Fight or Flight reflex is not taken into consideration, huh? Makes one wonder how many of the lawmakers who wrote that law are women, have known women who’ve been attacked, or been in dangerous situations themselves?

http://article.joins.com/article/article.asp?ctg=1005&Total_ID=2665417

The Korean verb “sokida” can be defined in English as “to deceive, cheat, swindle, or trick.” I suspect that the reason why Korean legal terms are so long is that they are composed of native Korean words, rather than the more compact Sino-Korean terms used in South Korea. North Korea ditched Chinese characters a long time ago; Chinese character education has made a comeback in South Korea after a push towards Hangeul only by the late President Park Chung-hee.

I’d also like to point out that “excessive self-defense” is a crime in South Korea, too. Women rape victims have been prosecuted for injuring or killing their would-be rapists. On the other hand, rape statutes also require the prosecution to show that the woman put up significant resistance. It seems that in South Korea, women rape victims, in the terror of the moment, must judiciously use enough force to resist but not so much as to seriously injure or kill the rapist.

I like your translation though, its more fun.

Dan: Again, on translation, “deception” is an equally accurate translation.