K Pop fans were rocked after the news Goo Hara was found dead in her home - just four weeks after close pal and fellow pop star Sulli reportedly took her own life.

As the number of deaths of K Pop stars sky rockets, industry insiders are starting to take a microscope to the billion dollar industry and the results are staggering.

Often being plunged into the public eye at a young age, stars are watched 24/7 and placed under extreme pressure. From notoriously strict contracts with frightening clauses, including weekly weigh ins for band members, a no boyfriend/girlfriend rule and strict diet.

Most famous is the 'Paper Cup Diet', which involves eating nothing more than nine water cooler-sized paper cups worth of whole grains, fruit and vegetables a day.

As well as pressures from record companies many stars who don't live up to the often impossible standards find it difficult on the disgraced side of the K Pop coin. As well as the never ending trolling.

After the latest death of a K Pop star fans are begging the K Pop industry to take a cold hard look at its practises to put an end to young people dying.

Here we take a look at the tragic stars who have sadly lost their lives as fans call for urgent changes to a toxic industry.

Goo Hara

The 28-year-old ex Kara band member turned solo singer was found dead at home six months after trying to take her own life.

Local news channels reported the 28-year-old star was found on November 24 at her home in Gangnam's Cheongdam neighborhood.

In May this year the star apologised to her fans after trying to take her own life.

Later when she was recovering in hospital she apologised: “I am sorry for causing concerns and a commotion. In terms of health, I am recovering … I had been in agony over a number of overlapping issues. But from now on, I will steel my heart and try to show up healthy.”

Goo, who was close friends with thelate star Sulli also accused her boyfriend of assaulting her but there was no further action.

Sulli

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The f(x) star was found dead at her home in Sujeong-gu, Seongnam in the Gyeonggi province of South Korea on October 14.

She was found by her manager who went to her house when he couldn't get in contact with her.

Sulli, whose real name was Choi Jin-ri took a hiatus from f(x)in 2014 when she couldn't cope with online abuse.

The hiatus was meant to last a year but she then chose to leave the group to pursue an acting career.

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She was open about her battle with a panic disorder and how she struggled to cope with fame.

She said: "Even close people left me. I was hurt by them and felt there was nobody who understands me, which made me fall apart."

Jonghyun

In December 2017 K-Pop star Kim Jonghyun died from a suspected suicide aged just 27.

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The lead singer of SHINee died in hospital in Seoul after being found unconscious in his apartment.

In a note released a day after his death, the late star apparently wrote of being 'broken from the inside'.

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“The depression that gnawed on me slowly has finally engulfed me entirely,” he reportedly wrote, admitting he “couldn’t defeat it any more”.

Jonghyun - real name Kim Jong-Hyun - was a founding member of SHINee in 2008 and became one of the most enduring artists within the industry.

Ahn So Jin

Ahn made it to the last four girls on a talent show but failed to make it into pop band Kara.

She agreed to become a "trainee" for a major label and underwent extreme training before joining group April later in 2015.

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But she was mysteriously and quietly dropped from the band and her label contract. Friends said she became depressed after putting "years of hard work" into her career.

A month her sacking in 2015 she jumped from the 10th floor of her apartment aged just 22.

Calls for action

After Sulli's death Korea Entertainment Management Association released a statement vowing stronger action on behalf of entertainers: "Regarding cyber terrorism, we will not stop because of apologies or expressions of reflection. Instead, we will root out malicious commenters, and we will make requests and petitions to investigative bodies and to the government so that the commenters can be strictly punished."

Stars also came forward to talk about mental health to try and remove the stigma and start a conversation with fans.

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