K-Pop Fantasy Turns Fatal: Obsession Pushed Sisters To Death?
The diary left behind by the girls in the Ghaziabad triple suicide case points to an acute obsession with Korea and Korean culture in what is believed to have culminated in a tragic end, triggered allegedly by a task-based game. "We love Korean, love, love, love," echoes the diary of Pakhi, 12, Prachi, 14, and Vishika, 16, whose deaths have renewed concerns over the unmonitored use of mobile phones among children.
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