Two on the Decline of the Korean Family

"The traditional family structure in Korea has weakened and in many cases broken down in the past few decades," reports Maryknoller in Korea — The New Way of Family Life in Korea. "We are seeing nuclear families and a great deal of divorce in our Korean Society," he suggests, part and parcel with "the secularization and globalization that is taking place throughout the world."

As "Korean parents drive their children, often mercilessly, so that they can beat their peers and enter into one of those prestigious universities," Cho Se-hyon suggests that this leaves no "time to learn civic duties or take up moral studies in order to become responsible, respected and exemplary members of society" — Ethics? What’s That?.