SEOUL, South Korea—Lee Sun-kyun, a popular South Korean actor best known for his role in the Oscar-winning movie “Parasite,” was found dead in a car in Seoul on Wednesday, authorities said, after weeks of an intense police investigation into his alleged drug use.
Police and emergency officers initially found Lee in what they believed was an unconscious state in the car parked on a street in northern Seoul. Emergency officers later confirmed he was dead, according to Seoul’s Seongbuk police station.
Police had been searching for Mr. Lee, 48, after receiving a report that he was missing, Seongbuk police said….
South Korean Actor Lee Sun-Kyun of Oscar-Winning Film ‘Parasite’ Is Found Dead
