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[krisinkorea]

Went to a bar with my coworker last night and was told we could not enter or go in because it was a "Korean only" bar. So of course I called the Korean ***hole racist because I drank a bottle of vodka by then, haha. Also, told Korean guy that if he should come to Canada I'll tell everyone not to let the ugly Korean in. Has this happened to other people?? I just can't believe it's so acceptable to do that.

In Canada, I could sue that bar. Korean only!!! Yeah, I'm sure they get soooo many blacks, latinos, and europeans trying to come in their bar.

[cruisemonkey]

Kris,

You were not discriminated against because of your race, but because you are an idiot.

Cheers,
CM

[cdninkorea]

There's a bar in Hongdae that has a big sign saying:
"FOREIGNERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER HERE.
THANK YOU.
BAR MADE"
(the name of the bar is "Bar Made")
I even got a picture of the sign, but I don't know how to post it.

So I went in anyway of course, and the waitress came over and told us we had to go.

I remember a few months ago someone posted about a bar that wouldn't allow Nigerians in- I wonder if this thread will arouse the same level of indignation?

[happeningthang]

At least Koreans are up front about it. Back home if they don't want you in the club, for whatever reason, they always call you on the shoes. No sneakers, no boots, no slip ons, no dress shoes. It's BS, and just an excuse to bar you. Usually its weeding out trouble makers, or undesirables (people who don't fit the club demographic).

I think there are some Korean clubs that want a certain kind of atmosphere and clientele to match. There's a nightclub in my small town that has a no-whitey policy. It wasn't always the case. This club is pretty much exclusively young kids, post highschool and uni students. Older Koreans have been banned from the place as well.

Teachers from years past would go and try and pick up which, on occasion, ended up in pushing matches with the guys. In one incident there was a punch up, and surprise, surprise since then it's Koreans Only.

[markhan]

I wonder how I will feel if that happens to me in the US. Yeah, i guess i will be royally be pissed off and sue their a** off.
But in Korea, as much I understand your anger, I also understand Korean's standpoint.
Once i had to meet someone in this chic cafe in Seoul and nonchalantly went inside and ordered coffee. I then went to bathroom and came back and saw cafe notice that really shocked me. The notice simply stated, "No one over 35 years old is allowed in this cafe"
Can you imagained this crap happening in the US? Of course not!

However, Koreans tend to put "Ambiance" as one of the most critical factor in choosing cafe, restaurant, club, etc. I mean, you are not going to see "Ajussi and Ajumma" in some Hongdae club. And if they do, I gurantee you that that hongdae club will be soon out of business.

[Corporal]

[Pa Jan Jo A Hamnida]

It's a sad aspect of living in Korea. Sometimes, foreigners are not welcome. I've been turned away from restaurants in Busan but I just found someplace else. Never had any trouble in Daegu, Gwanju, Bup-Yong etc.

[Son Deureo!]

[Son Deureo!]

[Qinella]

Yeah Son Deureo! is saying exactly what I thought about when reading the OP -- the just didn't want your stupid drunk monkey ass up in there annoying the hell out of everyone.

I personally don't have a problem with places that have no foreigner policies. It's called free market capitalism. It's an ideal I was raised to espouse. Sissies who want to run to the government crying for vengeance because a club won't let them in are commies and should be forced to move to the Shitipinos.

Club doesn't want me? I don't want it! It's that simple. And yes it happened once, in Daejeon, when I was wandering around alone and dressed like a scrub. Couldn't imagine why they turned me down!

I remember a time or two in the US, trying to score a bag off some black dudes in the ghetto and got rejected a few times for being white. Why, I tell you, I ran straight to the police to report the racial discrimination!

[flotsam]

[ttompatz]

[charlieDD]

In the late 80's there was a big issue between Japan and other countries when saunas began putting up "No Foreigner" signs. Japan made it illegal thereafter, I understand, to do this. The owners of nice saunas just got better at keeping foreigners out by requiring membership, which was damn near impossible for a foreigner to get (like, you have to have a Japanese name to be a member; or, something like that). The signs are supposedly gone, but the xenophobic restrictions remain.

It doesn't bother me that much when I see those signs in Hongdae area. I can almost understand.

What does bother is a kind of backhanded approach some restaurant owners employ: When foreigners eat there, they give them small portions, bad service, etc. . . so they won't come again. I know a Korean guy whose mother does it at her galbi / shabu shabu place. He says that its a fact as far is his mother is concerned that if a group of foreigners come in, Koreans walking by are less likely to decide to come in when there are other similar restaurants nearby without foreigners in it. He tries to tell me "It's just business. My mother loves the foreign teachers and the foreigners who come to her church." I just roll my eyes somehwere in my mind where he can't see.

In Thailand, there are complete streets designated as "Japanese Only" club areas, and miscellaneous restaurants and other places around Thailand that cater only to Japanese tourists and will let you know this if you try to enter or use their service.

[Qinella]

[JongnoGuru]