It is often said you never know what you have until it is gone - but employers in South Korea are going to extraordinary lengths to avoid just that.
With the highest suicide rate in the developed world, some Korean companies are taking a novel approach to the issue by making staff attend their own mock funerals.
In Seoul, the Hyowon Healing Centre is running sessions which promise to leave those who attend them reflecting on the meaning of life.
The process involves a group of employees writing farewell letters to loved ones before getting into their very own wooden coffins. They lie down in their casket, hugging a picture of themselves, draped in black ribbon.
A man representing the angel of death - dressed in black with a tall hat – closes each coffin leaving those inside to reflect on how they have spent their time on earth. Full story...
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With the highest suicide rate in the developed world, some Korean companies are taking a novel approach to the issue by making staff attend their own mock funerals.
In Seoul, the Hyowon Healing Centre is running sessions which promise to leave those who attend them reflecting on the meaning of life.
The process involves a group of employees writing farewell letters to loved ones before getting into their very own wooden coffins. They lie down in their casket, hugging a picture of themselves, draped in black ribbon.
A man representing the angel of death - dressed in black with a tall hat – closes each coffin leaving those inside to reflect on how they have spent their time on earth. Full story...
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