Lovers' suicide in Suncheon this afternoon, more student suicides elsewhere.

A couple hanged themselves from a tree in Yongsu-dong, to the west of Old Downtown, in the woods near a local cemetary. The man and woman, aged 50 and 42 respectively, were discovered around 2:30 this afternoon by a cemetary employee. If I'm deciphering the paragraph correctly it looks like on the 22nd Ms. "B" got into an argument with Mr. "A"'s wife at his apartment, left the house, and broke off the affair.

경찰조사결과 A 씨는 지난 22일 순천에 있는 자신의 아파트에서 B 씨와의 내연 문제로 아내와 다투고 집을 나간 뒤 연락이 끊겼다.

Not to change the subject, but while looking around for more information I learned about a suicide in a motel in Jorye-dong on the afternoon of October 4th. I know they're not going to name names, but being the fraidy-cat that I am, I wish I knew which motel to avoid from now on. The first part of that article talks about a suicide in an unnamed Dongeui-dong apartment at about the same time.

And, actually this is what I was looking for when I happened across that first article. A 15-year-old in Busan jumped to his death because he didn't get the scores he needed for acceptance into a prestigious international high school (특목고). About a week ago was the opening of suicide season, when a boy in Yeonggwang jumped off an apartment building because of test scores.

The Korea Times tells us about a middle school student who killed himself after breaking up with his girlfriend.