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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:10 pm Post subject: Example of Christian Love |
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L.A. man kills wife, son before committing suicide, police say
A Korean American man who was active in his church fatally shot his wife and son and critically injured his daughter before turning the gun on himself, police said.
The deaths late Saturday or early Sunday came a week after another man of Korean descent allegedly burned his two children to death in an SUV in downtown Los Angeles.
The two episodes of violence underscore the need for Korean American churches to focus less on increasing membership and ��more on reaching out to those who are hurting,�� said the Rev. Eun Suk Cho, immediate past president of the Federation of San Francisco Peninsula Korean Churches.
��The Lord have mercy,�� he said.
Authorities said the father was 55, but withheld his name pending notification of relatives. The coroner's office identified his wife as 50-year-old Young Ok Kim, and their 8-year-old son as Matthew H. Kim. The couple's 16-year-old daughter is expected to survive despite having lingered for hours without help with a head wound.
The family members were discovered Sunday by fellow parishioners at the First Church of the Nazarene in Hollywood. They were known to never miss church services, and friends became concerned when they didn't show up for events that began Saturday morning.
The father was found clutching a handgun, authorities said.
Police said they had no motive for the shootings.
��How? How? I mean, he's a good guy,�� said Ian Briones, who lives in an apartment upstairs from the family in the Echo Park neighborhood near downtown. ��He's always smiling every time I see him.��
The violence followed another horrifying crime in the area's Korean American community.
Police allege that on April 2, Dae Kwon Yun, 54, killed his 11-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son by setting the family's SUV on fire.
Yun suffered severe burns to his face, hands and legs. He remained hospitalized in critical condition and will be booked for investigation of murder, authorities said.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20060410-1820-ca-familykilled.html |
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billybrobby
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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| well damn...who can explain THAT stuff? |
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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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| I wonder if Patchy wil come to defend the father. |
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bellum99
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: don't need to know
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| Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Patchy has serious character flaws. The scary thing is that Patchy would have nothing but nice things to say if he was face to face with a western teacher. Patchy needs to grow up and find a girlfriend so he will have less time to stalk the board looking for a chance to be a racist. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:54 am Post subject: |
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| What a troll. 10 pages of lameness, coming up. |
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the saint
Joined: 09 Dec 2003
Location: not there yet...
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| Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:13 am Post subject: |
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I was looking for something to do with Christians but all this post is about was people who go to church  |
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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:13 am Post subject: |
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It's certainly a mystery as to why the op entitled this thread as he did  , but when I read his story it reminded me of this one that ran in the Herald a while back:
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Thursday, July 15, 2004
Suicides a Vexing Problem
One of this nation's most vexing phenomena is its suicide rate, rising faster in the past decade than other OECD member countries, and no one quite knows how to prevent so many Koreans from killing themselves.
Suicides at virtually every level of Korean society have increased continuously since 1982, many because of economic hardship, but have not attracted more than passing public attention. But a recent report noting Korea's climbing suicide rate has turned a spotlight on the issue, as have the deaths of a number of high-profile figures who jumped off buildings or into the fast-flowing Han River that runs through the capital.
Korea's suicide rate climbed at a quicker rate than other members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in the last 10 years, the Health and Welfare Ministry said last month. It added that 18.1 out of every 100,000 Koreans committed suicide in 2002, the fourth highest among the 29 OECD nations.
In 1982, the country's suicide rate was relatively low, at 6.8 per 100,000, but it has been increasing every year since. It has risen an average one percent annually, compared to 0.61 percent in Mexico and 0.44 percent in Japan. Besides Korea, only seven OECD countries reported an increase in suicides.
After the IMF economic crisis in 1998, the suicide rate jumped more sharply and latest available figures show that 11,794 people committed suicide in 2000, 12, 277 in 2001 and 13.055 in 2002. The full effect of the current economic downturn is not known.
Statistics from the department said that, from the beginning of the year to June 31, the city's 119 rescue service was called into action 186 times along the Han River. More than 80 of the cases were suicides, with drowning and car accidents following.
Bridges spanning the Han River in Seoul are a favorite suicide site, particularly for high-profile figures. The last prominent suicide was in early June when Vision Food's president plunged to his death after it was found his company supplied dumplings stuffed with rotten radishes.
Within days there were at least two other attempts by ordinary citizens, one of which failed. A 74-year-old man identified only by his family name Choe climbed the railings of a bridge and was taking off his shoes and preparing to jump when police on guard along the river stopped him. He said he wanted to kill himself because of economic problems, saying "I don't want to be a burden to my children, who are not well-to-do."
A 72-year-old man known only by his family name Cho jumped into the river and died after having a row with his wife and telling neighbors, "I don't want to live anymore. I already picked out a place to commit suicide on the Han River."
There was a rash of celebrity suicides after Hyundai Group Chairman Chung Mong-hun jumped to his death from his high-rise building last August. Personalities who died by leaping from bridges included veteran educator and director of Gwangju University Kim In-kon, Busan Mayor Ahn Sang-young, former president of Daewoo Construction and Engineering Co. Nam Sang-kook, South Jeolla Province Governor Park Tae-young, Paju Mayor Lee Jun-won and the Vision Food president.
Psychologists noted high-profile Koreans, following the accepted practice of their ancestors, appeared more willing to choose death than dishonor. "If high officials not accustomed to failure face misfortune, they are likely to feel the urge to kill themselves more than ordinary people do," said Yoo Sang-woo, director of Yoo and Kim Mental Health Clinic.
Also more prevalent recently are murder-suicides. In early March, a man known only by his family name Lee, feeling overwhelmed by mounting debts, poisoned his wife, their 11-year-old daughter and nine-year-old son and then himself.
Last June, a mother threw her three small children from the veranda of her apartment and then jumped after them. Neighbors said they heard the children begging for their lives before they and their mother died.
Soon afterwards there were reports of some 10 murder-suicides. Unlike the high-profile cases, these were mostly driven by economic difficulties, said Lee Jung-ok, a sociology professor at Catholic University of Daegu.
"Depression and job difficulties are common in all countries these days but the Korean economy has been flourishing for a long time and the recent downturn has been too sudden. So, people who have been fired or cannot find jobs are most seriously affected," she said.
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seoulkitchen
Joined: 28 Dec 2004
Location: Hub of Asia, my ass!
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| Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:54 am Post subject: Church of the Poisoned Mind |
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A couple of weeks ago a Korean immigrant stabbed his 15 yr old step-daughter to death in the Chicago area, and another Korean guy beat his wife to death earlier. Both families went to church and everyone was shocked as usual. Except in the first case as there was a history of domestic violence there.
Oh yeah, the stabbing guy used to be a sushi chef. Sicko.
Maybe they all go to the Church of Satan. |
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chicagorick
Joined: 25 Mar 2006
Location: 1060 W. Addison
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| Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:40 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah, well, if you want to commit suicide, go ahead. Just leave your "loved ones" out of it. Go jump off a bridge into oncoming traffic, etc. But locking your children in the car and setting it on fire? Gawd. He better be glad I'm not working in the burn unit, life would be a whole heck of a lot more miserable.... |
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jaebea
Joined: 21 Sep 2003
Location: SYD
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| Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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From my experience, the fact that whoever committed these acts attends church is about as relevant as the fact that they have two eyes and a mouth.
Particularly in the Korean expat community, where attending church is largely (perhaps even mainly) a part of social networking and "keeping up with the Jones'", I don't think attendance and violent crimes should be considered mutually exclusive.
Frankly, I'm not surprised.
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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| I really don't get the title. Being Christian had nothing to do with this, they guy was obviously just crazy ??? I also think it's a lame attempt at a troll. |
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