Unfortunately, in November 20, she was found died at her apartment in Paris. Up to the moment, the cause of death is not yet clear. There are some reports stating that she might have killed herself but officials haven’t confirmed it yet.

In her blog posts, it appeared that she was depressed and thinking of suicide at some point in her life. On October 30, Daul Kim had a blog stating, “mad depressed and overworked, the more I gain the more lonely it is … I know I’m like a ghost”. On November 18, which was her last post, she titled her post “say hi to forever” and attached a video of the song “I Go Deep” by British singer Jim Rivers.

South Korea stated that they have the peak rate of suicides which with 30 nations that belongs to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development.