The government data released by South Korea has made a shocking disclosure. According to government data, more than 7 thousand people committed suicide in the first half of this year. Statistics, according to Korea’s data, a total of 7,067 people committed suicide between January and June, which is slightly less than the 7,844 number last year, but is equal to 7,142 people in the first half of 2023.

In these figures, people over 50 years of age have the highest 22.4 percent share. This is followed by 40 years (19 percent), 60 years (15.1 percent), 30 years (13.5 percent) and 70 years (9.8 percent) people. The rest of the number is from other age groups.

Need for public health intervention

Experts say that suicides should not only be seen as a personal problem, but also as a broad social and structural problem and requires public health intervention.

In an article recently published in the International Social Security Review of Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHAASA), researcher Choi Min-J, Korea University Graduate School of Public Health Researcher Choi Minj, said that the government should move beyond the interventions targeted for high-risk groups and include selective and universal measures addressing risks in general population.

Birth rate increased in South Korea

He also urged the establishment of a comprehensive control center to assess how fiscal, labor, and other policies can affect suicides and where such risks are identified, all measures can be implemented correctly.

South Korea currently has the highest suicidal rate in South Korea, which was 26.2 per 100,000 people per 100,000 people, which is more than 10.8 of the OECD average of 10.8. Earlier this week, government data showed that the number of children born in South Korea in July increased by about 6 percent compared to the previous year. One reason for this is an increase in weddings.

Between January and July, so many children were born

According to statistics Korea’s data, a total of 21,803 children were born in July, which is 5.9 percent more than the birth of 20,580 children last year. This is a record of annual growth for the 13th consecutive month, but the fourth lowest figure of July since the government recorded records in 1981.

A total of 147,804 children were born between January and July. This figure shows an increase of 7.2 percent as compared to the same period last year, which is the highest growth rate since 1981. This was the first time since 2015, when an annual increase in the number of newborns was recorded during the January-July time. The average number of children expected in her lifetime, ie a woman’s total fertility rate, ie a year ago, increased by 0.04 in July to 0.8.

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On Wednesday, firefighters also struggled hard to extinguish the forest fire in the southeastern region of South Korea. At least 24 people have died in this fire, but efforts to prevent the spread of fire due to strong winds and dry weather are hindering.

Dozens of fire fighting helicopters, around 5,000 employees and around 560 equipment have been installed to extinguish the fire, but last Friday, wildfire in the Sanchyong County of South Gyongsang province has spread to the north-east of the entire region. In five days, the fire has spread to a nearby Uchong and is growing up to neighboring Endong, Cheongsong, Yongyang and Yeongdeok.

According to data from the ‘Central Disaster and Safety Countmager Headquarters’ (Central Disaster and Security Provinces Headquarters), 24 people died due to forest fire till 4 pm, of which 20 were in U thisong and four from Mankhong.

Police and firefighters had earlier calculated the death of 21 people in the northern part of the northern Gyongsang province, including two in Endong, three in Cheongsagg, six in Yongyang and six in Yeongdeok.

Due to strong winds, there is a risk of spreading wildfire to eastern coastal areas, causing anxiety that flames can reach the coastal county Ulajin, where there is a major nuclear power plant.

The forest officer appealed to take precautions towards unexpected factors, such as sudden change in wind direction. Useong wildfire was initially spread to the east, on Tuesday and Wednesday, southern and south-western winds were seen.

In Yongyang, four of the five victims died on the road at around 11 pm on Tuesday.

On Wednesday, the acting President Han Dak-Suk called to make every effort to help prevent fatal wildfire from spreading, described it as “the most horrific forest fire ever”.

Han said that so far, wildfire has destroyed 17,000 hectares of forests and 209 houses and factories.

Fire flames destroyed the Goun temple in U thisong

Fire flames destroyed the Gaon temple in Uisong, which is an ancient temple built in 681 AD during the Sila Dynasty (57 BC-935 AD). The national treasury stored in the temple was already transferred to other places.

Earlier, a fire -fighting helicopter crashed in Uisong, struggling with a large wildfire in the country, in which the pilot died.

South korea news: After the US caused havoc in California, now forest fire has caused severe destruction in South Korea. So far, at least 18 people have died in this fire in the southern region of the country. According to officials, four firefighters and government employees are also among the dead.

According to the Yonhap news agency, on Wednesday, officials informed that more than 200 buildings have been ashes in this fire, while more than 27 thousand people have been forced to leave their homes. It is being described as the most horrific forest fire in the history of South Korea.

South Korea’s acting president released a statement

South Korea’s acting President Han Duck-Suk said that the fire was on Friday and the most dangerous fire till date is proving to be. Han said, “The loss is increasing continuously. Such a fierce fire has never been seen before. We have to try to extinguish it by throwing full strength this week.”

He said that due to strong winds overnight, employees had to face heavy problems in efforts to extinguish the fire. On Wednesday, about 4,650 firefighters, soldiers and other employees were deployed to extinguish the fire, who were engaged in relief work with the help of 130 helicopters. Han hoped that there could be some improvement in the situation on Thursday.

Buddhist monastery burnt in fire

The emergency response center of the South Korea government said that the 1300 -year -old Buddhist monastery has also been completely burnt in this terrible fire. According to Korea Heritage Service officials, this fire in thisong has caused heavy damage to the Gausa Math built in the 7th century. According to estimates, so far this fire has engulfed about 43,330 acres of land, causing mass destruction.

Difficulties increased due to dry winds

Officials of the southeastern cities and towns of the country issued instructions to people to vacate the city on Tuesday. According to the Ministry of Home Affairs of South Korea, this horrific fire has caused the most damage in cities like Endong, U this, Sanchong and Ulsan.

On Tuesday, officials said that firefighters had extinguished the flames in some areas to a great extent, but due to dry weather and strong winds, the fire erupted again, causing the situation to become even more serious.