South Korean 10-Year-Old Commits Suicide Saying ‘Life Is Too Tough’

A 10-year-old girl in South Korea’s Gangwon Province reportedly committed suicide on July 3 and left a note saying life was “too tough” for her, according to the Korea Herald.

Her mother found the girl dead in the garden of the family’s apartment. A teacher had informed her of her daughter’s absence in school earlier that morning.

“After I received a call from her teacher that she did not come to school, I scolded her on the phone since it was a test day,” said the girl’s 37-year-old mother, whose name was withheld, to police. “She did not answer the phone when I called her again. I felt strange and went home to find her.” (more…)