Young Chul Yim

1. Introduction Life can be challenging—especially when the loved ones who made life worth living pass away. Although bereavement is an inevitable and universal event, losing loved ones to death remains one of the most stressful life events that can detriment both physical and mental health (Holmes and Rahe, 1967; Stroebe et al., 2007), cause intense psychological pain, and bring emotional turbulence (Zisook and Shear, 2009).

On February 14, 2023, the Korea Fair Trade Commission (the “KFTC“) announced the proposed amendment to the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act (the ”Proposed Amendment”), calling for public comments until March 27. The Proposed Amendment may be implemented as early as the first half of 2023, although the timeline for its implementation will depend on the timing of the National Assembly’s review of the Proposed Amendment.

Karam Eum1 and Young Yim Doh1* 1Graduate School of Culture Technology, College of Liberal Arts and Convergence Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon. Receive an email when it is updated Recalling personal memories on the loss and deriving new meanings from them is deemed necessary for adapting to bereavement.