"I'm used to being excluded and feeling unwelcome. I've been a hoodlum my whole life. They want to tell me I'm stealing her? F*ck it. Okay, I'm stealing her."
--Mark D. Diehl, South Korea, 1994
Mark, a recent college graduate and part-time delinquent, showed up in South Korea with $20 and a dubious offer to teach English. Jennifer was the smart, independent second daughter of one of Korea's most influential families. They fell in love...