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Thursday, January 27, 2005

O Tempore Coreæ! O Mores Coreæ!

Please excuse the Latin above, which is probably grammatically incorrect, but many Koreans are echoing Cicero by lamenting what is seen as a "total loss of morality in Korea today."

One particularly shocking case, in which a married mother of two teenaged children hired three men to kill a young mother and steal her baby, all so that she could deceive another man into marrying her, has left many Koreans in shock.

Here are two editorials on the above theme:

It goes with out saying that Korea is not alone in facing a "Dehumanized Society."