American Media Outlets Report On EunB's Passing

A tragedy in the Korean entertainment industry is making headlines in the United States.

The horrific car accident that resulted in the death of a Ladies' Code member and caused serious injuries to the remaining four members has caught the attention of major American media outlets. Not only have entertainment websites recognized the tragedy of EunB's death, but one of the US's most respected daily newspapers, The Wall Street Journal, also wrote an article about the accident. 

Incident and the mourning of K-Pop fans and artists worldwide.  The article appears alongside news about the world-famous Jolie-Pitt wedding, and is one of the few times E! has covered K-Pop news on its website. Other than Psy, E! has no articles relating to K-Pop (although articles do mention it in a cursory manner.)

Billboard, unlike E!, has an entire section devoted to Korean music news, and also wrote an article about the accident and EunB's death. The article mentioned the trending terms, #RIPEunB and #PrayForLadiesCode, and shared one of Ladies' Code's music videos. The article also included the last solo picture of EunB uploaded to the Ladies' Code official Twitter page.

Billboard had picked Ladies' Code as one of the five K-Pop acts to watch in 2014.

MTV News also covered the story, putting it on MTV.com's news page. Korean news usually appears on MTVK or MTV Iggy, but the importance of the story made it one of the top three trending stories about celebrities on MTV.com. The article included tweets from fans sending their condolences.

The Wall Street Journal has written about K-Pop before in its Korea RealTime section, and this is the same case. However, The Wall Street Journal doesn't only bring up the facts about what happened to Ladies' Code but also discusses the dangerous driving conditions that are prevalent in South Korea. South Korea has the second-most deaths in traffic accidents in the developed countries, topped only by Mexico.