re: #1 CuriousLurker

Not exactly.

‘Honor killings’ are unique to shame societies. Without a shame society there are no ‘honor killings’. The two are bound together.

We don’t live in a shame society- and Lee certainly knew that.

Still, your point is nuanced.

He (Lee) may have responded in a way that reflected some of cultural upbringing. See Shame in Two Cultures: Implications for Evolutionary Approaches. It’s long but even a cursory scan touches the highlights.

See also Koreans and suicide for a more in depth look at Korea’s shame culture (they are not all the same).

This is another good article, Beware of the shame syndrome in Korea. It isn’t long but is worth a read.

Finally, Cultural Models of Shame and Guilt is pretty concise.