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Just to clarify, South Korea's suicide rates are the second highest in the world, and the highest among OECD nations, for ELEVEN years. Now, why is the nation with the highest standards of living in Asia (and one of the highest in the world), have such a high suicide rate?
Famous suicides were done by president Roh-Muhyun, Yoon-hyung Lee, the daughter of the current chairman of Samsung, and a lot of people who work in the entertainment sector and get affected by the "악플" or the evil comments left behind articles.
There are a lot of reasons why people suicide in Korea. The first reason is the age gap. One of the huge factors contributing to Korea's high suicidal rate of the elderly is the growth of the young mocking the old. Even if Korea is the "nation of respect and the morning calm", many young Koreans talk behind the back of the elderly, how they always "have to stand in front of them, staring at them, in public transportation, so eventually they have to get up. And then comes the mocking, where old-people jobs such as apartment building security, can't stand up to bullies hanging around in the complex. Another thing is, that many of the young don't know what the old faced years ago, such as the Korean War, discrimination from the Japanese, and poverty. Some of the elderly feel that they're out of the game, out of society, and it's just a matter of time before they rot. So there's that,
And for the youth, as in people who already graduated college/university, many suicide due to financial issues. For people under 17, it's most likely bullying or family problems.
There's also some strange people who are INTERESTED in life after death, so they suicide. Many celebrities suicide because of comments written by very dumb people who didn't mean to write it.
Also, recent news claims that a five-year old have committed suicide.
The government has been trying to lower the suicide rate, so they banned products such as lethal pesticide that was being used for suicide, and Samsung Life Insurance installed signs on Mapo bridge, where the most bridge-fall suicides happened, and the signs had simple things like "Have you eaten?" and "The best part of your life is yet to come". (However, suicidal rates increased in Mapo bridge. But still, good try Samsung.)
People, let's seriously not suicide.
Luckily, suicidal rates have dropped since 2012, even if Korea still holds the highest suicidal rate in OECD nations.
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There are a lot of reasons why people suicide in Korea. The first reason is the age gap. One of the huge factors contributing to Korea's high suicidal rate of the elderly is the growth of the young mocking the old. Even if Korea is the "nation of respect and the morning calm", many young Koreans talk behind the back of the elderly, how they always "have to stand in front of them, staring at them, in public transportation, so eventually they have to get up. And then comes the mocking, where old-people jobs such as apartment building security, can't stand up to bullies hanging around in the complex. Another thing is, that many of the young don't know what the old faced years ago, such as the Korean War, discrimination from the Japanese, and poverty. Some of the elderly feel that they're out of the game, out of society, and it's just a matter of time before they rot. So there's that,
And for the youth, as in people who already graduated college/university, many suicide due to financial issues. For people under 17, it's most likely bullying or family problems.
There's also some strange people who are INTERESTED in life after death, so they suicide. Many celebrities suicide because of comments written by very dumb people who didn't mean to write it.
Also, recent news claims that a five-year old have committed suicide.
The government has been trying to lower the suicide rate, so they banned products such as lethal pesticide that was being used for suicide, and Samsung Life Insurance installed signs on Mapo bridge, where the most bridge-fall suicides happened, and the signs had simple things like "Have you eaten?" and "The best part of your life is yet to come". (However, suicidal rates increased in Mapo bridge. But still, good try Samsung.)
People, let's seriously not suicide.
Luckily, suicidal rates have dropped since 2012, even if Korea still holds the highest suicidal rate in OECD nations.
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