by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com In a move that’s strikingly similar to sci-fi romantic comedy film Her, more than 4 million lonely South Koreans are using a messenger app […]
Tag: depression
South Korea Develops Smartphone Apps to Help Curb Student Suicide
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com The South Korean government has been developing a number of smartphone apps to help warn parents when their child might be at […]
‘Baby Kara’ Member Ahn So-jin Dead in Apparent Suicide
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Popular K-pop trainee and reality-show contestant Ahn So-jin died on Feb. 24 after an alleged suicide attempt. Ahn was 22 years old. According […]
Bollywood’s Deepika Padukone Speaks Out on Her Struggle with Depression
If there weren’t enough reasons to love Deepika Padukone already, her candid piece with the Hindustan Times on her struggles with depression and anxiety solidifies her status as […]
Dr. Esther Oh on Partnering with Pastors
by DR. ESTHER OH Last year, I received an email from a colleague asking if I would be willing to meet with Jamie,* a 14-year-old girl suffering from anxiety […]
Dr. Esther Oh Talks About Suicide
Pictured above is a yellow ribbon, an emblem for suicide awareness and prevention in America. (Photo via Evansville PTA) by DR. ESTHER OH A few weeks ago, my friend called […]
Jiwon Lee, Missing New York Dental Student, Found Dead In Hudson River
Image via Facebook Jiwon Lee, the Columbia dental student first reported missing on April 2, was found dead Sundayafternoon in the Hudson River, according to a police report. Lee, 29, was wearing a […]
Zoo Discovers A Way To Cheer This Panda Up
Did you think only humans go through depression? Well Sijia is here to prove you otherwise. Sijia is a giant panda bear who lives in China’s Yunnan Safari Park and, […]
Why I Never Told My Parents About My Postpartum Depression
by SHARLINE CHIANG for New America Media My mother called like she did every week. “How are you?” she asked in Mandarin. “Fine,” I lied. “How’s the baby?” “Good.” […]
Facebook Depresses Japan, Loses Popularity
Here at Audrey, we’ve known the dangers of facebook and social media for quite some time now. In our Fall 2013 issue, we pointed out that a 2013 study conducted […]
Identifying Depression: Find the Hidden Message
Take a look around you. Can you tell which person is going through pain or suffering? Chances are, probably not. The Singapore-based suicide prevention organization, Samaritans of Singapore created […]
Drastic Changes in Asian American SAT Scores
The results are in and you are warned– they’re not pretty. American highschools, as a whole, are entering a downward spiral with their SAT scores. Since 2006, SAT scores […]
Is Facebook Causing Depression?
Story by Anna M. Park. You come home from work. It was a fair to middling day. Your boss didn’t yell at you, you didn’t totally cheat on your […]
The Secret To Happiness Discovered (And Why Asians Need To Know It)
The search for happiness is no easy one. It’s a particularly hard task because many of us don’t exactly know what makes us happy in the first place. It […]
Shiny, Unhappy People
South Korea boasts the world’s 13th largest economy. It is often cited as a shining rags-to-riches example when it comes to the rise of a small, formerly agrarian nation […]
