A former pitcher for Japanese baseball team the Yomiuri Giants, Cho Sung-min, was found dead at his home in Seoul Sunday in an apparent suicide, police said.

Cho's body was found by his girlfriend in the bathroom of his apartment in south Seoul with a belt around his neck.

Cho, 39, was the former husband of top Korean actress Choi Jin-sil, who took her own life in 2008.

AFP - Global Times