Considering such, it is an injustice to punish anyone who might pursue their own self-preservation, even if they inadvertently manage to kill someone. The failure to make a distinction between the *desire* to kill rather than the desire to protect and preserve life is a gross failure of the Korean legal system, for there can be no honest justice within such a system that does not recognize what is universally considered a basic human need — the need for self-preservation.

Sorry, but I’d say about half the Americans just don’t agree with you there. They’d argue the other way around - loose gun control prevents even higher homicide rate thru the acts of self defense by law abiding gun owners.

Not really, unfortunately. Fit, though.

But it’s not really about strict limitations on self-defense… it’s that it seems Korea completely rules it out, period.

Knowing of this law, I once asked a police officer I knew what I should do if threatened. She basically told me that, if otherwise unavoidable, beat the shit out of the guy and then flee the scene as fast as possible.

Jeez…

…Was she hot?

The large gap in homicide rates is probably more a reflection of strict gun control laws than differences in the right to self-defense.

I can’t help but think that a lot of foreigners who claim discrimination from Korean courts have this simple misunderstanding as the reason why they think the Korean law is so unfair to them. My understanding is that Korean courts are fair when it comes to application of the law. As for the comparison and viability of the law in Korea and the US, who is to say that people wouldn’t kill someone out of spite and claim self defense?

There is no perfect law to prevent crime, but compare the homicidal rate of two countries Korea and the US, and tell me whose law works better.