Every year, thousands of South Koreans – mostly middle-aged men – die quietly and alone, cut off from their family and friends. It sometimes takes days or even weeks before their bodies are found.

The Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare reported a staggering 3,378 “lonely deaths” occurred in the country in 2021. Lonely deaths, or “godoksa” in Korean, have received increased attention in the ...

It was found that 3,924 people died in lonely deaths last year. The number of lonely death fatalities increased by more than 7% from a year earlier. Middle-aged men in their 50s and 60s accounted for ...

South Korea has a problem: thousands of people, many middle aged and isolated, are dying alone each year, often going undiscovered for days or weeks. This is “godoksa,” or “lonely deaths,” a ...

'Lonely death' is emerging as a social problem. The number of deaths from loneliness is increasing every year to 3,279 in 2020, 3,378 in 2021, 3559 in 2022, and 3,661 in 2023. According to the ...

(CN) — Poverty and unemployment affect the dead as well as the living, a new study finds. People who die alone were more likely to be isolated from their families and experiencing poverty or ...

It’s been nearly a year since the death of iconic rapper, DMX. The Romeo Must Die star died after a heart attack and is still being mourned by his fans and peers. But those closest to him are the ones ...

Reporting from New York — Were it not for a surveillance camera, Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax’s death may have passed as anonymously as his short life. Instead, as he lay crumpled outside the doorway of an ...