Volume 18 Number 2 

Collaboration and Teamwork
Safary Wa-Mbaleka

 


Journeys From Grief to Hope:
Visual and Verbal Voices of Post-Yolanda Youth
Arceli H. Rosario, Carthy Joy T. Aguillon,
& Merilyn G. Lucion
 •
Lessons Learned From Typhoon Washi:
Saving the River As a Way to healing Nature
Helen Sumagan Tejero 
•
Diet and Academic Performance 
Josiah Gabriel Hunt
•
Theoretical Contribution of Graduate Research:
An Investigative Study in the Philippines 
Sandeep Lloyd Kachchhap & Abraham Mishika
•
Integrating Faith and Learning
in Distance Educationin the Ghanaian Context 
John Appiah & Safary Wa-Mbaleka
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Suicide Mortality Among Students in South Korea:An Extended Discussion 
Josiah Gabriel Hunt
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Factors Leading to Limited Faculty Publications in Philippine Higher Education Institutionsn 
Safary Wa-Mbaleka 
International Forum 
Vol. 18, No. 2
October 2015
Print ISSN : 0119-2000
Online ISSN : 2350-7497
 
FEATURE

Suicide Mortality Among Students in South Korea:
An Extended Discussion
 

Abstract. South Korea, a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, has experienced unprecedented growth within the last 60 years. Commentators frequently attribute the nation’s success to its system of education. Though education has indeed contributed much to the advancement of the nation, its hypercompetitive nature has led to an exponential increase in suicide among school age individuals, ages 9-24. This paper extends discussion from a previous work examining the rise in rate of suicide in South Korea from 1985 to the present time, factors that have contributed to this occurrence, and possible solutions to this societal problem.

 

Keywords: South Korea, education, students, suicide, CSAT, society, competition.

 


 


Josiah Gabriel Hunt, PhD Candidate
Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies
Silang, Cavite, Philippines
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