The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs noted that "8 out of 10 adults support the legalization of physician-assisted dying." Physician-assisted dying is when a patient suffering from extreme pain ends their life through a physician's administration of drugs.
According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare on the 23rd, the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs released a report titled "Trends and Tasks of Well-Dying Discussions in Preparation for Future Society" on the 18th. The research team included survey results on perceptions of death among 1,021 adults conducted in April and May of last year in the report.
Eighty-two percent of adults surveyed responded that they support the legalization of assisted dying. Among those in favor, 41.2% stated that they believe "continuing unnecessary treatment is not needed." Following that, 27.3% said it is because "everyone has the right to decide their own death," and 19.0% indicated it is "to reduce the pain of death."
Additionally, 91.9% of respondents indicated they would be willing to discontinue life-sustaining treatment if they became terminally ill. The reasons cited included "Life with no possibility of recovery seems meaningless" (68.3%) and "I don’t want to be a burden to my family" (56.9%).