44% of Deaths of Foreigners in South Korea are Undetermined
If you are a foreigner and pass away in South Korea, there is a high probability your loved ones will not know how you died:
The government has failed to establish the causes of more than 40 percent of deaths of foreign nationals who died in Korea in recent years, a Ministry of Justice report shows.
According to the report disclosed Saturday by Rep. Cha Gyu-geun of the minor opposition Rebuilding Korea Party, 15,325 foreign nationals died in Korea between 2018 and 2022.
A total of 7,698 of them, or 50 percent, were confirmed to have died of disease, followed by car accidents (211), natural causes (177), falling (155), self-harm (152), natural disasters (71), drowning (61), homicides (19) and addiction (10).
Most notably, a staggering 44.2 percent, or 6,771 deaths, were attributed to “other” causes, meaning the reasons were unclear. This figure is significantly higher compared to the number of deaths among Korean nationals.
According to data released by Statistics Korea, the No. 1 cause of death of Koreans in 2022 was cancer, followed by heart disease, COVID-19 and pneumonia. “Others” are not among the top 10 causes listed.
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I think more demographic information would add a lot of useful background.
Country of origin? Salary? Location in Korea? Age?
Is it the laborers dying off? English teachers? Diplomats?
Or are the records on waygooks just that bad?
If it was English teachers and diplomats, there would be screaming headlines everywhere, including the foreigner sns forums.
It’s the laborers from developing countries that are dying with no reasons established that no-one cares about.
Likely. How many are illegal aliens? Mail-order brides? Trafficked women and children?