The supposedly "happiest" person in korea, suicide.

From The Straits Time

'Happiness preacher' suicide

A SOUTH Korean TV personality known as the 'happiness preacher' was found dead with her husband in a motel room in an apparent joint suicide, police said on Friday.

A motel employee found 63-year-old Choi Yoon-hee lying on the bed 

and her 72-year-old husband hanging in the bathroom late Thursday.

Choi wrote over 50 books about her experiences in finding happiness and hope. 

She earned her nickname after becoming popular through TV talk shows.

Choi's neck showed signs of having been choked

, but police do not suspect foul play because of a suicide note at the scene.

South Korea has the highest suicide rate among the 30 nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and other prominent people have killed themselves in recent years.

How ironic this is, here is a person who is supposed to be the happiness preacher, telling people to enjoy life, seek happiness and all sorts of inner spiritual stuff and she goes and do the exact opposite, suicide.

Recently Korea has just over took Japan being the country with the highest number of suicide rate, several well-known persons, including the former President Roh Moo-hyun.

I do not know why they are doing this, it might be that the stress level in that country or they just have weaker will power. 

Whatever it is, i'm definitely not going go there to stay for long periods. 




DONE BY: MALVIN TAN 102142C