South Korea #1 OECD Suicide Leader

[Master]

I have read that these children are manufactured by the industry from a young age and locked away to rehearse for years before being launched to the public of South Korea.

They have to get plastic surgery done on them and are tied to strict contracts where they have to pay back the money invested in them before making of their own. This has been going on for years and the exploitation needs exposing.

[Fatboxingfan]

Exactly. This needs to be exposed. Like the mental health issues in South Korea too. It is TABOO there to even MENTION the word psychiatrist.

[Gandalf]

Exactly. This needs to be exposed. Like the mental health issues in South Korea too. It is TABOO there to even MENTION the word psychiatrist.

This is untrue too. There are mental clinics scattered around every city and every major hospital will have a psychiatry department and as you pass on the way to your own area find it is often pretty packed as you glance in. I do that as it is an area I find fascinating.

I know a plant manager who regularly consults with a clinic following a few issues with stress and panic. He talks quite freely about it and is someone responsible for many others who all know about it. He doesn't seem to find it very taboo. You are a generation out of date fats.

[Fatboxingfan]

Korean Stress: RTD Launches Premiere of Suicide Epidemic in South Korea
11/26/2019, 1:19:42 AM

A developed economy, technology, a rich culture, a low crime rate - all this creates the image of paradise on earth. However, statistics show that everything is not quite right here: the Republic of Korea is one of the first in the world in the number of suicides. About why suicide became the main cause of death for young Koreans under 40 in the new RTD film “Korean Stress”.

The Republic of Korea tops the list of OECD countries (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) by the number of suicides. Every day in a country known worldwide for its developed economy, technology and pop culture, several dozen people voluntarily part with their lives. What is the cause of the suicide epidemic will tell the new film RTD "Stress in Korean."

[Fatboxingfan]

And there is one more problem. It is a necessity to hold a face. In Korea, people are very worried if there is a bad opinion about them in society, ”says psychiatrist Lee Chun Hyun, RTD.

But that is not all. Koreans, in most cases, build an opinion about a person only according to external data. In a society in which, due to lack of time, even holidays are sheer stress, people look down on you if you are not dressed in a fashionable way.

[Fatboxingfan]

One of the most striking examples of such a struggle is the Mapo Bridge of Seoul, which until 2012 was sadly called the Bridge of Suicides. The locals explained its notoriety not by ancient curses, but rather prosaically: Mapo is located in close proximity to Yoido, the financial district of the city.

But soon, the Seoul government teamed up with a number of psychologists and designers and turned the bridge into a "therapeutic zone." “I love you,” “Let's take a walk together,” “You look worried. Is everything all right? ”,“ Tomorrow the sun will certainly rise ”,“ Have you eaten today? ”,“ To bring those you miss ”are just some of the phrases on the parapets of the bridge. They add up to the dialogue that Mapo, as it were, leads with a passerby. In addition, round-the-clock surveillance was installed on the bridge, some of the poles are equipped with panic buttons, and rescue services are ready to be there almost immediately. This set of measures helped dramatically reduce the number of suicides on Mapo, which locals now call the "Bridge of Life."

Watch the film “Korean Stress” on the RTD website. @walrus @Master

[walrus]

Miles is a tall white man sorry I just can’t see him jumping off a bridge.

[Gandalf]

One of the most striking examples of such a struggle is the Mapo Bridge of Seoul, which until 2012 was sadly called the Bridge of Suicides. The locals explained its notoriety not by ancient curses, but rather prosaically: Mapo is located in close proximity to Yoido, the financial district of the city.

But soon, the Seoul government teamed up with a number of psychologists and designers and turned the bridge into a "therapeutic zone." “I love you,” “Let's take a walk together,” “You look worried. Is everything all right? ”,“ Tomorrow the sun will certainly rise ”,“ Have you eaten today? ”,“ To bring those you miss ”are just some of the phrases on the parapets of the bridge. They add up to the dialogue that Mapo, as it were, leads with a passerby. In addition, round-the-clock surveillance was installed on the bridge, some of the poles are equipped with panic buttons, and rescue services are ready to be there almost immediately. This set of measures helped dramatically reduce the number of suicides on Mapo, which locals now call the "Bridge of Life."

Watch the film “Korean Stress” on the RTD website. @walrus @Master

Cool story, bro.

[Gandalf]

I have read that these children are manufactured by the industry from a young age and locked away to rehearse for years before being launched to the public of South Korea.

They have to get plastic surgery done on them and are tied to strict contracts where they have to pay back the money invested in them before making of their own. This has been going on for years and the exploitation needs exposing.

This is a terrible thing and I consider the industry an exploitative one. It isn't so much about paying back what you borrowed, it is the parents who allow it and the industry that makes harsh demands. Kids should not be pushed into it and deluded into thinking it is amazing. It is tough, degrading, and cruel.