Deformations of K3 surface is again a K3 surface

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I define a $K3$ surface as a smooth complex manifold of dimension two which is simply-connected and such that the canonical bundle is trivial.

I know that two $K3$ surfaces are always deformation equivalents and I know that $K3$ surfaces are Kähler. Conversely, if a deformation $X$ of a $K3$ surface is Kähler, then Hodge structure is preserved so $X$ is again simply-connected, and the symplectic form on the $K3$ surface extends to $X$ so the canonical bundle of $X$ is trivial too. Hence $X$ is a $K3$ surface.

How about non-Kähler deformations of a $K3$ surface? If they exists they aren't $K3$ surfaces, but do they exists?

Thank you!

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A deformation of a compact Kähler manifold of dimension 2 is always Kähler. Indeed, it is a theorem of Kodaira and Siu that a compact complex surface is Kähler if and only if $b_1(X)$ is even. Since a deformation of the complex structure preserves the underlying topology (by Ehresmann's theorem), the property of a compact complex surface being Kähler is invariant under deformation.