Divorce in Korea
According to an article entitled Divorce in South Korea: Striking a New Attitude from The New York Times, Korea now has one of the highest divorce rates in the world. While it is not yet at the abominable rate that it is in America, it is increasing in Korea whereas it is decreasing in the United States.
When I arrived in Korea only six years ago, Koreans could be quite proud of their low divorce rate. They could also boast of their perceived lack of homosexuals. Sadly, they can no longer boast of these things. On top of this, with a birthrate of 1.17 children per woman, Korea is joining Japan and Western Europe in committing national suicide.
Once staunchly conservative, Korea is now experiencing something similar to the social and cultural upheavals of the 1970s that have left America in the sorry state that it is today. Perhaps it is wealth that breeds such laxity and immorality. I can only hope that Korea turns back before it is too late.
According to an article entitled Divorce in South Korea: Striking a New Attitude from The New York Times, Korea now has one of the highest divorce rates in the world. While it is not yet at the abominable rate that it is in America, it is increasing in Korea whereas it is decreasing in the United States.
When I arrived in Korea only six years ago, Koreans could be quite proud of their low divorce rate. They could also boast of their perceived lack of homosexuals. Sadly, they can no longer boast of these things. On top of this, with a birthrate of 1.17 children per woman, Korea is joining Japan and Western Europe in committing national suicide.
Once staunchly conservative, Korea is now experiencing something similar to the social and cultural upheavals of the 1970s that have left America in the sorry state that it is today. Perhaps it is wealth that breeds such laxity and immorality. I can only hope that Korea turns back before it is too late.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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