Quick update on the ferry disaster. Firstly, thanks to everyone who messaged me concerned about it. I am fine, but sadly so many are not. I can't really read about it because it's just so depressing and upsetting.
The entire country has gone into mourning. Festivals, school trips, school events (sports days, teacher dinners) have all been cancelled or postponed indefinitely. It really highlights how strong the Korean feeling of jeong is. Jeong is the feeling Koreans have for each other, like a communal empathy. It is the reason they are so kind to us foreigners, because they worry about others so much. Anyways, it's been very hard for them to cope with the tragedy.
Hopefully, this will start a trend of implementing more safety codes. Building codes, evacuation procedures, all of it. We all grumbled when we had fire drills, or our fire alarms beeped at burnt toast, but I'd really like to see those things become more common out here.
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