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Arthur Dent · Joined: 28 Mar 2007 Location: Kochu whirld

I was having a look at the story about the passing of the media bills when this little item caught my eye. Good thing the two were plant workers and not journalists.

This story has legs. Long hot summer indeed.

http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/07/117_48836.html

ryoga013 · Joined: 23 Nov 2008

And how about the times that I have had people try to take photos of me without permission? Can't I get those retards locked up?

PeteJB · Joined: 06 Jul 2007

I think I remember reading somewhere that foreigners are exempt from legal protection when it comes to photography, so no, you cannot. Laughing

flakfizer · Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:12 am Post subject:

I went to your link and saw this headline as well. http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/07/117_48919.html

It cracked me up as there are plenty of Koreans whose names include "moon" or "sun" and sometimes choose those as nicknames.

itaewonguy · Joined: 25 Mar 2003

so what do you call the korean guys when they lay on the floor at car shows and photograph the models??

or what about the loads of Koreans who photograph the white girls in their bikinis at MUDFEST??

pkang0202 · Joined: 09 Mar 2007

fruitcake · Joined: 18 Apr 2004 Location: shinchon

so where are the pics?

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

samcheokguy · Joined: 02 Nov 2008 Location: Samcheok G-do

Mr. Pink · Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Location: China

If you are in a public place, you do not enjoy the privacy of NOT being photographed. I don't get how people can take this crap so far. A beach is a public place, I can take photos of whoever I want. IF girls in bikinis don't want their photos taken they can either ask the person doing it to stop, or they can stop being half naked in public.

It will take one of these Korean dudes getting ticked and taking it to the supreme court before we see that public places = limited privacy.

And I agree, the only difference between taking a photo of a whitey in a bikini and a Korean is the whitey might actually fill out the top part of the bikini, so it is a worthwhile photo.

Elvis Gratton · Joined: 12 Jul 2009

They should have just said they were Chosen Ilbo photographers helping out all the ajeoshi pervs.

fermentation · Joined: 22 Jun 2009

So cops only do their job is the suspect is not Korean. Is there even a law against taking photos of people in public? Because I see Koreans doing it all the time.

itaewonguy · Joined: 25 Mar 2003

I don't get it.. so paparazzi are illegal?? they seem like they have the law on there sides in the states!

can't see why it's any different here..

whats sexual about photographing women on the beach.. now if it was up skirt pics then yes...

Im calling racism here...

The Gipkik · Joined: 30 Mar 2009

One reason I never pursued journalism is my belief that photographs can be bloody invasive, like parasitic leeches. These Indonesians were pushing the envelope by taking pictures of 50 women at the beach, and we don't know if these girls were in compromising positions or not. A Mudfest is a festival, but you make a good point. Where is the line between taking pictures for personal memories at a festival and on a beach?