Suicide: The Leading Cause Of Suicide In South Korea

Suicide is one of the biggest reason of the death in my country. Actually it’s the leading cause of death to teenage groups to 30ths in South Korea. Pressure from school works and grade, difficulties to getting job, social isolation, and depression are the main factor why people kill themselves. It’s the big issue and problem that people should care about. I personally gives a big attention to this topic because I’ve known a lot of people committing suicide. Not only poor people but also a nationally well-known TV star, former president in Korea, an elder student when I was in middle school and a person who is really close to me. Even though a lot of people committing suicide, I think there’s a lack of attention about it. I strongly believe that

Some people often say that they can live by themselves but I don’t think people can live alone. Human is a social animal that cooperate and help each other. Interaction and communication with family and friends is one of the most important to thing to people to live on. I would like to give an example that related to social isolation. It is also my personal experience that I recently been through. I’m the international student from South Korea and I came here by myself. I have a few Korean friends here but there’s no friend who are in my age. In my culture, it’s pretty hard to play like a friend with an older people whether how much they are older than me. I don’t have any friend to interact and tell my story. It makes me find my friends and people who listen to my story in Korea. In order to that, I didn’t go outside except for when I go to school and convenient store to buy some foods. I interact with people on online but I felt in even deeper loneliness than before when I don’t use my phone or computer. I got depression and it screwed up my daily life. I’m still struggling to overcome but I realize that loneliness and feeling of being isolation can cause a serious mental