If You Receive a "Death Class" Email Every Night at 10 PM...

Sent to Subscribers of Content Related to Death in Gimhae-si

Gimhae City’s subscription program poster for "One Lesson a Day on Death," which teaches about death through suicide prevention and life respect education, encouraging a renewed perspective on life. (Photo by Gimhae City)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Sharon] Gimhae City, Gyeongnam Province announced on the 30th that it will implement a subscription program titled ‘One Lesson a Day on Death,’ which involves learning about death and re-examining life, starting December 7, to present a new approach to suicide prevention and life-respect education.

The serial contributors include director Lee Chang-jae, who documented daily life in a hospice ward in the documentary "Moksum" (Life), writer Kwak Kyung-hee, who shared the healing journey of suicide survivors through the book "My Husband Committed Suicide," and researcher Park Hoon from the Life and Death Studies Academy, who reflects on life and death.

Subscription applications will be accepted online until December 11.

Due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the education will be conducted via mailing service, with death-related content sent to subscribers’ emails every night at 10 PM.

The city introduced this education program to help alleviate depression caused by the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic by encouraging people to view their own lives through the lens of ‘death.’

While countries such as the United States and Japan provide education about death in schools, in our society, death is perceived as a topic that should not be discussed. A city official explained the purpose of the program, stating, “We believe it is necessary to comfortably talk about death to truly spread a culture of life respect and suicide prevention, allowing people to directly recognize the value of finite life.”

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