Korea’s National Statistics Office recent report was picked up by Yonhap and the Chosun. “The high suicide rate in South Korea seems to reflect a surge in social conflicts, including feuds between the sexes, economic hardship and domestic violence,” an NSO official said according to Yonhap. The Chosun article focuses on the “prolonged economic slump … [Read More]
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Selected publications
- Anthology: Beyond Death: the politics of suicide and martyrdom in Korea ed Charles R. Kim, Jungwon Kim, Hwasook B. Nam and Serk-Bae Suh, University of Washington Press 2019