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areas with low-income levels and substandard housing,
depression, anxiety, and hostility, which can induce
and suicides account for a greater proportion in youth
suicidal thoughts and actions. Like this, problems such
lonelydeathsthanforothergenerations.”
asemploymentfailureandtherecessioncanaffectyoung
The problem is that most of the statistics on lonely
people and make them feel depressed and anxious,
deathssofareitherdonotconsiderageorarecenteredon
whichcanleadtosuicide.Therefore,unemployedyouths
seniorcitizenswholivealone,soitisunclearhowgrave
become the vulnerable social class, at risk of lonely
the youth lonely death problem is. In accordance with
deathsthroughsuicide.
the Act on The Prevention and Management of Lonely
The telling characteristic of youth lonely deaths is that
Deaths, local governments are conducting individual
these people die alone after suffering from problems
surveys, but even this is not enough to reveal the reality
suchasemploymentdifficulties,economicproblems,and
ofyouthlonelydeaths.Accordingly,Guricity,Gyeonggi-
social resignations experienced while living in a studio
do province, conducted a survey of single-person
orgoshiwon.*Inoursociety,wheretheprolongedyouth
households under the age of 65, at risk of isolation,
unemployment has not been resolved, young people are
between January and March this year, while Suncheon
under considerable stress and pressure. There are many
city, Jeollanam-do province, conducted a survey of low-
cases in which this leads to depression and suicide.
income single-person households. However, individual
Therefore, youth lonely deaths should also be discussed
surveysatthelocalgovernmentlevelarealsofocusedon
alongsidepovertyissues,socialvulnerability,andmental
middle-aged and senior citizens. The problem of youth
healthissuestopreventthisfromcausingsuicide.
lonelydeathisthatevenstatisticsarenotbeingproperly
calculated.
*goshiwon: A Korean word meaning a very small room specifically
designed for students who temporarily live preparing for an important test
suchaspublicservantbarexametc.
YouthLonelyDeathsAreanExtensionofSuicide
UnrelatedSociety
Theproblemisthatthelonelydeathsofthoseintheir20s
and 30s are mainly due to suicide. According to a report
Anunrelatedsocietyisaconceptthatfirstappearedin
ontheriskgroupoflonelydeathsinSeoul,41percentof
Japan in 1990 and refers to a society in which people’s
lonelydeathsofpeopleintheir20sand30sarebysuicides,
connections and relationships are weak. The extreme
whichismuchhigherthanforotheragegroups.
consequence of this isolated society is lonely death.
In addition, according to a paper titled “Can suicide
According to the 2018 Korea Institute for Health and
resultingfromdisconnectionandalienationbedesignated
Social Affairs research report on “Social Relationships
as solitude?”, by the Institute of Human, Environment
of Young Single-person Households,” single-person
and Future at Inje University, 51.6 percent of deaths of
householdsspentanaverageofonlyfiveminutesperday
peopleintheir20sin2013werebysuicide.Inaddition,
with their families. On the other hand, the time spent
the employment stress of the young generation can
interacting with people other than family members was
lead to negative mental health consequences such as
74minutes,whichwasgreater.However,thiswasonly55
percent of the interaction time spent by people in other
ⓒchosunilbo
householdtypes.Inaddition,assurveyedbytheNational
Statistical Office in 2019, Korea’s social isolation rate
was 27.7 percent, far above the OECD (Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development) average
of 10 percent. Furthermore, the community spirit in
Korean society is decreasing. According to the 2016
BetterLifeIndexsurveybytheOECD,Korearankedthe
lowest among 37 countries, in the community category
that measures the quality of social networks. Only 75.8
percent of Koreans answered that they had someone
to help them when faced with difficulties, far lower
than the OECD average of 88 percent. This is because
▲Peoplelivingingoshiwonareexposedtolonelydeath.
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areas with low-income levels and substandard housing,
depression, anxiety, and hostility, which can induce
and suicides account for a greater proportion in youth
suicidal thoughts and actions. Like this, problems such
lonelydeathsthanforothergenerations.”
asemploymentfailureandtherecessioncanaffectyoung
The problem is that most of the statistics on lonely
people and make them feel depressed and anxious,
deathssofareitherdonotconsiderageorarecenteredon
whichcanleadtosuicide.Therefore,unemployedyouths
seniorcitizenswholivealone,soitisunclearhowgrave
become the vulnerable social class, at risk of lonely
the youth lonely death problem is. In accordance with
deathsthroughsuicide.
the Act on The Prevention and Management of Lonely
The telling characteristic of youth lonely deaths is that
Deaths, local governments are conducting individual
these people die alone after suffering from problems
surveys, but even this is not enough to reveal the reality
suchasemploymentdifficulties,economicproblems,and
ofyouthlonelydeaths.Accordingly,Guricity,Gyeonggi-
social resignations experienced while living in a studio
do province, conducted a survey of single-person
orgoshiwon.*Inoursociety,wheretheprolongedyouth
households under the age of 65, at risk of isolation,
unemployment has not been resolved, young people are
between January and March this year, while Suncheon
under considerable stress and pressure. There are many
city, Jeollanam-do province, conducted a survey of low-
cases in which this leads to depression and suicide.
income single-person households. However, individual
Therefore, youth lonely deaths should also be discussed
surveysatthelocalgovernmentlevelarealsofocusedon
alongsidepovertyissues,socialvulnerability,andmental
middle-aged and senior citizens. The problem of youth
healthissuestopreventthisfromcausingsuicide.
lonelydeathisthatevenstatisticsarenotbeingproperly
calculated.
*goshiwon: A Korean word meaning a very small room specifically
designed for students who temporarily live preparing for an important test
suchaspublicservantbarexametc.
YouthLonelyDeathsAreanExtensionofSuicide
UnrelatedSociety
Theproblemisthatthelonelydeathsofthoseintheir20s
and 30s are mainly due to suicide. According to a report
Anunrelatedsocietyisaconceptthatfirstappearedin
ontheriskgroupoflonelydeathsinSeoul,41percentof
Japan in 1990 and refers to a society in which people’s
lonelydeathsofpeopleintheir20sand30sarebysuicides,
connections and relationships are weak. The extreme
whichismuchhigherthanforotheragegroups.
consequence of this isolated society is lonely death.
In addition, according to a paper titled “Can suicide
According to the 2018 Korea Institute for Health and
resultingfromdisconnectionandalienationbedesignated
Social Affairs research report on “Social Relationships
as solitude?”, by the Institute of Human, Environment
of Young Single-person Households,” single-person
and Future at Inje University, 51.6 percent of deaths of
householdsspentanaverageofonlyfiveminutesperday
peopleintheir20sin2013werebysuicide.Inaddition,
with their families. On the other hand, the time spent
the employment stress of the young generation can
interacting with people other than family members was
lead to negative mental health consequences such as
74minutes,whichwasgreater.However,thiswasonly55
percent of the interaction time spent by people in other
ⓒchosunilbo
householdtypes.Inaddition,assurveyedbytheNational
Statistical Office in 2019, Korea’s social isolation rate
was 27.7 percent, far above the OECD (Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development) average
of 10 percent. Furthermore, the community spirit in
Korean society is decreasing. According to the 2016
BetterLifeIndexsurveybytheOECD,Korearankedthe
lowest among 37 countries, in the community category
that measures the quality of social networks. Only 75.8
percent of Koreans answered that they had someone
to help them when faced with difficulties, far lower
than the OECD average of 88 percent. This is because
▲Peoplelivingingoshiwonareexposedtolonelydeath.
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