I think we know where the Cho daughters got their bad temper from:
The family of Hanjin Chairman Cho Yang-jo. At left is Cho Hyun-ah, President of the KAL Hotel Network, Cho Hyun-min, senior managing director at Korean Air, Lee Myung-hee, chairperson of the Ilwoo Foundation, Cho Yang-jo, and Cho Won-tae, president of Korean Air. All have been criticized for various incidents regarding abusive behavior toward staff and private citizens. [Hankyoreh]Police said Monday they began a preliminary investigation into the wife of the Korean Air Line Co. chief over alleged physical and verbal violence.
Lee Myung-hee, wife of Chairman Cho Yang-ho and director of the Ilwoo Foundation, is suspected of hitting workers who were part of a construction crew hired to remodel her Seoul residence in 2013.
She allegedly told them to kneel down and slapped them in the face and kicked them in the shins.
She is also suspected of verbally insulting an employee at a Incheon-based hotel affiliated with Hanjin Group, which includes Korean Air, and later having the worker quit for not recognizing her. [Korea Times]
You can read more at the link, but someone in Korea needs to make a reality television show following this family around.
Even if the two servicemembers involved poorly parked their vehicle it is no excuse for the horrible actions these two civilians took:
Judy Tucker is shown in a video attempting to reach past servicemember Stephanie Mitchell.
A 71-year-old woman was arrested after she lunged at and hit a pregnant servicemember at a Cheddar’s in Macon, Ga., police said. Videos of the Saturday incident, which police said was sparked by a disagreement over parking, have drawn millions of views as they spread across social media.
Judy Tucker was arrested on Saturday, charged with simple battery and released a few hours later on $650 bail. According to a Bibb County Sheriff’s Office report, Tucker told police that the incident with servicemembers Stephanie Mitchell and Treasure Sharpe, who are black, “all started because she was white and it was a race issue.” Tucker’s son approached the women when they were backing into a parking space and told them they “should learn how to park” and called them a profane name, the report quoted Mitchell as saying.
Mitchell said that, inside the restaurant, Tucker’s son again called them the profane name and said that they were black lesbians. [Stars & Stripes]
You can read more at the link, but the Tucker’s should be ashamed and embarrassed by their inappropriate and racist comments if the alleged actions are all true.
Cho Hyun-min admits to doing more more than throw water at an advertising agent, she even shoved the person:
Korean Air Lines Co., said Monday that it has temporarily suspended one of its executives — the daughter of the company’s chairman — for her alleged misbehavior toward an advertising agency employee.
South Korea’s national flagship carrier Senior Vice President Cho Hyun-min has been relieved from her current post until the ongoing police probe into the matter is concluded. It did not elaborate on what further action will be taken.
On Friday, law enforcement authorities launched a preliminary inquiry into Cho after local media reported that she yelled and threw water at a manager of an advertising agency during a meeting in Seoul last month.
She is the younger sister of Cho Hyun-ah, who was jailed in 2014 in the so-called nut rage scandal. Cho Hyun-ah ordered a plane full of passengers back to the boarding gate in New York because she was upset about the way her nuts were served.
The younger Cho was reportedly upset because the advertising employee did not properly answer her questions.
“I was foolish. I am sorry,” the heiress told reporters after arriving at Incheon International Airport on Sunday. Cho denied, however, that she threw water, although she admitted giving the person a shove. [Yonhap]
Here is another case of a Korean man allegedly behaving badly on Guam:
A Superior Court of Guam judge has allowed a South Korean soccer player charged with sexual assault to return home for military service, pending his trial.
Kim Byong-oh is accused of sexually assaulting a woman on Jan. 22 at a Guam resort, the Pacific Daily News reported Monday.
Kim was indicted on three counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct and four counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Kim was on Guam with the Sangju Sangmu soccer team for training in January.
The 22-year-old woman who accused Kim told police that she woke up in a hotel room to Kim rubbing her stomach and breast. She told police that Kim also took off her underwear and raped her.
The woman said she ran out of the hotel room and found a security guard who called police. [Korea Times]
You can read more at the link, but the woman is from South Korea so it will be interesting to see if the Guam legal system moves forward with prosecution or hands it over to Korean authorities to prosecute.
Apparently some Korean guy needs to learn to keep his hands to himself when on vacation:
A man was arrested and charged over the weekend after six women told Fish Eye Marine Park employees about a man in yellow shorts who touched them inappropriately while they were swimming, according to a magistrate’s complaint filed in the Superior Court of Guam.
Officers arrested Myeong Seop Lee, 34, who was wearing yellow shorts but denied that he touched anyone. He said he was at the park with his family, documents state.
Police met with the Fish Eye manager on Friday. The lifeguards told the manager about a man touching six women while swimming, but by the time police arrived four of the women had left, documents state.
Police spoke with the remaining two women, the magistrate’s complaint states. [Pacific Daily News]
You can read more at the link, but the women pointed out Lee to police as the groper and incredibly he was snorkeling at the marine park with his family. I can only imagine what his wife had to say about this.
Here is an article about a teacher allegedly behaving badly in Busan:
An American professor at Pusan University fled the country after police started investigating sexual harassment allegations against him.
The university admitted Thursday that the professor allegedly verbally and sexually harassed several female students in front of a bar near the school on March 28.
He then allegedly kissed a student’s cheek and said inappropriate things, including sexual insults, to other students.
The students put up a hand-written poster about his behavior and remarks.
Some students wrote in protest, “I’m not going to have sex with you” on the blackboard before his lecture, following remarks he had made.
The school ordered him to appear at a disciplinary session but he fled the country after sending a resignation email. The school department fired him and his photo was removed from the faculty list. [Korea Times]
I am always amazed how people keep falling for these scams:
A Malaysian man has been jailed for a year over a fake kidnapping phone scam.
The man, 37, was caught in January after making a phone call to a randomly selected person in Ulsan on Jan. 8. He told the receiver that he had kidnapped his daughter and demanded 27 million won ($25,399) ransom.
The father wired the money but soon realized he had been duped. He reported the incident to police, who caught the suspect days after.
The Malaysian was found to be a member of a domestic voice phishing syndicate. The suspect told police he took 500,000 won from the wired money and shared the rest with his colleagues. Police are looking for other people involved. [Korea Times]
Via a reader tip comes this conviction against reporters who disclosed the affair of a USFK civilian worker:
South Korea’s top court on Tuesday confirmed the conviction of three weekly magazine reporters who were accused of publishing an extramarital affair story involving a Korean civilian worker at United States Forces Korea (USFK).
The Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s ruling, fining them 3 million won ($2,800) each for defaming the worker.
The court rejected the reporters’ claim that their reporting was justifiable in light of people’s right to know and the freedom of press.
It said the disputed story dealt with a “sheer private affair” whose publication did nothing for public interest. The court said the story was published with personal details edited out, but not enough. [Korea Times]
Can you imagine if the US had South Korea’s defamation laws? The journalists in America would all be broke from lawsuits.
