Comments on: Crime in the Streets of Seoul - 1890s http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/12/04/crime-in-the-streets-of-seoul-1890s/ Korea... in Blog Format Sun, 7 Sep 2008 05:21:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: SomeguyinKorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/12/04/crime-in-the-streets-of-seoul-1890s/#comment-121601 SomeguyinKorea Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:40:29 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/12/04/crime-in-the-streets-of-seoul-1890s/#comment-121601 Correction: "It was all over the media..." Correction: “It was all over the media…”

]]> By: sanshinseon http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/12/04/crime-in-the-streets-of-seoul-1890s/#comment-121542 sanshinseon Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:06:11 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/12/04/crime-in-the-streets-of-seoul-1890s/#comment-121542 Yes, related pungsu-jiri beliefs were extremely strong, and are still present, tho fading among the younger set. Yes, related pungsu-jiri beliefs were extremely strong, and are still present, tho fading among the younger set.

]]> By: globalvillageidiot http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/12/04/crime-in-the-streets-of-seoul-1890s/#comment-121427 globalvillageidiot Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:33:16 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/12/04/crime-in-the-streets-of-seoul-1890s/#comment-121427 #1, Or moving the graves of relatives to improve one's chances in national elections, as LHC did earlier this year and KDJ did before his victory in 1997. I remember a knives (or was it spikes?) story happening within the last few years, but the candidate in question - or, to be more specific, his deceased family member - escapes me. #1, Or moving the graves of relatives to improve one’s chances in national elections, as LHC did earlier this year and KDJ did before his victory in 1997.

I remember a knives (or was it spikes?) story happening within the last few years, but the candidate in question - or, to be more specific, his deceased family member - escapes me.

]]> By: SomeguyinKorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/12/04/crime-in-the-streets-of-seoul-1890s/#comment-121381 SomeguyinKorea Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:03:52 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/12/04/crime-in-the-streets-of-seoul-1890s/#comment-121381 "“No country is more famous for its skilled grave thieves and expert desecrators of tombs than is Korea, for no custom is more common, than that of seeking revenge on the living by molesting the resting places of the dead.”" Wasn't it during last presidential elections that someone stuck knives in the tomb of a relative of one of the candidates? I was all over the Korean media, so apparently some still hold that superstition. ““No country is more famous for its skilled grave thieves and expert desecrators of tombs than is Korea, for no custom is more common, than that of seeking revenge on the living by molesting the resting places of the dead.””

Wasn’t it during last presidential elections that someone stuck knives in the tomb of a relative of one of the candidates? I was all over the Korean media, so apparently some still hold that superstition.

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