(by guest blogger, R. Elgin)
Considering the shameful attack upon Park Geun-hye and the choice of attack, one suggested motive for trying to slash Park’s face could be related to the idea of one’s face and fortune in Korea. I’ve heard several Koreans comment upon so-and-so’s face and the fact that they had a scar upon it as being a sign of bad fortune. The New York Times’ Su Hyun Lee recently addressed this idea of face and fortune in an article whose timing was all too fortuitous. One book about “Asian Face Reading” even talks of people with scars on certain parts of their faces as:
. . . likely to be poor at making money and will not fare well in either business or politics. . .
Oddly enough, there is already some sign that the slashing attack upon Park has increased the fortunes of the GNP, believe it or not.
Just in in case, here is another source for the NY Times article article.
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“Face Slashing and Fortune: Is There A Connection?”
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I agree Michael, I just found a strange concurrence of articles,events and comments by others, that’s all. Besides, the NY Times article was interesting, considering that quite a few people use plastic surgery to achieve a fortune-enhancing face.
I was just being a smartass. There is a sort of fatalistic thing going on with Park since her parents were both killed and her very presence in politics brings controversy. In the Chosun it said the guy, who was out on parole, “bought a W700,000 (US$700) cell phone and ran up huge monthly bills by spending more than an hour each talking to several people a day. That is giving rise to speculation that Ji was being bankrolled by others since the welfare recipient could not have afforded the expense.” So now we have a conspiracy theory too.
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[...] As note earlier, the GNP’s lead in the polls has increased since the attack, although I do not think the bump will last more than a few days. In any case, the GNP was already ahead in 11 of 16 major races and only has a snowball’s chance in one of the other five (Jeju-do). Park personal popularity is also slightly up. [...]