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Roh Moo-hyun Supporters Blame Political Rivals for His Death

» by May 23rd, 2009 at 12:00 pm » Comments (4)

Mourners are converging on the small village where former Korean President Roh Moo-hyun retired to before committing suicide yesterday: A stream of mourners are paying respects to late President Roh Moo-hyun ...more »

Former Korean President Roh Moo-hyun Commits Suicide

» by May 23rd, 2009 at 7:50 am » Comments (73)

Here is some huge news for everyone who hasn't heard yet: Former President Roh Moo-hyun, long beleaguered by bribery allegations, jumped to his death off a cliff behind his home in ...more »

Korean Actress & Model Woo Seung-yeon Commits Suicide

» by April 30th, 2009 at 8:30 am » Comments (21)

There can't be a country in the world that has more actress and models commit suicide then Korea, as yet another actress kills herself.  This time it was Woo Seung-yeon: The ...more »

US Army Suicides Drop But Pace Still too High

» by April 13th, 2009 at 2:10 am » Comments (1)

Last month everyone that serves in the US Army knows about the robust suicide prevention training we had to go through due to the large increase in Army suicides in ...more »

Jang Ja-yeon May Have Committed Suicide Due to Leak of Confession Note

» by March 28th, 2009 at 7:00 am » Comments (11)

This story about the suicide of Korean drama actress Jang Ja-yeon just continues to get uglier and uglier: The former manager of deceased actress Jang Jan-yeon made copies of her hand-written ...more »

CNN Profiles Japan’s Suicide Forest

» by March 20th, 2009 at 11:36 pm » Comments (3)

This makes me not want to ever hike in this forest in Japan: Taro bought a one-way ticket to the forest, west of Tokyo, Japan. When he got there, he slashed ...more »

Busan Man Convicted of Marital Rape Commits Suicide

» by January 21st, 2009 at 7:22 am » Comments (0)

Last week a man in Busan became the first person convicted of marital rape in South Korea.  He of course didn't receive any jail time which isn't suprising for rape ...more »

Remembering Shawn Matthews

» by May 24th, 2008 at 7:18 am » Comments (4)

TMH has a memorial tribute to deceased K-blogger Shawn Matthews who died two years ago in China. His blog has fortunately been web archived and can also be accessed ...more »

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