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According to Korean history, you actually had a millennia of much more peaceful time (along with relatively high literacy rates) back in the day. Lately your co
by peterwwillis 9y ago
According to Korean history, you actually had a millennia of much more peaceful time (along with relatively high literacy rates) back in the day. Lately your country has been embroiled in war, military coups, and political strife, with a society so hell-bent on improving itself that people are killing themselves more than almost anywhere else in the world.
You're right, people aren't starving to death. But suicide is a form of desperation that's on par with starving to death, if not worse. I pray that South Koreans realize they don't have to go along with what's expected of them.