{"id":54528,"date":"2023-03-30T16:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T07:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=54528"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:03:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T05:03:21","slug":"facing-severe-financial-troubles-hoeryong-family-four-takes-own-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/facing-severe-financial-troubles-hoeryong-family-four-takes-own-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Facing severe financial troubles, Hoeryong family of four takes their own lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A family of four suffering from severe financial difficulties recently committed suicide in Hoeryong, North Hamgyong Province, Daily NK has learned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLocals were shocked by the death of the family of four in Hoeryong on Mar. 23. The whole family seems to have settled on suicide because they despaired of being able to make a living,\u201d a reporting partner in the province told Daily NK on Tuesday, speaking on condition of anonymity due to security concerns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the reporting partner, the family had been supported by the mother, a fortysomething surnamed Lee, who had sold cigarettes in a local marketplace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But business slowed after the outbreak of COVID-19, which gradually eroded the family\u2019s financial situation. Recently, things had gotten so bad that the two children, one in middle school and one in high school, had not even been able to attend class.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anxious to support her family, Lee tried switching from cigarettes to selling various other products, but she soon exhausted her capital and ran up debt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With no more funds available, Lee could not run a business or even feed her children. So on Mar. 15, she borrowed RMB 400 (around USD 58) from a close friend, the reporting partner said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat evening, locals saw Lee picking up several kinds of food, including pork, smoked duck and rice cake. A week later, the family\u2019s bodies were found. Before their group suicide, they appear to have used the money Lee borrowed to dine on everything they hadn\u2019t been able to afford for so long.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe family chose suicide over the agony of scraping by in grinding poverty. News about the family\u2019s death has led many to resent the government for failing to take any action in regards to starving families.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Translated by David Black. Edited by Robert Lauler.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>Daily NK works with a network of reporting partners who live inside North Korea. Their identities remain anonymous due to security concerns. More information about Daily NK\u2019s reporting partner network and information gathering activities can be found on our FAQ page\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/faq\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20230328-3\/\"><i>Read in Korean<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If you or anyone you know is in crisis, please visit the\u00a0<a class=\"extlink https\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iasp.info\/crisis-centres-helplines\/\">International Association for Suicide Prevention website<\/a>\u00a0for links and helplines.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A family of four suffering from severe financial difficulties recently committed suicide in Hoeryong, North Hamgyong Province, Daily NK has learned. \u201cLocals were shocked by the death of the family of four in Hoeryong on Mar. 23. 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