These are the pages I wrote in the three years after my son died. Nothing in them has been changed. They were built in 2011, so they do not read well on a phone, and the video answers were made for a player that browsers no longer run. The recordings themselves are kept.
Who Mike was, and what happened
Who is Mike White?The 2011 front page, written for Mike’s birthday.
What happened to Mike?Eight questions from people following the case, with my answers.
The news coverage, May 2008
News articles about MikeThe list of press and blog coverage, with links to the originals.
16 May 2008“14-Year-Old American Boy Dies in Sauna”
17 May 2008“Mother cries foul after son’s sauna death”
22 May 2008“Death in Sauna Shrouded in Mystery”, with my replies to it.
Laws and customs in South Korea
Unique laws and customsThe starting page for this section.
Libel and slanderWhy telling the truth in public can still be a crime.
Blood moneySettlement payments, and how they were pressed on me within a day.
The “right” to violenceWhat paying for the damage buys.
Anti-English SpectrumThe group, and the people who challenged it.
Documents
The 2011 list of official documents pointed to copies of the embassy correspondence, the two autopsy reviews and the emergency room photographs. Those copies are no longer online. What the documents say is set out in the case and the police record.