Less Than an Hour After We Met, She Told Me She Was Committing Suicide

Upon first glimpsing her, my immediate thought was that her attire was not what I’d expected to see at an Anglican cathedral on a Sunday morning. She strode confidently out of the church, wearing black leather shorts and a black tank top, carrying a black leather handbag. I’d come to the church as part of my reporting for a story on falling levels of religious observance among young people in South Korea. I’d arrived during the main Sunday morning service. I was hoping to chat with young congr