[hereandnow78]

I am currently living by Seoul, South Korea, teaching English. A few weeks ago a 14 year old American boy died mysteriously in a Sauna located in the city of Daegu. This is not the first American to die here mysteriously. And because of language, cultural and legal reasons, its been very difficult for the mother of this boy to get to the bottom of what happened. Please read or listen to the podcast as well in regards to the red tape the mother has had to deal with and why she suspects foul play. I do not know the people involved but it is heart wrenching nonetheless. Also, here are some websites for further information:

http://www.mightiemike.com

http://www.seoulpodcast.com/archives/68

www.mikewhitesmom.blogspot.com

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14329648313

[dawn53]

The report said he drowned. Does the term “sauna” mean something different in Korea? Was he swimming? When I think of a sauna, I can’t imagine how you could die of drowning.

[CarrotAndStick]

What sort of ‘drowning’ is this? Excessive inhalation of steam?

[Tainan]

American death in Korea ping

[Graybeard58]

The family would be litigating this to death here. How is the judicial system in S. Korea in that regard?

[Joe Boucher]

Thirty years ago I lived in Seoul,
I took a train to Inchan to photo the harbor and when walking along a dirt road to the harbor I passed a guy lying along the side of the road. It was February and cold as hell. I stayed at the harbor about three hours then made ny way back to the train once again passing this guy lying along the side of the road.
I thought he was drunk and passed out and sleeping it off.
Half way back to Seoul it hit me, this guy wasn’t sleeping it off, he was dead.
15,000 folks a day walked this road and not one of them gave a damn enough to get involved. No one called a cop or a ambulance or anything, just let him lay there dead. Not my problem.

[blam]

Welcome To FRee Republic.

[keats5]

Do Koreans do “swirlies”?

[Iris7]

So the Koreans in the room watch a young American die. They did not help the kid out in any way. I am not surprised in the least. Expectable.

Americans used to call this sort of thing “unchristian” and then the secular fashion became to call such things “barbaric” and now in our yet more unchristian age the word that is used, perhaps, is “inhumane” in the sense of “not nice”.

May I remark that the Good Samaritan story means nothing if Christ is not risen? That “humaneness” rests on Christian morality, and Christian morality is moot unless Christ is truly the Son of God?

The Koreans behaved as people have always behaved. The American kid was not “one of us” and instead was “one of them”. That is how things are.

As far as getting anywhere in finding out what really happened, well, good luck unless you have powerful Korean “friends”.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.