Sex Offender Photo Used in Korea Times Opinion Article

The Korea Times ran an opinion article recently by a man named Lawrence McCook who was complaining about Koreans not sitting next to him on the subway:

Every day, I ride the subway to work. People get on, people get off. I get a seat when people leave, then more people get on. Every time, the last seat to get filled is the one next to me.

I don’t smell bad, I shower every morning. I am a handsome American man. So why won’t Koreans sit next to me? Is it because I’m a different skin color than you? If you prick us, do we not bleed? And if you wrong us, shall we not seek revenge?

This bothers me because it is a declaration that you and I are different. We all ride the subway to work, so get over your xenophobia, Korea, and take the seat next to me. Even when all the other seats fill up, Koreans would rather stand than sit next to me for fear of some mythical white male cooties jumping into their bodies through knee-to-knee contact.  [Korea Times]

You can read the rest at the link, but after reading the article I wouldn’t want to sit next to this guy either if he is going to play 20 questions with everyone sitting next to him.  With that said the Korea Times was probably had by whoever sent this article in under that name:

In this opinion piece published yesterday by a Korean newspaper, writer Lawerence McCook opined about the fact that no one will sit next to him on the subway. This insight into the experience of one expat in Korea can sometimes be helpful in discussing the culture at large, however anecdotal evidence certainly is difficult to extrapolate much from.

What we can extrapolate, is that this is not likely the actual photo of the writer, as it appears to be the same photo as a West Warwick sex offender.  [10 Mag]

You can read the rest at the link, but what I think happened is that someone fooled the Korea Times into printing the article and then included a random sex offender image with it.  Anyone else have any other theories?