South Korea Searches its Soul
South Korea, long largely free of street crime, has recently been shocked by a rash of brutal sex crimes and violent attacks, causing soul-searching on why such crimes have increased.
Although the media refer them as “random acts,“ social commentators regard them as emblematic of Korea’s hard-charging society, where intense competition in work, education…
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