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She apologized. She deleted her account. The messages kept coming. Then, days later, thousands of people watched as something horrifying unfolded live on their screens.
On August 5, 2026, 25-year-old Japanese K-pop fan and influencer Mina Chan, known online as sweeter_nk, went live on TikTok from her apartment in Seoul. Viewers quickly realized something was terribly wrong. Emergency services were contacted, but police arrived too late.
Only days earlier, Mina had been at the center of an escalating controversy within the ENHYPEN fandom. A brief interaction involving flowers at a U.S. concert had gone viral, drawing criticism from other fans. Then Ni-ki spoke generally about concertgoers seeking attention during a Weverse livestream. He never named Mina, and neither Ni-ki nor BELIFT LAB confirmed his comments were about her. But online, people began connecting the two anyway.
Mina publicly apologized, admitting that repeated fansign interactions had blurred her perception of how close she really was to the members. It didn’t end the backlash.
Her death would ignite a much larger conversation about cyberbullying, online harassment, parasocial relationships, and the darker side of K-pop fandom—and leave one crucial question without a simple answer: how does an online controversy become this devastating?
Join Megan as she investigates the disturbing final days of Mina Chan, the ENHYPEN controversy surrounding her, and what we actually know about the events that unfolded before her death.
Where does criticism end—and online cruelty begin?
Podcast: Dark Asia with Megan