English Teacher Arrested for Taking Down Korean Presidential Election Banner on His House
You would think the police in Seoul would have better things to do instead of arresting this guy for taking a banner down off of his home:
Police have booked an American man, 64, who works as a part-time English instructor at Hongik University, for allegedly vandalizing a presidential campaign poster.
Under Korean election law, unlawfully removing or vandalizing a political campaign poster can lead to a two-year jail term or a fine of 4 million won ($ 3,500).
Mapo Police Station said on Monday the man allegedly tried to remove a poster from the side of his house on Apr. 21. His neighbors tried to stop him but he repeatedly said “my home” and continued to dismantle the poster before being arrested.
It is unclear whether the neighbors explained clearly to the suspect that removing an election poster is against the law. The man is known to have told police he did not know it was unlawful. [Korea Times]
(0).jpg?resize=640%2C185)
There is probably more to this story, but on the surface it seems if someone puts a banner on your house you should be able to take it down if you don’t want it there.
Was he the actual house owner or just a tenant? I would think that full property ownership would be very expensive and uncommon for foreign nationals.
I have seen a number of complete bullshyt anti-foreigner cases recently such as the one in Busan… which seemed to have ended well… but only after media involvement.
It would be good to know the full story here…
…but if someone put an election poster on my private property and then called the police when I took it down, they may find everything they own covered in posters for the write-in candidate Shipsekki FuuckGook 2030.
Possible he’s actually the owner, don’t see too many English teacher’s in their 60’s there.
More wierd Korean laws only enforced on foriegners….go Korea!
ChickenHead: 14 88 much? G— is a racist slur. Go back to your country Nazi. To the people at ROKdrop- why do you encourage the use of racial slurs?
Nonazis, I looked in the dictionary and you are correct. The word “gook” is a pejorative racist slur against Asians, primarily against Koreans.
I also looked up “fuuckgook” but could not find it. In context, it appears to have something to do with those who vandalize your private property and then treat you like a criminal for repairing the damage because you are a different race or nationality. It also could be a family name in this context.
Could you kindly supply a link to an online dictionary entry for “fuuckgook” so we can clear this up?
Thanks for bringing attention to this important issue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
CH, you misunderstand our Korean friend. Please forgive me as I assume “his” gender.
He’s been eating too much western food (and not enough kimchi lately) and developed dyspepsia. He hasn’t yet learned to master “sarcasm”, the use of “meme”, or disarming contrary viewpoints through the use of cogent arguments.
His current skills include only calling people unlike him knotsees, raaacists, and only interested in “voluntary body functions”, all the while using sophomoric ad-hominems>/i> and fascist/knotsee/raaacist epithets, and one assumes, hand-waving like an apprentice schmendrick…
I think he could be trained, to a degree, if given the opportunity.
Dang… My typing skills are no better with my glasses on… 😳 😳 😳