President Lee Expresses Concern Over Rising Youth Suicide Rates

President Lee Jaemyung, who is visiting New York, United States, expressed regret on the 23rd over the fact that the suicide rate among adolescents has risen again, and said he would continue working hard on related measures. While in the United States to attend the UN General Assembly, President Lee shared a related article and pointed out that difficulties faced by young people due to schoolwork and other factors are growing. He also emphasized that the government is focusing on reducing deaths from suicide and various accidents, and that the core of policy is changing social conditions such as the struggle to make ends meet, pain, loneliness, and despair. According to statistics from the National Data Agency, the overall suicide rate last year fell for the first time in three years, but the suicide rate among teenagers was the only one to rise among all age groups.