help out there that can help keep you alive. If you have depression and cannot work, make getting better your work, forget about the other pressures in life, they do not matter.

he is big lost for intertainment ind. in korea why among to them commit suicide like other korean star

im sad i am sempatising to his family and friend,,,

I don't know what I should say but I really got shocked after seeing the News on TV and my tears came to my eyes after that suddenly.you know I don't know him well and I didn't see him face to face but I felt sorry for his friend and family for losing him...sorry for korean people for losing him too.I just watched his acting on Slingshot and I liked that drama. now I'm unhappy that much.I don't know how his friends and family may feel about this matter...Sorry...Sorry.

i don't belve he's gone.i don't want to belive it,i loved him so much.i can't think straight because i can't see well cuz my eyes are covered with tears.
i have no more to say,i just hope he rests in heaven.
i'm a big fan of PYH in Iran...

sya dri indonesia. Turut berduka cita atas meninggalny park yong ha, kmi smua turut bersedih....
Smg arwahny d trm d sisi tuhan... Aminn....

WOW.. I was just browsing through Dramabeans, just because I haven't opened this website for almost a month.. and I found this??!! I just can't believe that Park Yong-Ha is gone. Winter Sonata was my FIRST k-drama and I fell in love with it. Awww.. no more Sang-Hyuk. My condolences go to his family & friends. May he rest in peace.

.. I.. I heard about this on the day it happened while spending time with my cousin.
I wasn't a fan.. But, it makes me sad when someone feels that things are too hard... To keep going.

R.I.P. Park Yong Ha ssi. I hope that wherever you are, you're smiling.

wae??????
T_T
i can't believe it...
i thought, he is coming here in the Phils., that's why he was on the news...
so sad..
i can't believe it... really..

I had taken a 1 year break from watching dramas before starting again...and finished the last time with On Air- as a older woman- younger man marathon...his self assured-ness is such a startling contrast wth most younger actors in this genre, that he did stand out...when I read he passed away about 20 min ago, I first thought it would be suicide and it seems somewhat common in Korean actors..

...I do feel dejected that I would not see more of this charming actor..its almost a shame, if he only had some sort of counselling or psychiatrist to help him. Or even some medication. I know depression and how surreal it makes the notion of suicide...its too bad, he didnt give out any distress signals for people to pick up on...that is a very scary symptom of a depressed actor..you just never know whether they are happy or not..

it's so sad.

it's so sad to loose him.

it's so sad to loose him. hi was so reactive

sunt din romania deci va imaginati ce departe era iubit si apreciat acest super talent...spirit bland si dulce...ne-ai rupt inima lasandu-ne in acest fel..nu te vom uita niciodata vei ramane o legenda vie a asiei....te vom iubi mereu

fanii si prietenii te plang infinit....iti multumim pt tot ce ne-ai oferit.....dar lumea e mai trista fara tine......tu linisteai privirile oamenilor cu simpla ta aparitie si cand tu cantai mangaiai sufletele tuturor fiintelor ce te auzeai......inima noastra se rupe bucata cu bucata de atata durere...te vom pretuii forever...

o stire care a zguduit asia si nu numai....ci intreaga lume.celebrul artist coreean park yong ha a murit...pe langa performanta perfecta pe care a reusit-o el era menit pe lumea asta sa intruchipeze bunatatea si blandetea...era numit ingerul adevarat.zambea atat de cald incat oricine il privea simtea caldura lui.nu te vom uita niciodata pyh..fanii si prietenii te plang infinit.

julien_sn@yahoo.com primesc cu drag orice comentariu legat de acest mare artist...si imi doresc o adresa a unuia sau mai multi fanii de ai lui din coreea,japonia si alte tari.

this super sad...

this is really sad T_T
his friends still have not forgotten him.
jaejoong wrote a song for him, its called "in heaven"
the song is really sad...

Thank you for all the details... I was always wondering what made him choose to end his life... I will never forget u PYH... Love u ... Miss u so much...now u can rest and sleep ...you broke my heart ... But I will always think of u ... RIP PYH :(

In a couple of months it will be two years since the death of Park Yong-ha and the loss of this incredibly talented, beautiful young man still makes my heart ache. The only difference now is....it's in a more quiet place. I will never forget Yong-ha....he was just one of those truly special people that will not be forgotten any time soon. Where-ever you are, Yong-ha, I hope this next journey will be a happer one for you.

Its so sad we lost Park Yong Ha. Its been 2 years and I personally miss him. Someone should create a memorial page for him on Evertalk within Facebook.

I hope he’s free of burdens from where he is now. May he rest in peace. Thanks for the heads up on the Evertalk page Christina.

I have never seen the man act. I just heard how popular and successful he was and how lovely his life might have turned out if only he didn't commit suicide. I regret not being able to see him shine on TV and see him before he was gone. I am saddened by his death. I will pray for you. Wherever you might be, whether some part of you still exists or your death put an end to everything including the ever mysterious afterlife. I may not be your fan, but I will remember you once in a while. I may forget your name, but not "you". Thank you for your contribution. Thank you for making us notice that you were there at all. Thank you for sharing your talent, thank you.

I was studying today and was listening to the On Air OST, It's hard to believe its been so long since Park Yong Ha died. I remember spending the day on Dramabeans checking for updates here on the comments and how I felt so sad about an individual who I would at that point probably never meet. If there is an afterlife I hope that PYH is enjoying it and found his peace and best wishes to his family who lost a Son and later a Father.

I guess heaven needed an angel, sigh, its almost been three years. We miss you

WHAAATTT!!! I just finished watching a Story of a man.... I loved his acting... How what:O :( I feel so sad when reading this. How can you be so far that you wanne end your life? :(

it's been almost 4 years. i'm still remember how he acted in wintersonata. it was amazing to see that kind of movie and how he played in it,...

hope you can life ever after in heaven. god, please send my regard to him from indonesia fans.

I was reading my rant the death of the talented actor PYH. The writer believes he was toying with the idea of suicide and probably did put it around his neck but not to kill himself, just toying with the thought. He had his charger plugged into the wall and was electrocuted. Now, the writer says, PYH was a perfectionist and would have left a note, just as Virginia Woolf, the play write, did in the 1940s, when she filled her pockets with pebbles and drowned herself.

There was no autopsy;therefore, the writer says it's an accident. Just like, if a person climbed to a roof and thought about jumping, trips, falls off the roof and dies; is that a suicide?

I was not his fan back then he was alive but I remember clearly the day he went away and I was also shocked.

I don't know why recently I feel like I miss him a lot despite of how little I have known about the man. So I have been searching for any information possible just to get to know more about him - the man who no longer exists.

Feel like I love him, feel like I'm crazy.

Five years have passed. If we could turn the time backm rightly this time :(

I hope there will be so many friends and fans coming to visit him today. I cannot, but I will when the time comes.

Love you forever Yong Ha~

He's the boy of summer (one with sunny character), my favorite season, but why... from now on, summer and June can only bring me sad feelings~!