Korea, according to Prof. Kyung-Hui Lee, is one place that has hardly been touched by the divorce culture, despite its modernization. Family and responsibility are still overriding values there, and extended families are still strong. Divorce is rare enough there that "family law" mostly deals with inheritances and the perils of marrying someone with the same surname, and so that is what Prof. Lee mostly had prepared to discuss.At best, this is outdated information or wishful thinking. At worst, it is a shameful lie.
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Saturday, May 20, 2006
For a good laugh...
While searching for an answer to Melinda's question, I came upon this:
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