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Highest suicide rate

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A phone for LifeLine, 24-hour suicide hotline, is set up on Mapo Bridge, central Seoul, which has the largest number of people leaping to their deaths among bridges over the Han River, Sunday. Data showed Korea had the highest suicide rate among OECD members at 29.1 people per 100,000, as of 2012, more than double the average of 12. / Yonhap