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[stoned]

There is a night club near my place and they don't allow us foreigners inside the club. Can this constitute human rights violation ??

[Seoul'n'Corea]

[McGenghis]

Trust me, the only rights being violated are the rights of consumers who get inside and pay through the nose for a decorative plate of fruit and five bottles of absolute swill.

Or the rights of the poor hapless girls who are dragged away from their tables against their will to sit with some strangers in the name of �booking�.

I say save your money and avoid the naiteu.

[Kissmykimchi]

While in no way would I compare this to a human rights violation. It is disheartening and shameful.

I simply don't bother with those clubs and tell my friends not too either.

Here are my experiences. Ironically, both clubs happen to be in Itaewon of all places!

http://kissmykimchi.com/2008/12/no-pulse.html

http://kissmykimchi.com/2008/03/silence-the-volume.html

[milspecs]

human rights violation?

[ttompatz]

[Slowmotion]

Which club was it? I've only seen signs for GI's getting rejected, not just foreigners.

[northway]

[sojusucks]

Me? I'd say take your business elsewhere. I know it's insulting, but you know what? It's also bad business to exclude people who might be good customers for a long time. It's their financial loss. Go somewhere else and enjoy yourself. Spread the word about that other place, too.

[McGenghis]

[interestedinhanguk]

[Konglishman]

This reminds me. A little over a week ago, two friends and I were waiting for another friend to show up. I told him to meet us in front of a particular club since it was the only major landmark. And besides, I didn't want to us get any more lost than we already were.

I was standing on the sidewalk which last I heard is considered public and not private property. However, the Korean guy at the entrance of the club started yelling at me and my two other friends. He was telling us in Korean to go away since foreigners are not allowed inside the club. Never mind that we were not inside the club and had no intention of going inside... not to mention that the sidewalk is not private property.

[stoned]

I want to know if it is legal to do that. Is it completely at owner's discretion to allow or not allow 'certain' people based on race or color? Can I start a night club here and not allow Koreans in it??

[ttompatz]

[interestedinhanguk]