The death of a young woman is under investigation after her body was discovered inside a car owned by a pop singer, police said Wednesday.
The body was discovered around 3:00 p.m. Tuesday inside the vehicle parked near an apartment building in Gangnam-gu in southern Seoul, according to the Gangnam Police Station.
The car is owned by pop singer Son Ho-young, the police said, adding that an empty bottle of sleeping pills and a used briquette were found along with a suicide note.
"The deceased woman is not a celebrity but an ordinary person who had been dating Son steadily for the past year," the singer's agency, CJ E&M, said.
Son returned home after being quizzed by the police, officers said, adding that the investigation is ongoing.
Debuting as a member of the popular boy band G.O.D. in 1999, the 33-year-old Son released a solo album in 2006 as the band became inactive. The versatile singer is concurrently working as a TV and musical actor. (Yonhap News)
