SEJONG, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Cancer remained the top cause of death in South Korea, a government report showed Tuesday. In 2019, a total of 295,110 deaths were reported in South Korea, down 1.2 percent from a year earlier. It marked the first annual decline since 2013. The statistics agency said 574.8 deaths were [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — While South Koreans are in shock and grief over the abrupt death of Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon last week, the political community here seems to be split over the formalities of publicly mourning it. The controversy is largely because he apparently took his own life in the face of [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in recalled his longtime personal relationship with late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon in response to Park’s death, a top Cheong Wa Dae official said Friday on a visit to the funeral home in Seoul. Moon was quoted by Noh Young-min, presidential chief of staff, as saying that [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Friday it plans to hold a mayoral funeral for Park Won-soon and run on a contingency plan for the time being following the abrupt death of the liberal heavyweight and three-term mayor. Park, 64, was found dead in the woods of Mount Bugak near [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Mayor and presidential hopeful Park Won-soon was found dead at a Seoul mountain on Friday, hours after his family reported him missing, police said. A police search team found his body in the forested hills of Mount Bugak near his official residence, one minute after midnight. He is [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite growing social interest in “well-dying,” the concept that goes beyond “well-being,” some seniors living in Seoul are not preparing adequately for their death. In a survey of 526 men and women aged between 20 to 79 conducted by the city in September of last year, 44.4 percent of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Thursday reported the nation’s first death of a coronavirus patient, with the total number of confirmed cases surpassing 100. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said a 63-year-old man, who died on Wednesday morning at a hospital in the southeastern city of Cheongdo, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Civic groups urged the foreign ministry on Monday to more actively demand Spain work to verify the truth behind the recent death of a South Korean woman in Madrid and apologize for what they called a “man-made” tragedy. Lee Ji-hyeon, 32, died in the Spanish capital on Dec. 20 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Goo Ha-ra, a K-pop diva and member of girl band KARA, was found dead Sunday at her home, police said. An acquaintance of the 28-year-old found her dead at around 6 p.m. at her home in Seoul’s Gangnam Ward and notified the police and firefighters, the police said. The police [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that the number one cause of death among South Koreans between the ages of 10 and 30 is suicide. Experts are calling on the government to develop stronger countermeasures as it is more likely for younger South Koreans to resort to self-harm before deciding [...]