S Korea tackles high suicide rate
637380
Officials plan steps to tackle South Korea's high suicide rate, which has doubled in about five years.
140021
The extraordinary loss of life from Sunday's earthquake and tsunami waves is prompting Asian governments to consider developing a more comprehensive and effective warning system.
539853
NEW YORK  - The largest study of suicidal behaviors ever conducted has found that 9.2 percent of the world's population has contemplated suicide, but fewer than 3 percent actually make an attempt.
452198
Treating people with depression  -- by means of either medications or psychotherapy -- leads to  a drop in suicide attempts, according to a new report.
698177
SEOUL: South Korea stepped up security along the Demilitarised Zone frontier with North Korea yesterday after a night patrol found a hole cut in the border fence, the South Korean defence ministry said.
294430
School nurses or teachers should be trained to recognise suicidal tendencies, says a mental health charity.
442696
Suicide is one of the biggest killers of young men across Scotland, it is warned.
743812
Â· South Korea's president forces promise at summit Â· Kim Jong-il told to give up nuclear programme
114050
China is the only country in the world where suicides among women outnumber those of men, with rural suicides more common than those in the city, state media said on Tuesday.
494039
The number of Japanese suffering from mental illnesses topped 3 million for the first time in 2005, the government said Friday, amid efforts to improve mental health services in Japan.
591787
The suicide rate among preteen and teenage girls rose to its highest level in a decade, and hanging surpassed guns as the preferred method, federal health officials reported Thursday.
548290
Faced with a wave of suicides by South  Koreans from all walks of life, Yoo Byoung-jong has taken on a  new job.
116430
New research shows mental illness is neglected in the developing world and up to 800,000 commit suicide each year.
332846
Suicides of U.S. Marines have  reached their highest level in five years, prompting a Defense  Department effort to encourage Marines to seek mental health  services, a Marine Corps spokesman said on Tuesday.
482006
South Korea is on a high security alert after two holes are found in the wire along its border with the North.
609662
South Korea has stepped up aid to impoverished North Korea through international agencies this year, donating about 40 million dollars so far to seven programmes, officials said Monday.
262423
Sweden holds a memorial service for victims of Asia's tsunami today, seeking to deal with what may be its worst loss of life for 200 years.