Metro Detroit's Korean community expressed shock and dismay when they heard news that the man who killed 32 people then himself in a shooting rampage at Virginia Tech University earlier this week was from South Korea.

"We felt sick to our stomachs when we heard," said Charlie Chae, who owns a Royal Oak dry cleaning business with his wife, Chae Soyeon. "Many Korean people feel guilty and ashamed and sorry."

Though Blacksburg, Va., the scene of Monday's killing spree, is more than 500 miles away, the revelation that 23-year-old shooter, Cho Seung-Hui, was a South Korean immigrant jolted the small but thriving immigrant community here, with some fearing possible a backlash....

Sarah Hur, a sophomore English major at the University of Michigan, said she is not worried about retribution, but she received a call from her worried father in Korea telling her to be careful.

"There is definitely a sense that there will be a heightened awareness about how we act," she said.

"I'm not sure how this is going to play out, especially over the next few days as it begins to sink in with people." [Link]