TV Producer's Death Casts Light on Dark Side of K-Drama Industry

On Oct. 26, a man was found dead in a hotel near Gangnam, two days after finishing a project at work. His name was Lee Han-bit, and he worked as an assistant producer for the cable channel tvN, where he had just wrapped up production of “Drinking Solo,” a popular television drama. The cause of death was suicide. Lee’s demise is belatedly making the news after his brother, Han-sol, took to Facebook on Apr. 17 to disclose the suicide note, and to claim that CJ E&M, tvN’s owner and Lee’s employer