Nearly 40,000 Koreans die by suicide over past 3 years (www.koreatimes.co.kr)
from alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 12 Oct 2023 06:18
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Oka@lemmy.ml on 12 Oct 2023 06:58 next collapse

Why?

curiousPJ@lemmy.world on 12 Oct 2023 08:36 collapse

If I had to take an educated guess, it is the absurdly immense pressure for academic and career success. Basically through one’s entire childhood and early-adult life. A child’s day would be something like public school from morning to afternoon and private tutoring after that until night time. Rince and repeat with an ever growing pressure for an acceptance into a highly rated university.

And on top of that, incredible wealth inequality.

So from childhood until death it all seems like constant pressure to become excellent. Seems like life would be hopeless if one struggles with the academics and fails to secure a career.

massive_bereavement@kbin.social on 12 Oct 2023 10:38 collapse

Plus Chaebol companies (Samsung, Hyundai, LG, SKI, etc.) control the country and the economy. They have special entry exams and who is your family also determines if you can get in.

Consider that just Samsung's business supposes 20% of South Korea's GBP.

SK is the closest we get to Cyberpunk.

Frozengyro@lemmy.world on 12 Oct 2023 10:58 collapse

The closest we get so far!

pufferfischerpulver@feddit.de on 12 Oct 2023 20:15 collapse

Yay?

unreachable@lemmy.world on 12 Oct 2023 07:49 next collapse

bullied to death by societies situations

snownyte@kbin.social on 12 Oct 2023 08:06 next collapse

I wonder how many of them are from North Korea? Because, living under a dictatorship in NK must be really dehumanizing.

curiousPJ@lemmy.world on 12 Oct 2023 08:21 next collapse

A total of 39,453 people killed themselves from 2020 to 2022, according to data from the health ministry and the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency submitted to Rep. Baek Jong-hean of the ruling People Power Party.

Apparently the party is South Korean so I presume the stats are just for South Korea.

FriendlyBeagleDog@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 12 Oct 2023 15:26 collapse

This data is for South Korea only, which unfortunately itself has the highest suicide rate of the OECD countries.

ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world on 12 Oct 2023 08:46 next collapse

Good thing they didn’t have access to guns.

aluminiumsandworm@kbin.social on 12 Oct 2023 14:58 next collapse

it has been a difficult 3 years

erranto@lemmy.world on 12 Oct 2023 15:29 collapse

It’s eugenics but with a different formula. they are using economic hardship to weed out the least successful by pushing them to the edge