Homosexuality in Asian Country

Homosexuality was not the term that I was aware when I came to America 6 years ago. Born and raised in Korea, my family was very conservative. Not much people was aware of homosexuality in Korea, either. Even now when the people in Korea are aware of the issue, they still believe that those kind of issues are not their problems, and none of Koreans are homosexual. In fact, there are many people in Korea who declare themselves homosexual but are afraid to speak out because of cultural barrier.

There was a news that was reported few weeks ago that one Korean applied for asylum in Canada. He insisted that if he goes to the army (every men in Korea must serve their duty approximately for 2 years), he will be embarrassed and bullied because he is gay. Some people responded to the news that now is the time that Korea should open up to more diversity where some others said that those people are insane and should be expelled from the country.