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H
owdoestheworldviewsolitude?InJanuary2018,theUnitedKingdomappointedtheworld’sfirstMinisterof
Loneliness. In addition, Japan established a new government department to take measures against solitude and
isolationinFebruary2021.
Both countries recognized solitude as a social problem, not an individual problem, and began to resolve to address
solitude at the government level. The Korean government has also carried out the “Act on The Prevention and
ManagementofLonelyDeaths”sinceApril1,2021,aimingtopreventlonelydeathsandpromotewelfareatthenational
level.Therefore,theKoreangovernmenthastoestablishabasicplanforthepreventionoflonelydeathseveryfiveyears
andidentifythecurrentstatusbyconductingasurveyandanalyzingstatistics.
Recently,thenumberofsingle-personhouseholdsofpeopleintheir20sand30shasincreased.Employmentproblems
andhousingdeprivationhavecauseddepression,andthecoronablueshasincreased.Thenumberofunrelateddeathsof
peopleintheir20sand30shasincreasedfrom62in2017to100in2020.However,thereisnoofficialstatisticsonlonely
deaths,sointerestinthelonelydeathproblemislowenoughtohavetobeestimatedwithcasesofunrelateddeaths.What
isworse,theyouthlonelydeathshavebeenobscuredbymeasuresagainstlonelydeathsoftheelderly.Theyoutharein
a blind spot of lonely deaths. The Argus aims to raise awareness by pointing out the problems, causes, and solutions of
youthlonelydeaths.
BeforeReading
Lonely death: A phenomenon of people dying alone and remaining undiscovered
foralongperiodoftime.Ithappensinsingle-personhouseholdsmostofthetime.
Unrelated death: The case if the dead body is an unknown person or is without
a related person; a person without social ties is more likely to die alone, so it is
closelyrelatedtolonelydeath.
is estimated with the cases of unrelated deaths, so that
Problems
therewillbemoreactualyouthlonelydeaths.CEOKim
said, “Young people’s lonely deaths are increasing in
LackofUnderstandingofYouthLonelyDeaths
Amaninhis20shunghimself.Afterlosinghisjob,he
ⓒeraldcorp
committed suicide due to major depression after failing
to successfully invest in stocks. His death was one of
the cases of lonely deaths and was the most shocking
scene selected by Kim Hyun-seop, CEO of Evergreen,
a special cleaning company that has handled numerous
lonelydeathscenes.
AccordingtotheMinistryofHealthandWelfare,atotal
of3,159peopleareestimatedtohavediedalonein2021.
Thisisanincreaseof57.3percentcomparedtothe2,008
cases counted in 2017. In particular, by age, the number
of youth lonely deaths under the age of 40 increased 62
percent from 63 in 2017 to 102 in 2020. However, this
▲Aspecialcleaningcompanyhandleslonelydeathscenes.
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www.theargus.org
H
owdoestheworldviewsolitude?InJanuary2018,theUnitedKingdomappointedtheworld’sfirstMinisterof
Loneliness. In addition, Japan established a new government department to take measures against solitude and
isolationinFebruary2021.
Both countries recognized solitude as a social problem, not an individual problem, and began to resolve to address
solitude at the government level. The Korean government has also carried out the “Act on The Prevention and
ManagementofLonelyDeaths”sinceApril1,2021,aimingtopreventlonelydeathsandpromotewelfareatthenational
level.Therefore,theKoreangovernmenthastoestablishabasicplanforthepreventionoflonelydeathseveryfiveyears
andidentifythecurrentstatusbyconductingasurveyandanalyzingstatistics.
Recently,thenumberofsingle-personhouseholdsofpeopleintheir20sand30shasincreased.Employmentproblems
andhousingdeprivationhavecauseddepression,andthecoronablueshasincreased.Thenumberofunrelateddeathsof
peopleintheir20sand30shasincreasedfrom62in2017to100in2020.However,thereisnoofficialstatisticsonlonely
deaths,sointerestinthelonelydeathproblemislowenoughtohavetobeestimatedwithcasesofunrelateddeaths.What
isworse,theyouthlonelydeathshavebeenobscuredbymeasuresagainstlonelydeathsoftheelderly.Theyoutharein
a blind spot of lonely deaths. The Argus aims to raise awareness by pointing out the problems, causes, and solutions of
youthlonelydeaths.
BeforeReading
Lonely death: A phenomenon of people dying alone and remaining undiscovered
foralongperiodoftime.Ithappensinsingle-personhouseholdsmostofthetime.
Unrelated death: The case if the dead body is an unknown person or is without
a related person; a person without social ties is more likely to die alone, so it is
closelyrelatedtolonelydeath.
is estimated with the cases of unrelated deaths, so that
Problems
therewillbemoreactualyouthlonelydeaths.CEOKim
said, “Young people’s lonely deaths are increasing in
LackofUnderstandingofYouthLonelyDeaths
Amaninhis20shunghimself.Afterlosinghisjob,he
ⓒeraldcorp
committed suicide due to major depression after failing
to successfully invest in stocks. His death was one of
the cases of lonely deaths and was the most shocking
scene selected by Kim Hyun-seop, CEO of Evergreen,
a special cleaning company that has handled numerous
lonelydeathscenes.
AccordingtotheMinistryofHealthandWelfare,atotal
of3,159peopleareestimatedtohavediedalonein2021.
Thisisanincreaseof57.3percentcomparedtothe2,008
cases counted in 2017. In particular, by age, the number
of youth lonely deaths under the age of 40 increased 62
percent from 63 in 2017 to 102 in 2020. However, this
▲Aspecialcleaningcompanyhandleslonelydeathscenes.
24
www.theargus.org
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