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International and Area Studies

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Youth In Crisis: Understanding The Surge Of Adolescent Suicide In South Korea, Caroline Porter Jan 2016

Youth In Crisis: Understanding The Surge Of Adolescent Suicide In South Korea, Caroline Porter

Scripps Senior Theses

The following thesis examines South Korean history, traditional values and the effects of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis in order to understand the political, economic, and social causes of the increase in adolescent suicides since the turn of the millennium.