Korea's suicide rate on the rise

Read this Reuter's article this morning ...

"South Korea seeks to curb rising suicide rate"

"In 2004, South Koreans killed themselves at a rate of 24.2 per 100,000 citizens, making suicide the fourth leading cause of death in the country, ahead of traffic accidents. There were 12,047 deaths by suicide in 2005."

"One reason behind the increase in suicides may be a widening gap between the haves and the have-nots in South Korea, with poorer citizens more likely to kill themselves than the affluent, according to government data."

Another recent article ...

"Suicide surges in South Korea, fuelled by economic development, online boom"

"Lee said he recently won agreements from Internet search engines to link the keyword 'suicide' with centres providing counselling, instead of sending the people to sites that would help them devise ways to kill themselves."