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confusedsafferinkorea:
There are some scary and tragic things happening lately.

http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2953456&cloc=joongangdaily|home|newslist1

BUSAN - A middle school boy strangled a boy in his class he fancied and jumped from the rooftop of an apartment building, police said.

The Sasang Police Precinct in Busan said yesterday that the corpse of a 16-year-old middle school boy surnamed Kim was found by a resident near the entrance of an apartment building in Sansang District in Busan at 11:41 p.m. Thursday.

The police later found another corpse, who was identified as Kim’s 16-year-old classmate, surnamed Min, near the building. The police assume that Kim jumped from the roof of the 25-story building after strangling Min with a string.

“The boy [Kim] was sitting on the other boy’s upper body,” a 36-year-old witness surnamed Yeom, a neighbor, told the police. “I asked him what happened, but the boy shouted ‘I didn’t do it!’ and ran.”

The police found the string used to strangle Min and a receipt for it in Kim’s pocket. It was bought at a nearby supermarket at 8 p.m. on the day of the deaths.

“Kim took a picture of the string and sent it to his friends through Kakao Talk,” a spokesman of the police told the JoongAng Ilbo.

Police said teachers and classmates testified that Kim was attracted to Min since March, asking him to play computer games at a PC bang several times, but Min completely ignored him.

“The boy has been stalking my son,” Min’s father told the JoongAng Ilbo. “He was waiting for my son at hagwons [cram schools] and also came to our house although my son didn’t like it. My son wasn’t able to get rid of him because Kim is stronger.”

Kim was 178 centimeters (5.8 feet) tall and 90 kilograms (198 pounds) whereas Min was 159 centimeters tall and 60 kilograms, the police said.

tcheyanne:
There was a similar article in New Zealand when a boy, I think he was 12 or 13, stabbed a girl in the throat because she wasn't interested in him. I think she decided to date someone else.

It is extremely sad that things like this happen to kids, they have their whole life ahead of them but cannot see it.

grajoker:
Very sad but it is so difficult to get the parents involved in the education of their kids, they simply leave it to the school and hagwon to raise their children. I hope that most of the parents will wake up and involve themselves in the lives of their kids. From next year all the high schools should get counselors to help children deal with their emotions better!

Cereal:

--- Quote from: grajoker on June 22, 2012, 04:59:25 PM ---Very sad but it is so difficult to get the parents involved in the education of their kids, they simply leave it to the school and hagwon to raise their children. I hope that most of the parents will wake up and involve themselves in the lives of their kids. From next year all the high schools should get counselors to help children deal with their emotions better!

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This is a great idea that will almost certainly never happen because it would mean exposing one's frailties, not something Koreans are very adept at, or willing to do.

I can only imagine the bullying, teasing and torture that would happen to a student if it became known that he or she saw the counselor because they couldn't handle something going on in their lives.

Sully:

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This is a great idea that will almost certainly never happen because it would mean exposing one's frailties, not something Koreans are very adept at, or willing to do.
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There is actually a new counsellor at my highschool and the school seems to be quite concerned with the emotions of the students, having a regular afternoon away from studying, having a choir come sing for them to lift their spirits and having students holding up 'happy' messages as they enter school.

I can't say how effective it is/has been but they seem to at least be addressing issues of stress and unhappiness among the students.

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