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All posts tagged "suicide"

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  Actress Kang Doo-ri found dead in apparent suicide

  (Yonhap) A young actress has been found dead in her home in an apparent suicide, police said Tuesday. Kang Doo-ri, 22, was found dead by rescue crew members around 4 p.m. on Monday as an acquaintance, who...

  • Posted December 15, 2015
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  Former Super Star K challenger Kim Hyun-ji found dead

  Kim Hyun-ji from the first season of Super Star K has been found dead inside a car, police said Wednesday. They said two men, surnamed Ko, 33, and Lee, 33, also died in the car. Police said...

  • Posted October 28, 2015
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  S. Korean teenagers’ sleep hours linked to suicide: study

  By Kim Se-jeong Teenagers who do not get sufficient sleep are more likely to think about and plan suicide, a study showed Thursday. The study, which was released on World Suicide Prevention Day, partially explains the high...

  • Posted September 10, 2015
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  11 years in a row, South Korea is No. 1 in suicide rate among OECD countries

  South Korea is No. 1 for the 11th year in a row when it comes to suicide rate among OECD countries, according to the organization’s Health Data 2015 report. The average suicide rate among all OECD countries,...

  • Posted August 31, 2015
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  Suicide No. 1 cause of death for S. Korean teens, youths

  SEJONG, April 28 (Yonhap) — Suicide was the No. 1 cause of death among teens and young people in South Korea in 2013, with the suicide rate rising over the past decade, a report showed Tuesday. According...

  • Posted April 28, 2015
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  Missing ex-construction firm head found dead, suicide

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — An ex-head of a local construction firm was found dead here Thursday as he was awaiting trial over alleged embezzlement of company funds. A police dog discovered the body of Sung Wan-jong, former head...

  • Posted April 9, 2015
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  Brown University student from S. Korea dies after jumping off campus building

  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Brown University graduate student from South Korea has died after jumping from the 12th floor of a campus building. Police officials tell the Providence Journal that the 25-year-old student’s death Tuesday afternoon...

  • Posted April 1, 2015
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