Slog - Comments on Death in the Age of Cyberspace http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/death_in_the_age_of_cyberspace One of South Korea's most famous actresses was found dead in her home on Thursday in what the police called a suicide. They linked her death to malicious online rumors, a growing social problem in South Korea, which has one of the world's most active online communities and one of its highest suicide rates. The body of the actress, Choi Jin-sil, 39, was found in the bathroom of her apartment with a rope made out of bandages around her neck, Yang Jae-ho, a senior police investigator, said at a news conference. Already struggling with a messy divorce, she had... Copyright 2008 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:41:07 -0800 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:28:11 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by thickturd hey, not only do i own that same white stool, but mine's broken and leans forward too! cool!

]]> thickturd http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/death_in_the_age_of_cyberspace#c1161971 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/death_in_the_age_of_cyberspace#c1161971 Teh Internets Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:10:18 -0800 Comment by onion just another excuse for mudede to post a photo that he can wank off to.

]]> onion http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/death_in_the_age_of_cyberspace#c1161980 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/death_in_the_age_of_cyberspace#c1161980 Teh Internets Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:15:03 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave koreans don't have any balls.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/death_in_the_age_of_cyberspace#c1161983 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/death_in_the_age_of_cyberspace#c1161983 Teh Internets Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:16:51 -0800 Comment by brandon this post doesn't make any sense. for starters, you can't see her boobies.

]]> brandon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/death_in_the_age_of_cyberspace#c1161990 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/death_in_the_age_of_cyberspace#c1161990 Teh Internets Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:21:36 -0800 Comment by inkweary This is interesting to me because suicide rates in Germany dropped after reunification. There was a brief surge in the suicide rate immediately following reuinification amongst East Germans that was attributed to the sudden demise of the welfare state and widespread unemployment and the resultant poverty, but then rates dropped for both sides.

Korea continues to be a country divided and it makes one wonder if that leaves a mark on the psyche of the citizens of those two halves. Of course, the rate of suicide for North Korea is a closely guared secret so we may never know.

Another interesting result of German reuinification is that murder, which was almost unknown in the East has become as common as in the Western sector.

]]> inkweary http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/death_in_the_age_of_cyberspace#c1162018 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/death_in_the_age_of_cyberspace#c1162018 Teh Internets Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:41:45 -0800 Comment by crazycatguy Personally, I think we are getting closer to the novels of Richard Morgan.

]]> crazycatguy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/death_in_the_age_of_cyberspace#c1162724 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/death_in_the_age_of_cyberspace#c1162724 Teh Internets Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:13:35 -0800 Comment by Sirkowski Suicide sounds like Korea's national sport.

]]> Sirkowski http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/death_in_the_age_of_cyberspace#c1162948 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/death_in_the_age_of_cyberspace#c1162948 Teh Internets Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:28:11 -0800