South Korea develops smartphone app to curb student suicide

SUICIDE WATCH: The government-developed apps are programmed to detect

SEOUL: South Korea has developed smartphone apps to help bring down its high student suicide rate by warning parents when their children might be at risk, the education ministry said. 

The government-developed apps, which the ministry hopes to introduce this year, are programmed to detect “suicide-related” words used by children on social networks or in messages or Internet searches on their phones.