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Friends at the funeral service


What did everyone make of the girl's friends at the funeral service who were staring at Mija? Surely they knew about what happened, and if they did, why didn't they come forward?

-LeLu

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Koreans sometimes value conformity and social stability over justice. They also don't want to be seen as 'troublemakers' so the girls we probably held back by that feeling of not wanting to be associated in any way with the scandal. Reputation is also very important in Korea and the girls' stares indicate that Mija has lost hers; this is, in itself, a different level of punishment that is separate from the legal institutions.

Furthermore, the young can never repremand the old, or call them out on their behavior.

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i thought no one knew about the rape except the few that were mentioned...well, quite a few.

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