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[cmxc]

Do you understand why/how Korea's culture produces such wanton acts of cruelty?
Do you understand why more must be done to improve the situation for vulnerable Korean girls?

'Imagine Your Korea' - does this mean imagining the most insufferable hell for all but the richest few?

Horrifying Murder of Gimhae Teen Leaves Koreans in Shock
http://www.koreabang.com/2014/stories/horrifying-murder-of-gimhae-teen-leaves-koreans-in-shock.html

[caniff]

That is a seriously messed up story.

As far as I know Korea still has the death penalty on the books, they just haven't used it for a long time (since that serial killer years ago?).

I'm not generally in favor of the DP for a variety of reasons (such as under current US legal procedures, it's actually cheaper to throw someone in jail for life than to execute them, it's shown to not be much of a deterrent, gov't killing the wrong person, etc), this case presents some candidates, imo.

[optik404]

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[cmxc]

Let's stay in the realm of reason?

IS IT LOST ON YOU THAT 300 KIDS DROWNED AN ICY DEATH SO SOME SOJU SWILLING PERV COULD BE THE FIRST OFF THE SHIP?
The Sewol symbolizes the actual regard Korean society has for the children of the not so well to do.

If it had been a son or daughter of Samsung, Hyundai, SK, etc, would the coast guard have been as apathetic as they were?

IS IT LOST ON YOU THAT KOREA MAINTAINS GLOBAL LEADERSHIP FOR HAVING ONE OF THE HIGHEST SUICIDE RATES IN THE WORLD? (ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE UNDER 18 )
If your nation has created an environment where great numbers of your people would rather kill themselves than live, then I would call that an example of 'insufferable hell.'

Is it lost on you that Korea has one of the lowest female labor participation rates in the world. According to a McKinsey study, less than 4% of managers in Korea are female!

Korea's young female children have a tremendously larger chance of ending up hookers than they do becoming managers at Korean businesses.

The headline in today's Wall Street Journal Korea Real Time blog is that Koreans will go extinct by 2750 because the birth rate is so low (among the lowest in the world). Now, why might Koreans desperately wish to avoid having children? It's not a sign that Korea is a heaven for kids.

I'm happy to stay within the realm of reason - the facts support my case that Korea is an insufferable hell for its own people, and we non-Korean residents need to do all we can to help this place change for the better.

[Who's Your Daddy?]

^^I understand your criticms of Korea above, but I don't think that this murder further proves your case given these horrific murders happen in every country.

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[earthquakez]

As for the declining birthrate - it's not just Korea. It's Japan (25 percent and counting of Japanese are senior citizens). It's France in particular in Europe.

Declining birthrates are typical of modern industrialised societies with high levels of technology and post secondary education, and the influence of feminism whether the western kind or the East Asian kind where women are encouraged now to not simply produce children and home-make but to also enter the workforce.

Agreed that in Korea most of the opportunities that exist for women in western societies are not there although I certainly encountered more women doing engineering/ IT jobs in Korea than I have in my home country and in Japan.

The overt emphasis on providing sexual services to men is certainly very much part of Korean culture today. However, I'd say the militarism of the Japanese colonial period, the Korean War, and the American bases in Korea have facilitated a fair bit of it plus the homosocial character of Korean society where homosexuality is supposedly a big no no officially but there is a lot of downlow sexual behaviour between men and a lingering attitude that women are only here for face saving marriages and producing a son and grandchildren.

[nicwr2002]

[cj1976]

[atwood]

Unfortunately, crap like this happens everywhere. Tough to turn it into an anti-Korea tirade unless you want to go off on how accepted prostitution is here (and underage prostitution at that).

I notice the post was by an "Anna Joy."

[Mix1]

[jazzmaster]

[Newbie]

Disgusting story.

But to the OP: this could happen anywhere. Overall are Koreans any worse off than Americans? Not at all.

[yodanole]

Thank God that the pimps in the good old US of A are much more enlightened and would never abuse, torture or kill any of the girls in their "stable". America is world - renowned for the kindliness and gentle indulgence of our pimps ....