That meant she could try again anytime,' said Lee Dong-gwi, a psychology professor at Yonsei University.
Among those aged 10 to 39, suicide was the leading cause of death, according to the agency.įor comparison, according to OECD data from 2017, per 100,000 persons, 24.6 in South Korea died by suicide compared with 13.9 in the U.S.Įxperts have said that's due to a combination of complex social, cultural and personal issues.īefore the death of Goo, 28, a K-pop singer and former member of girl group Kara, there were warning signs, experts told ABC News. There were 13,670 suicides in South Korea last year, an average of more than 37 per day, according to Statistics Korea, a part of the country's ministry of strategy and finance that generates and analyzes data.
The deaths of Sulli and Goo Hara likely aren't just the result of the entertainment industry's 'dark side,' analysts said, as South Korea already suffers the highest rate of suicide among countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a collection of developed nations.
