Overview

• Song Young-kyu, 55, was discovered unresponsive in his parked car at a Yongin residential complex on August 4, with no note or signs of foul play.
• Yongin Dongbu Police Station has opened a probe into his death by questioning relatives and weighing whether to perform an autopsy.
• The actor had been referred to prosecutors after a June 19 DUI that involved driving about 5 kilometers with a blood alcohol concentration above the legal limit.
• He withdrew from the stage production Shakespeare In Love and production teams on ENA’s The Defects and SBS’s The Winning Try have reduced or removed his filmed scenes.
• A veteran supporting actor since 1994, Song was best known for his role as Chief Choi in the 2019 hit Extreme Job and recent appearances in Narco-Saints and Big Bet.