Korean-American Suicidies - Financial Issues
There has been three incidents recently, first generation Korean-American fathers committed suicide due to financial issues. It’s shocking and stirs my anger when I read stories like this.
Fontana Father Kills His 5-Year-Old, Then Himself
A 40-year-old man of Korean descent shot and killed his young daughter and then himself Saturday at his Fontana home, a tragedy similar to two recent indents in Los Angeles involving Korean-American fathers who police say killed family members. Bong Joo…
Man Kills Wife, Son and Then Himself
An active member of a local Korean church shot and killed his wife and 8-year-old son before turning the gun on himself, police said Sunday. The 55-year-old man, whose name was not released, also shot his teenage daughter in the head, police said. She was…
Stress, Money Woes Believed Factors in Fatal SUV Blaze
By the time Dae Kwon Yun packed his two children into his sport utility vehicle Sunday, the life he had worked so hard to build had all but collapsed. The family’s once thriving T-shirt and tank top manufacturing business in the downtown Los Angeles…
The truly sad part to all these events is that the fathers took the lives of their family members along with them… they should have went alone. Why would they want to take the innocent lives of their own family members.
Many programs exists and are being offered for free or for a nominal fee to help immigrant families that are going through psychological, financial, relationship, physical, and other problems. No one is alone. Lord, please help these lost souls.
“Cho, a prominent U.S.-educated theologian, said that the two incidents occurring within a week of each other is a warning for Korean American churches to concentrate less on growing membership and “more on reaching out to those who are hurting.”
I agree wholeheartedly with the reverand’s comment.