SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s health ministry recently announced the 5th Basic Plan for Suicide Prevention (2023-2027) during a public hearing on Feb. 13. One of the key initiatives is the ban on the production of coal fire lighters, which are commonly used in suicide attempts, and the development of eco-friendly alternatives. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A revision to the enforcement ordinance of the Suicide Prevention Act will take effect on Thursday, clearing the way for public institutions to share information on suicide attempts. To ensure the efficacy of the law, the Ministry of Health and Welfare plans to distribute a guidebook and provide on-site [...]
ICHEON, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military on Thursday launched new correctional facilities with an advanced monitoring solution, including the country’s first suicide prevention sensors and other systems designed to improve the living conditions of inmates and help reduce the workload of guards. The opening of the institution, located 80 kilometers southeast of [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has introduced breathing sensors in a new military prison to help prevent suicides, an informed source said Tuesday, in the first installation of such equipment at a local correctional facility. The military installed the domestically developed sensor in about 50 cells, including solitary confinement rooms, at the [...]
HWASEONG, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Hwaseong Community Health Center in Gyeonggi Province launched a suicide prevention project called the ‘Green Life Village Project’ in 2010 by installing pesticide storage cabinets at homes located in agricultural areas. The cabinets were designed to prevent easy access to pesticides for individuals considering suicide. The 1.2-meter-high cabinets [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A disturbing number of posts encouraging suicide by introducing possible methods and suicide-pact recruiting have been identified in internet communities and on SNS. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare on August 24, the Korea Suicide Prevention Center and Nuricops, the cybercrime monitoring organization affiliated with the National [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – KAIST (the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) is measuring its students’ biosignals in an effort to prevent suicide. According to the university’s KI Health Science Research Institute, wearable devices that can measure biosignals were distributed to 350 students, starting in April. The institute is operating a pilot project that [...]