Along the Han River in Seoul, where the gleam of a modern capital meets the quiet weight of despair, South Korea has turned to artificial intelligence in an effort to hold the line between life and death. Since deploying nearly 900 AI-powered cameras across 17 bridges, the city has raised its rescue rate from 56 percent to above 99 percent — a technological achievement set against a national crisis in which more than 40 people die by suicide every day. The system buys minutes, sometimes seconds, in which a life can be redirected; yet the country's suicide rate continues to climb, a reminder th
AI surveillance on Seoul's Han River bridges saves lives as South Korea battles suicide crisis
Over 40 people die by suicide daily in South Korea; approximately 8 individuals could not be saved by the Han River system last year despite intervention attempts.