Saengmyeongui Jeonhwa, Director Im Hye-sook Inaugurated... "Doing Our Best to Prevent Suicide"

Im Hye-sook has been appointed as the new Chairperson of Saengmyeongui Jeonhwa (Lifeline Korea).

Im Hye-sook, Chairperson of Saengmyeongjeonhwa.
[Photo by Saengmyeongjeonhwa]

Saengmyeongui Jeonhwa, established in September 1976, is the first telephone counseling organization in Korea, and for 48 years, it has listened to the stories of people in suicidal crises 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Saengmyeongui Jeonhwa makes multifaceted efforts to protect lives through education and awareness programs for suicide prevention, crisis intervention via counseling calls and cyber counseling, and post-management for suicide survivors.

Chairperson Im said, “I feel a heavy responsibility in taking on the serious task of saving lives,” and added, “I will do my best to ensure that multifaceted efforts for suicide prevention can be carried out.”