The tragic deaths of three Busan teens last week brought renewed attention to the country's rising youth suicide rate.

South Korea has long had an unusually high suicide rate for a member of the OECD, a club of mostly rich countries. Before 2018, only in Lithuania was the problem more severe.

South Korea has the highest suicide rate among OECD nations, with that rate increasing among teenagers and young adults in their 20s, according to the country’s health ministry.

This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). South Korea’s former defense ...

The suicide rates for pesticide-caused deaths alone decreased 46%, according to a 2015 South Korean study. The suicide rate as of 2015 in South Korea was 28.3 per 100,000, according to the WHO report.

SEOUL—South Korea’s martial-law crisis widened as the imprisoned former defense minister attempted suicide, investigators ...

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South Korea has one of the highest suicide rates in the world. Rates of suicide in the Asian country have doubled over the past decade, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Some suicide causes transcend borders, but many here are unique to South Korea, a nation that in two generations was transformed from a poor, agrarian society to the world’s 11th-largest economy.