tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post2540329414640694633..comments2024-02-23T23:53:54.842+09:00Comments on Gusts Of Popular Feeling: Reports on the suicide of a foreign teacher in Busanmatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-49736903897846674922011-03-01T00:10:39.837+09:002011-03-01T00:10:39.837+09:00People commit suicide, it happens to Koreans and f...People commit suicide, it happens to Koreans and foreigners alike. But it's a foreigner so I guess it's a HUGE deal.<br /><br />With the other guy laying down on the train tracks: 22642 E2 visas for 2 suicide, that is 8.83 suicide per 100,000 E2 visa holder.<br /><br />According to wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate), Koreans suicide at the rate of 31.0 per 100,000.<br /><br />Woah, double standards all the way. What does it mean?JP Rodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02153755503918900632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-64261269500244523022011-02-23T11:26:38.537+09:002011-02-23T11:26:38.537+09:00I'm disturbed about the fact that one newspape...I'm disturbed about the fact that one newspaper put that in the entertainment section...yeah, half naked foreigner comitting suicide is such a fun story...(?) T_TDominiquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10257941416212078421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-67351219889225220912011-02-21T22:51:47.799+09:002011-02-21T22:51:47.799+09:00I hope some people that knew him write about the s...I hope some people that knew him write about the situation and what else led up to this.brenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00698523053889263665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-81640408484115598642011-02-21T20:34:14.402+09:002011-02-21T20:34:14.402+09:00I'm sure it would be mentioned in the article,...I'm sure it would be mentioned in the article, but outside of the tabloid press would it be mentioned in the <em>headline</em>? I really don't know. <br /><br />I'm not doing anything exhaustive, but a quick search at Naver for "<a href="http://news.search.naver.com/search.naver?sm=tab_hty&where=news&query=%BC%FA%C3%EB%C7%D1+%C5%F5%BD%C5&x=0&y=0" rel="nofollow">술취한 투신</a>(drunk leap to death) turns up articles related to suicide with those terms in the headline from the 1990s, but nothing from the past decade. Using the terms in the headline referring to clothes removed from waist down or waist up and death leap turn up no other headlines. Naked and death leap turn up less than five articles. As rare as such things (jumping naked, I mean) might be, with all the suicides that occur every year, I have a hard time believing that you don't have a few every decade. And I imagine more than a few suicides occur while drunk. And still, only a handful of headlines.matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-76034392001952059692011-02-21T17:41:47.110+09:002011-02-21T17:41:47.110+09:00If it was a Korean teacher in Europe, I'm sure...If it was a Korean teacher in Europe, I'm sure our media would also mention the fact, that he was naked.TGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15796150972580581810noreply@blogger.com