SKorea: Suicide in the news today
By Nathan Schwartzman Feb 14, 2012 11:21AM UTCLooks like suicide was a big topic in Korean newsrooms today as three cases showed up.
First, a middle school student in Gangnam killed himself by jumping out of his 7th-floor apartment. He left behind a note saying that he was under unbearable stress from the need to study so much all the time and shuttle from one hagwon to another.
Police in Gunsan rescued a man who was threatening a second suicide attempt following a previous rescue. He was unharmed.
Finally, in the current #1 story on Naver at the moment, a woman committed suicide after her pet dog died, leaving behind a note that she wanted to be with it in the afterlife.



