{
  "id": 9150165,
  "title": "S. Korea Suicide Rate Falls 4.7%, but Remains Highest in OECD",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/s-korea-suicide-rate-falls-4-7-but-remains-highest-in-oecd",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-22T14:01:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BusinessKorea",
    "slug": "businesskorea",
    "url": "https://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=277538"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "South Korea’s suicide mortality rate fell 4.7% from the previous year to 27.8 per 100,000 people, marking the first decline in three years. Despite the decrease, South Korea continued to have the highest suicide mortality rate among OECD members by a wide margin.According to the “2025 Cause of Death",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}