Posts Tagged as ‘sociology’

February 18, 2009

Sociology of the Homeless in Seoul, Korea

There are approximately 1 million homeless individuals in Seoul, and 300 at Seoul Station, which is a major landmark in Seoul.  That’s very intriguing because the population of greater Seoul is 24.5 million people.  That means 1 in every 25 people is homeless in Seoul.
We had an outreach to the homeless in Seoul a few [...]

June 26, 2008

maturity and independence – mutually exclusive?

…a boy who puts shaving cream on his face…
…a girl who puts on lipstick and tries on her mom’s heels…
…a teenager who demands complete freedom, while still living at home and being dependent on his/her parents…
I am sure all of us can imagine some point in our life where any one of these scenarios (or [...]