Al Jazeera: South Korea’s exam suicides
In South Korea, an 18 year old has committed suicide in the city of Daejeon - just hours before he was due to take a university entrance exam.
Teen suicide rates have risen by more than a third in the last decade - and the intense pressure to succeed academically is often the cause.
And it’s not just Korea. Taiwan and Japan have similar systems. Something needs to change!
This is seriously the scariest thing every. I don’t live in a similar situation in Australia. I have exam pressure for...