By Han Sang-hee
A female student who had enrolled in a university under scholarships committed suicide after receiving a notice of expulsion due to poor grades, according to police, Tuesday.
Police found the body of the 23-year-old senior, identified by her surname Yu, in the bathroom of her home in Dongdaemun-gu, southern Seoul, after her parents who lived in the countryside reported that they could not contact her for days.
According to the parents, their daughter told them during the Lunar New Year holiday that she had to study one more semester because she was under academic probation and she was having a hard time. Police found an expulsion letter at her home.
Police are investigating to confirm that depression caused by her poor grades and expulsion led her to take her own life.