More psychological investigations to be carried out after military suicides

The Ministry of Defense on Sunday vowed to increase the application of psychological investigations after military suicides, as the military seeks to combat its biggest killer. The military human rights task force is working on standardizing the process to address suicide in the barracks. Suicide accounted for 69.4 percent of the 722 deaths in the ranks between 2016 and September 2025, according to ministry data released in October. The psychological post mortem investigations aim to evaluate wh

By The Korea Herald