Instead of summoning this diplomat back to South Korea they should force this pedophile scumbag to face legal consequences back in Chile for his crimes:
A screengrab from a Chilean TV program showing South Korean diplomat Park Jeong-hak attempting to kiss an actress disguised as a teenage girl.
A South Korean diplomat in Chile accused of sexually assaulting teenage girls was summoned home, Tuesday, to face questioning by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to diplomatic sources.
“The diplomat returned home early this morning in accordance with the ministry’s summons,” the source said on condition of anonymity.
The diplomat, named Park Jeong-hak, was in charge of promoting K-pop at the Korean Embassy to Chile. He was accused of making improper physical contact with a 14-year-old Chilean girl in September while teaching Korean.
Park’s inappropriate actions were made public after a Chilean broadcaster aired, Sunday (local time), film of him sexually abusing an actress disguised as a teenage girl captured by a hidden camera. The broadcaster planned the program, in which it had the actress deliberately lure him, after receiving a tip-off from the parents of a victim.
After the airing of the program called “En Su Propia Trampa” (In Your Own Trap), which sparked public fury in the Latin American country, Yoon Seo-ho, a Korean immigrant who has lived in Chile for 12 years, told a CBS radio program, Tuesday, that the diplomat had been notorious for his sexual offenses even before the program was aired.
The diplomat was also accused of raping a 12-year-old girl as well as sexually harassing the Chilean wife of a Korean immigrant, Yoon said. [Korea Times]
So the Korean gov’t sends some a creepy looking ajushi overseas with diplomatic status and he’s “in charge of promoting K-pop?”
You can’t make shiz like that up.
Just the fact that his job was to be “in charge of promoting K-pop” is crazy enough all by itself. But instead of a younger Korean man or woman … who presumably has a clue about K-pop and can actually walk the walk and talk the talk … it’s some pervy ajushi??
MTB Rider
7 years ago
Pervy ajushis run the K-Pop empire. This guy was probably extra creepy, so the K-Pop Industry farmed him out to the government, sending him far enough overseas that hopefully none of his shenanigans would get back to Korea. Looks like they failed.
But I can already see how he’s going to weasel out of this:
The actress was of age. Not underage, no crime (well, sexual assault, but if she deliberately enticed him, and they got it on film… A good lawyer will keep him out of jail).
The 12-year-old may have to testify, as well as the Chilean wife of the Korean immigrant, but first Chili will have to put in for extradition. You KNOW this guy isn’t going to go back without a struggle.
Do you really need a full-time diplomat to hawk K-Pop music and videos? That’s the sort of thing that sells itself. Girls in skimpy skirts and lean, muscular boys, singing in a language you don’t understand, but with a peppy beat and melody? The fans will know what to look for. You just need someone to get the stores to put up the display posters.
Bandide
7 years ago
Still no follow up from Korea on promises to bring criminal charges against Park.
Instead, the ROK sought to use extraterritorial treaty protections to have their guy flee the jurisdiction and avoid criminal charges. But this impunity approach is what the ROK has long accused the US of. Namely, using extraterritorial treaties like the SOFA to allow Americans to enjoy impunity for harm against Korean victims in Korea — with a strong emphasis on sex crimes against women and children.
The ROK had a chance to show the world how to properly handle these kind of cases but instead chose to take the exact approach. No charges for Park have been published.
Today’s New York Times story on K-pop in Chile sure interesting in light of Park case:
@Bandide, the accusation of the SOFA allowing USFK criminals to fly home and not face prosecution is often lobbied. However, when someone brings it up I always ask them to provide an example and I am still waiting.
So the Korean gov’t sends some a creepy looking ajushi overseas with diplomatic status and he’s “in charge of promoting K-pop?”
You can’t make shiz like that up.
Just the fact that his job was to be “in charge of promoting K-pop” is crazy enough all by itself. But instead of a younger Korean man or woman … who presumably has a clue about K-pop and can actually walk the walk and talk the talk … it’s some pervy ajushi??
Pervy ajushis run the K-Pop empire. This guy was probably extra creepy, so the K-Pop Industry farmed him out to the government, sending him far enough overseas that hopefully none of his shenanigans would get back to Korea. Looks like they failed.
But I can already see how he’s going to weasel out of this:
The actress was of age. Not underage, no crime (well, sexual assault, but if she deliberately enticed him, and they got it on film… A good lawyer will keep him out of jail).
The 12-year-old may have to testify, as well as the Chilean wife of the Korean immigrant, but first Chili will have to put in for extradition. You KNOW this guy isn’t going to go back without a struggle.
Do you really need a full-time diplomat to hawk K-Pop music and videos? That’s the sort of thing that sells itself. Girls in skimpy skirts and lean, muscular boys, singing in a language you don’t understand, but with a peppy beat and melody? The fans will know what to look for. You just need someone to get the stores to put up the display posters.
Still no follow up from Korea on promises to bring criminal charges against Park.
Instead, the ROK sought to use extraterritorial treaty protections to have their guy flee the jurisdiction and avoid criminal charges. But this impunity approach is what the ROK has long accused the US of. Namely, using extraterritorial treaties like the SOFA to allow Americans to enjoy impunity for harm against Korean victims in Korea — with a strong emphasis on sex crimes against women and children.
The ROK had a chance to show the world how to properly handle these kind of cases but instead chose to take the exact approach. No charges for Park have been published.
Today’s New York Times story on K-pop in Chile sure interesting in light of Park case:
“What Does It Take for a K-Pop Band to Blow Up in South America? South Korea’s music craze has taken most of the world by
storm, but Chile represents a somewhat unlikely conquest.” https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/04/magazine/what-does-it-take-for-a-k-pop-band-to-blow-up-in-south-america.html
@Bandide, the accusation of the SOFA allowing USFK criminals to fly home and not face prosecution is often lobbied. However, when someone brings it up I always ask them to provide an example and I am still waiting.