More middle than high school students in Korea experience feelings of depression: data
The proportion of Korean middle school students who have experienced feelings of depression exceeded that of high school students for the third consecutive year in 2025, data showed Sunday. The share of middle school students who said they felt depressed was 26.2 percent last year, compared with 25.1 percent for high school students, according to the data by the Korean Educational Development Institute. In the study, "feelings of depression" were defined as experiencing sadness or despair severe
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[Claude] Report 2 is an earlier version of the same Yonhap story on the 2025 survey showing middle school students reporting depression more than high school students, with no conflicting facts.
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