EXO Star's Prejudice of Depression is a Korean Prejudice

It had been less than two weeks since Jonghyun, a member of K-pop group SHINee, died, when a popular K-pop idol came under fire for making insensitive comments about depression, the illness thought to have plagued Jonghyun’s final days. At a fan event on Dec. 30, EXO member Baekhyun said, “Just to speak with conviction, I don’t understand why people get depression or insomnia… It’s not that I criticize that, and I know we can’t think happy thoughts all the time…but I hope my fans can always be