SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Among the rising death toll from alcohol addiction during the pandemic, more than half of victims died a so-called solitary death on their own. The Korean Academy of Addiction Psychiatry showed that the death toll from alcohol abuse jumped from 156 people in 2019 to 204 people in 2020 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of youths getting treated for alcohol addiction neared 2,000 last year, doubling from seven years ago, a report said Wednesday. The drinking rate among the young is declining, but the severity of problems from drinking is still heavy, with one out of two youths drinking to dangerous [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — One out of every four South Korean adults have experienced an addiction or other form of mental health issue at least one time in their lives, a government survey showed Wednesday. The survey showed that 25.4 percent of South Koreans are likely to cope with a mental disorder at [...]