I’m going on a 회식 tonight. It’s going to be great! I plan on getting shit-faced drunk and telling my boss that he’s a big pile of dung and then pretending none of it happened at work on Monday. Oh yeah!!!
(My boss is not really a big pile of dung. I’m just kidding.)
No CommentsUSA Today has an interesting article discussing a recent rash of murder-suicides in Koreatown and the affect of immigrant culture in dealing with the stresses of adjusting to American life.
Three Korean-born men allegedly killed spouses or children, and in two cases killed themselves, police reports say. The killings April 2-9 echo murder-suicides in recent years among immigrant Chinese and Filipinos in California and among Laotian Hmong refugees in California, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Mental health professionals are searching for explanations. Many say that traditional Asian values of patriarchy and reticence may make these immigrant families more vulnerable to murder and suicide when they encounter setbacks than groups from other countries.
Read the rest of the article here.
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