An article that provides a slight peek at why, perhaps, the shooter felt so alone.
At the same time, the Cho coverage has focused fresh attention on the enormous cultural obstacles awaiting Korean migrants trying to assimilate into American society. Hwang Seung Yeon, a sociologist at Seoul's Kyunghee Univerisity, says Korean parents make enormous sacrifices to send their children to good schools. Working long hours, there is seldom time for them to communicate with their children—especially because of the language barrier between parents with little English and children who know minimal Korean. Parents want to follow the old ways; their children opt for the new. "In the families of Korean-Americans, there is typically little communication," says Hwang. "Even when there is communication, it is often one-sided or hostile." As a result, Hwang adds, many young Korean-Americans are "lonely and lost because they are caught between two different cultures." The reasons for Cho's final breakdown may have been personal; its impact on his native country is anything but.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18185142/site/newsweek/