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[anjinsan]

Yup, I too have been witness to such chivalrous spectacles here in Korea of men beating up women.

What I can't get over is how the cops are always there (I'm being fecetious now) breaking up such incidents, hauling off the men for assaulting their beloved wives/girlfriends/sisters/nieces, and doing such a bang-up job of keeping the peace and teaching citizens that such domestic violence will not be tolerated on the enlightened shores of
the Great Han People's Country.

[curiousaboutkorea]

[8 years down]

I was having a smoke on my balcony at about 1am in October and down below some couple started screaming at each other. It was amusing as usual until he knocked her down with one punch to the head, and then dragged her around by the hair while she cried and screamed. He kept hitting her which I couldn't believe since she was down already.

I wanted to go down so badly but I held back. That stuff absolutely infuriates me (I even freak when my boy students raise a hand to the girls) Instead I just started yelling stuff at him from the window as loud as I could like: "Oh you're tough... beating up a girl nice job...keep hitting her you p***y." It was enough to get his attention and he stopped hitting her. He picked her up and pushed her up the road where I lost sight.

Made me sick that the 2 security guards for my apartment complex were right there, 10 feet away in their little booth peering out the window. I know it happens in every country, but to see it blatantly right there in front of you and in public brings it to a different level. You are witnessing something illegal and you have every right to get involved if you wish. Just don't commit any crime yourself in return.

[proustme]

8 years down wrote:

Made me sick that the 2 security guards for my apartment complex were right there, 10 feet away in their little booth peering out the window.

Too bad you didn't film it. Post it up on Naver with your foreign name and then let the Korean netizens react. It's sad it'll have to come down to shaming this country's people in order to get them to do the right thing (i.e. prosecute and jail men for physical assaults on women)

[curiousaboutkorea]

[proustme]

What's the back story on the boxing incident? Got a link?

[curiousaboutkorea]

[rollo]

I and my roommate intervened in a husband and wife fight we grabbed the man, but it was the wife and mother-in-law who were attacking the man and he was only trying to defend himself and escape. We released the man and he fled. The wife and mother-in-law in hot pursuit. It was stupid to get involved. Others have said it better but the foreigner is always at fault.

[dirving]

[Julius]

[bluelake]

[bassexpander]

[VFRinterceptor]

A Korean contractor tried to blow up my school with a tank of LPG(with the kids inside) because our director owed him money.

Checkmate.

[Mallard]

My first year here, my friends and I were hanging out in my apartment when we heard what was obvious domestic abuse a few doors down. One of my friends, this blond waify American storms down the hall and starts banging and kicking on this guy's door until he opens it. When he does, she just goes apeshit insane. She starts screaming and kicking at his door, and all around just making a gigantic scene. Everyone on that floor started opening their apartment doors to get a view of the commotion. He looked really embarrassed said "sorry" and closed the door. We didn't hear anything from his apartment ever again.

Another time, one of my gyopo friends was being assaulted by her neighbor. He felt she was too noisy in the morning and "wanted to teach her a lesson." He would always yell at her and a few times he put his hands on her. She avoided using the elevator so that she wouldn't have to see him. One day he tried to come into her apartment. She called me right after it happened, and told me he was now at the door trying to break in. I lived 2 floors below so I made my way up and saw him messing with the number pad on her door. I started screaming at him and making a huge scene. The guy tried to shoo me away but I kept on with the hysterics until the entire floor new something was up. Then the guy backed off and never bothered her again.

So I think if you are a foreign women you have a lot of license to call out Korean men in their behavior. It is my policy that I will make the biggest effen scene imaginable whenever I see domestic violence. Oh you just wanted to beat your wife in peace, well tough shit now you have to deal with a hysterical foreigner and all the attention she's attracted too.

[Bloopity Bloop]