Actor Kim Sae-ron’s death adds to the list of celebrity deaths in South Korea that underscore the enormous pressure they face under the gaze of a relentlessly unforgiving media that pounces on their every misstep.

Na Jong-ho, a psychiatry professor at Yale University, likened the spate of celebrity deaths in South Korea to a real-life version of Squid Game, the South Korean Netflix blockbuster which sees the indebted fighting to the death for a huge cash prize.

Actress Kim Sae-ron, best known for her role in the 2010 Korean film 'The Man from Nowhere,' was laid to rest Wednesday as family, friends and colleagues gathered to bid their final farewells.