The below article actually doesn’t surprise me considering how I have accidentally dropped money before and had people return it to me on the street. It is good to see how honest people can be even when it involves thousands of dollars of money:
Korean news sources have reported that a woman dumped W22 million cash (US$19, 030) in Seoul Square and not one single person stopped to pick any of it up.
According to reports, the stunt was largely ignored with no one stopping to collect any of the hundreds of bank notes that littered the area. Instead, many simply gave the scene a passing glance or stopped to take photos – but none of the free cash. [10Mag]
Fashion designer Victoria Beckham (C), better known as a former Spice Girls member and wife of retired footballer David Beckham, unveils a new clothing line exclusively designed for Asian customers during a press conference at a Seoul hotel on March 21, 2016, in this photo released by the Munich-based mytheresa.com online shop. (Yonhap)
This photo provided by the Seoul Metropolitan Government on Feb. 26, 2016, shows what used to be the home of Albert Taylor, the first Western journalist to report on the March 1, 1919, independence movement by Koreans against Japan. The Seoul government said it will restore “Dilkusha,” the name given to the two-story brick house in downtown that means “palace of hope” in Hindu, to its original appearance and open it to the public in 2019 to mark the centennial of the independence movement. (Yonhap)
This is one of these crime stories just begging for a picture, but I could not find one unfortunately:
Yongsan police have arrested a man who dressed as a woman to steal money and valuables from drunken people in Itaewon.
The man, identified as Kim, 44, allegedly stole a credit card, an identification card and a smartphone from a man, identified as Choi, 46, when he fell asleep at 2 p.m. on Jan. 28.
The two had been drinking together at a pub in Itaewon, police said.
Kim allegedly stole 1.5 million won from three men in Itaewon and the Incheon area last December.
Police said Kim dressed like a woman and befriended men to steal money when they were drunk. He allegedly used stolen identity cards to obtain credit cards, and also bought smartphones. [Korea Times]
Apparently Conan O’Brien is coming to South Korea for five days to shoot his show in Seoul:
American talk show host Conan O’Brien will shoot his “Conan” show in South Korea, a local fan who claims to have been contacted by the Conan team said Thursday.
O’Brien will arrive here on Sunday for a five-day journey that involves trips to downtown Seoul and a traditional Korean village in the city’s outskirts, a Naver blogger who goes by the alias KIMMYS said in a blog post. More than 1,100 people are subscribed to the blog which has been posting updates on O’Brien’s schedule in South Korea.
He will also likely try out “soju,” or Korean rice liquor, make kimchi and receive acupuncture, with a meeting with more than 200 fans scheduled for Monday.
Other rumors say O’Brien will make cameo appearances in a Wonder Girls music video and other local shows.
O’Brien had shown interest in Korean culture previously on his show. In an episode aired February 2015, O’Brien visited a Korean spa in Los Angeles with Korean-American actor Steven Yeun. [Yonhap]
Members of South Korea’s conservative civic groups rally in Seoul on Feb. 11, 2016, to condemn North Korea for launching a long-range rocket, a move widely believed to be a de facto test-firing of a long-range ballistic missile. (Yonhap)
It makes you wonder if the additional safety risk caused by the platform screen doors is worth the suicide prevention rationale for installing them in the first place?:
An elderly woman died Wednesday after her purse was caught between a subway train and a platform screen door at Seoul Station, and she was dragged until she fell onto the tracks.
According to police, the woman, surnamed Seol, 81, got stuck while exiting the train at 9:04 a.m. She was pulled for about seven meters between the glass and the train and before falling on the tracks.
Witnesses said the accident happened because her purse was caught in the closing subway doors and she tried to pull it out.
The subway doors and the platform screen doors closed at the same time and the woman was caught between them, but the train departed without the engine driver noticing this.
“When the rescue team arrived, she was already dead with a serious head injury,” a police officer said. [Korea Times]
