punish the perpetrators and those responsible. Moreover, it is necessary to improve the perception that the military should be seen differently from the society in terms of human rights issues by taking measures for recovery quickly after reporting, and establishing a plan for the human rights guarantee system to operate effectively to prevent any secondary damage by the officers and the military. 2) Status and Measures Against Suicides in the Military A) Suicide - No. 1 Cause of Death in the Military According to the Ministry of National Defense, the number of military deaths in 2021 was 103, the highest among the previous five years (2017-2021),385) and an increase of 87% compared to 55 cases in 2020.386) The number of military deaths has been steadily declining from 273 in 1997 to 70-80 recently, but the significant increase in 2021 can be attributed to the increase in the number of military suicides. Suicide ranks the highest among the causes of military deaths, and 65-80% of annual military deaths from suicides.387) The number of military suicides has steadily decreased from 97 in 2011, but recently increased slightly, except for 2020, to 52 in 2017, 56 in 2018, 62 in 2019, 42 in 2020, and 83 in 2021. However, 2021 has doubled as compared to the previous year. In 2022, 40 people died by suicide as of August. Status of the Military Suicide Rate Over the Recent 5 Years (Unit: person, %) Classification 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 No. of Suicides 51 56 62 42 83 Suicide Rate per 100,000 people 8.0 8.7 9.7 7.1 14.1 No. of Officer Suicides (Ratio) 34 (66.6) 35 (62.5) 35 (56.4) 27 (64.2) 58 (70) No. of Enlisted Suicides (Ratio) 17 (33.3) 21 (37.5) 27 (43.5) 15 (35.7) 25 (30) ※ Source: Ministry of National Defense 385) 76 in 2017, 86 in 2018, 86 in 2019, 55 in 2020, 103 in 2021 386) ‘Military death accidents’ refer to safety accidents (traffic accidents, misfired firearms, drowning, etc.) and military accidents (assault death, suicide, drunk driving death, etc.) that occur inside and outside the unit, and Deaths unrelated to military preventive activities (personal illness, murder by civilians, righteous death, etc.) are excluded, 387) 68% in 2017, 65% in 2018, 73% in 2019, 76% in 2020, 80% in 2021 165