SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) - The Ministry of National Defense is planning to use big data to build a system that analyzes the characteristics of those who cause problems within the military and those who are at risk of committing suicide. It plans to use the system as a point of reference to weed [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – As charcoal is often used to commit suicide, a local government, charcoal manufacturers and retailers joined forces to promote a campaign to use the products for the proper purposes. Gyeonggi Province signed an MoU on Sept. 8 with Daemyeong Charcoal and Korea Supermarket Cooperative Fedeeration to hold a “Life [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) - It turns out that the number of soldiers who have experienced maladjustment or were contemplating committing suicide has increased in the three years since 2012. According to the Ministry of National Defense, the number of soldiers that have entered a ‘Green Camp’ found in type A installations showed a [...]
Seoul, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Women who experience blackouts after drinking have a higher tendency to think about suicide. Professor Park Eun-chul and his team of preventive medicine at Yonsei University analyzed material from the National Nutrition Survey, conducted from 2007 to 2011 on 42,347 adults. They compared drinking frequency and quantity etc., and [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — An eighteen-year-old intern’s suicide following physical and verbal abuse from his co-worker at a CJ Cheiljedang plant has been recognized as an occupational hazard by the Korea Workers’ Compensation & Welfare Service (COMWEL), said the Korean Federation of Construction Industry Trade Unions (KFCITU) on March 4. This is the first recognition of [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Despite the Seoul city government’s efforts to prevent committing suicides jumping off the bridges along the Han River, the number of people killed themselves using the bridges has been on the rise every year. Especially, Mapo Bridge, which was once dubbed as the “Bridge of Life,” promoted by a major [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 22, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Amid a series of scandals involving insurance companies, another has burst out. This time it is life insurance companies most of which have not paid out benefits for suicide victims. Even though their insurance policies clearly promised they would pay even in the case of suicide, they [...]
Seoul, Korea, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) - A study said that excessive dieting may lead to depression and even suicide. A medical team at Ilsan Paik Hospital of Inje University has proven a hypothesis that excessive reduction of fat level inside the body can hinder synthesis of serotonin which influences mood control, sleep and appetite. [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) – To prevent unattended deaths or suicides of senior citizens who are living alone, the Korean government takes measures such as making friends among themselves and providing facilities where they can live together. The Ministry of Health and Welfare will launch pilot projects targeting for living-alone seniors in urban [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 5 (Korea Bizwire) – As a series of suicide cases distressed from hardship of life continues in Korea, the government considers countermeasures to solve those problems, including more thorough investigation of welfare blind spots and improving its welfare systems. The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced on March 3 that it will [...]