Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – South Korea could be the preferrred nation for some younger individuals on this planet. That is particularly felt by followers of the Ginseng Nation’s leisure business.
However in actual fact, life in that nation shouldn’t be as stunning as in Korean drama movies which can be typically proven. In South Korea, many individuals expertise despair as a result of excessive social stress and financial difficulties.
Most just lately, Moonbin, a singer who was a member of the Kpop group ASTRO was discovered useless at his house on April 19, 2023. He’s strongly suspected of committing suicide. In reality, Moonbin’s profession is sweet. He even nonetheless has quite a lot of live performance schedules with ASTRO.
South Korea has the best suicide fee amongst international locations which can be members of the Group for Financial Co-operation and Improvement (OECD). In a report submitted by the Ministry of Well being and Welfare of South Korea, Korea’s suicide dying fee, or the variety of suicides per 100,000 individuals, was 24.7 in 2018. This determine is 2 occasions larger than the common suicide fee of OECD international locations, particularly at degree 11.
Consultants say the causes of suicide are advanced, not solely as a result of private and psychological well being points, but additionally associated to financial components and social pressures. Considered one of these details could be seen from stories about quite a lot of Korean artists and influencers who ended their lives by committing suicide.
Even when they do not commit suicide, virtually a 3rd of Koreans threat dying of loneliness.
Citing stories Korea Herald, final 12 months a person in his 50s was discovered useless alone in his house in Seoul on the finish of final July. Her fridge is empty, her sink is filled with packets of on the spot noodles, and there are piles of unpaid payments in her home.
The departure of this poor man provides to the variety of lonely deaths in South Korea.
Presently there are virtually a 3rd of households consisting of just one individual in South Korea. In response to Statistics Korea, the variety of one-person households jumped from 5.39 million in 2016 to six.64 million in 2021. They’re probably the most susceptible to dying of loneliness.
A joint survey carried out by Gallup Korea and native newspaper Seoul Shinmun of 1,008 adults throughout South Korea final December confirmed that 45.9 % of respondents mentioned they felt “extra alone” in comparison with pre-pandemic period.
One other report by the Statistics Analysis Institute in 2021 confirmed that emotions of loneliness amongst males elevated from 19.6 % in 2019 to 21.2 % a 12 months later. Whereas in ladies it rose from 21.5 % to 23.4 %.
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