Seoul National University Graduate Student Found Dead in Library Restroom

Left a note expressing that "studying is difficult"

A graduate student at Seoul National University was found dead after leaving a suicide note.

According to the Gwanak Police Station in Seoul on the 14th, a graduate student in their 20s, identified as A, was found dead around 5:40 PM on the 13th in the restroom of the Central Library at Seoul National University in Gwanak-gu.

Seoul National University Central Library (Photo by Yonhap News)

The first person to discover the body was reported to be a student using the library. It is known that A left a note expressing that "studying is difficult."

The police are investigating the exact cause of death with the bereaved family, suspecting that A took their own life.

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