INCHEON, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Plastic drums will be installed on the access roads to the Incheon Bridge that services South Korea’s main air transportation terminal to prevent people from jumping to their death. Incheon Bridge Co., the operator of the bridge, decided to install some 1,500 plastic drums at intervals of five meters [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of people in their 20s who died by suicide in Seoul last year increased sharply, exceeding the proportion of those in their 30s and 40s, data showed Monday. A total of 2,034 people took their own lives in the capital city last year and those in their [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A total of 630 elementary to high school students took their own lives over the past four years, due mainly to family feuds, an education ministry report showed Thursday. According to the report submitted to Rep. Kim Byong-wook of the People Power Party, 388 high school students died by [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — While South Koreans are now less exposed to the risk of depression and anxiety following the end of social distancing measures, those who are considering suicide has gone up proportionally since the pre-COVID era. The Ministry of Health and Welfare conducted a nationwide survey of 2,063 adults in June, [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The top court has opened the way for the beneficiaries of those who commit suicide in a state of deep depression to be eligible for insurance payouts. Thus far, the beneficiaries of policyholders who commit suicide have been excluded from the payment of insurance money. According to the latest [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government has established a system to ensure the swift rescue of citizens attempting suicide on bridges spanning the Han River. The Seoul Metropolitan Fire & Disaster Headquarters said Thursday that it had set up an integrated Han River Bridge CCTV control center within the Ttukseom Rescue [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A suicide committed by an airline employee during forced leave following the coronavirus outbreak has been recognized as a work accident. The Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service announced Tuesday that it had notified the family members of the late Korean Air Lines Co. employee in September that the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Young South Koreans in their teens and 20s, especially women in their 20s, are increasingly committing suicide due primarily to anxiety and a sense of desperation. Statistics Korea reported that from 2010 to 2020, the number of individuals who committed suicide annually dropped by 15.2 percent from 15,566 people [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has mapped out a suicide prevention plan for pop culture artists as part of efforts to prevent the suicide of famous celebrities as well as copycat suicides. The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health and Welfare developed the plan after holding a ministerial conference on [...]