Seoul Subway beats Tokyo's
Seoul Subway Fights Jumping Suicide Rate
Guardian, UK - 18 June
... Electronic boards inside subway cars and platforms flash the sign:
``Giving up your life will inflict an unbearable pain on your family and the society!''
Statistics show 13,005 South Koreans killed themselves last year, more than the 12,458 who committed suicide in 1998 at the height of the Asian financial crisis, a traumatic period for the nation of 48 million people.
The suicide rate is marginally higher than in neighboring Japan, where 32,080 people killed themselves in 2003. Japan's total population is roughly 126 million. ..