Astro member and K-pop singer Moon Bin passes away at age 25.

[{"selector":"#anim-7cd06e8c-f068-4a0e-b204-35d6b6e50dda","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":100,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ff01dc13-386c-4a97-abee-3b03ecac0669","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 177.56817%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":100,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Moon Bin, a K-pop sensation and member of the boy band Astro, passed away on Thursday at the age of 25.

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[{"selector":"#anim-a215eb30-f2af-4f8d-9316-6f4f32643d12","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":100,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-cd57237a-0d94-409a-9078-4db4f8ff6edf","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 182.61240%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":100,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] "All Astro members, Fantagio colleagues, executives and employees who've been together for a long time are dee ply mourning the deceased in such great sadness and shock,"

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