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[Adventurer]

It seemed weird that there was some flammable liquid on the floor, and there was supposedly no evidence that the fire department came to put out the fire according to the parents, and the police didn't really investigate, and when asked about that, the police said his body would have to remain. That sounds so unreal. He also didn't have health insurance and supposedly got cheated several times by bosses while being in Korea. I don't know all the details.

[itaewonguy]

how about some more information about the guy?
is he the New Zealander who who died here last week?

[definitely maybe]

[Jane]

[Adventurer]

[Wishmaster]

Wow, Itaewon, you've been in Korea for like 10 years or something and a regular on this forum, and you never even heard about this guy?

Yeah, it could definitely be a cover-up. Korea loves to do that about its problems. Can't show Korea in a negative light, right? I mean, if a Korean ever did something like cause the death of a foreigner, then that would detract from the Victimhood mantra. Korea is always the victim, you know. Never the perpetrator. Well, that's what they want the world to think anyway. Of course, we all know better.

[PatrickGHBusan]

Kind of a shame that some people will use this tragic death to bash all of Korea.

The death was highly suspicious. The details of it however are NOT public property, they are for the police, fire department and the family of the deceased. Sharing them to a wider audience is not mandatory nor should it be.

Maybe the family does not care to share the intimate details of the death of their loved one?

Perhaps the investigation is still ongoing?

It is possible the death was through foul play and in fact it looks like that. But why rehash this now?

[carleverson]

[thomas pars]

If you are a foreigner here. especially an english teacher and something
horrible happens to you. You can be certain that it will never be
properly investigated. I mean imagine if it turned out that the fire was a hate
crime. Can you imagine the hit that the ESL industry would take?

[Smee]

Here's the link to the podcast for anyone who's interested:

http://www.seoulpodcast.com/archives/601

Interview with Bill's mother, with Stephannie White as a guest panelist.

A few other cases of suspicious and uninvestigated deaths:

American dies after day in police custody: http://briandeutsch.blogspot.com/2008/03/almost-kind-of-strange-coincidence.html

Teacher murdered at school: http://populargusts.blogspot.com/2009/05/murder-of-english-teacher-11-years-ago.html

14-year-old American dies in Gyeongsan sauna: http://www.mightiemike.com/
http://briandeutsch.blogspot.com/2009/08/stephannie-white-loses-court-case-over.html

[Jeonmunka]

At the time I read there may have been cooking at their place and then people fell asleep. It isn't hard to do if you have had a few drinks. Then, the smoke gets you. It is a large cause of death in fires that the carbon monoxide takes people when they are asleep. They never wake up.

It is very, very hard to imagine an employer doing what is suggested - the simple reason is that if an employer wanted to get rid of a foreign teacher employee s/he would simply fire him or do a dirty deed another way - I find it very hard to belive that someone would kill him over such employment matters.

IMHO

[madoka]

[madoka]

[Wishmaster]

Well, if you are indeed working here, then I guess the mental health requirements weren't quite stringent enough.

[Ginormousaurus]