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Wed 18 Apr, 2007 11:05 am
I am surprised that a meeting to ease tensions over this incident would seem necessary in S. Korea. surely no one wouldblame an entire country or it's citizens for the act of one crazy mutha?
South Koreans react to news Virginia Tech shooter is Seoul native
SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- South Koreans expressed shock Wednesday as new details revealed that the Virginia Tech shooter was born and lived for eight years in Seoul.
Concern about the incident in South Korea reached the highest level of the government.
President Roh Moo-hyun convened an emergency meeting Wednesday to discuss the matter with his aides and figure out further steps to ease the situation.
During an afternoon news conference with visiting Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, Roh offered the government's third expression of sympathy.
"Our people and I are deeply shocked and saddened by the tragic events that happened at Virginia Tech," Roh said. "We offer our most sincere condolences to the wounded and the families of the victims, as well as the American people."
The shootings have been headline news in the country which sends more students to the United States than any other country in the world -- more than 90,000 according to the U.S. Embassy here.
But many South Koreans woke up Wednesday to the new revelation that the Virginia Tech shooter is in fact South Korean born and lived here until he was eight years old. (Posted 4:05 a.m.)
I'm completely satisfied that this incident, and most others have no racial component.
roger wrote:I'm completely satisfied that this incident, and most others have no racial component.
Me, too . . . but i'm not surprised that the Koreans react as they do. It's not as though the United States has a recent reputation for fair-minded treatment of those who might be perceived as our enemies.
I read that many of the Asian students on campus fear retaliation. And, unfortunately, they probably should.
Isn't Korea a shame based culture rather than guilt based, (like ours)?
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