This illness called Depression

Depression is a major risk factor for suicide. The deep despair and hopelessness that goes along with depression can make suicide feel like the only way to make the pain go away. Suicidal individuals often give warning signs or signals of their intentions. The best way to prevent suicide is to know and watch for these warning signs and to get involved if you spot them. If you believe that a friend or family member is suicidal, you can play a role in suicide prevention by pointing out the alternatives, showing that you care, and getting a professional involved.
This illness called depression is not something that we should ignore, seeing how many deaths it have caused. I did a quick search on depression, you can read about it on this online article.

SOUTH Korean police plan a crackdown on people who spread malicious rumours on the internet, a practice they blame for last week's suicide of a local actress.
The National Police Agency said it would have 900 officers investigating online as part of a month-long operation beginning tomorrow to hunt, arrest and punish those who spread false and vicious rumours on the internet.


Choi Jin Sil

The agency said in a statement "the spread of malicious and groundless messages on the internet recently led to their victim's suicide'', referring to the death of Choi Jin-sil on Thursday.
Choi, 40, a mother of two, committed suicide and was found hanging from a length of elastic at her Seoul home.
Police investigators, citing her relatives and friends, said Choi had been upset by internet rumours that she had lent a huge sum of money to a local actor who killed himself in early September under heavy debts.
Police found no monetary links between Choi and the actor. A security worker was arrested for spreading false rumours about her online.
Investigators said the case had worsened Choi's depression.
Choi had been on medication for depression since her marriage to a pro baseball player ended in an ugly divorce in 2004.

Death caused by depression in South Korea


U Nee

On January 21, 2007, U-Nee hanged herself in her home in Seo-gu, Incheon, South Korea.
After her death, her mother held a press conference at the hospital. She confirmed that U;Nee suffered from bouts of depression, for which she took medication, and had problems dealing with the pressure of fame



Jung Da-Bin

On the morning of Saturday, February 10, 2007, Jung Da-bin committed suicide in the apartment of her boyfriend in Seoul. She was found by her boyfriend hanging in his bathroom with a towel wrapped around her neck. While no apparent suicide note was left behind, an entry in her on-line blog shortly before her death indicated she was suffering from depression.

It was reported that netizen’s harsh criticisms fueled U-Nee and Jung Da Bin’s depression, which lead to their suicides,


Lee Eun-Ju

On the night of February 22, 2005, only a few days after her graduation from Dankook University, Lee Eun- Ju committed suicide at her apartment in Bundang, Seongnam. She was 24 years old. She slit her wrists and hanged herself. The family blamed the suicide on severe bouts of depression and mental illness, and said she had been suffering from insomnia due to the nude scenes she had done in The Scarlet Letter.