More info about self defense/reference material. It’s really useful so check it out! http://klawguru.com/2014/08/25/your-guide-to-self-defense-in-korea/ My Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Chels…
Although I’m not a foreigner this was a super helpful video! I must admit
I’m terrified with how “stiff” the self-defense laws are, but I guess
there’s always someone taking advantage of “holes” in the laws. I’m sorry
you had to experience such horrible incidents though! Take care!
WTF is with this govt that supports koreans who start physical agression on
foreigners aiming to extort money. What if you called the police? Wouldn’t
they do anything? I assume the subway has recorded everything.
True, if two people fight the person who has the least physical damage, is
at fault. REGARDLESS of who started it.
Korea is arguably the most racist developed country in the world. That
does not mean that every Korean is a racist, but racism is largely
tolerated and even encouraged to a certain degree.
So remember if you are going to punch a Korean, make sure you can make a
fast exit!
I had aggression happened to me twice by males. I am also a foreigner
although I’m Korean American. The guys can be kinda sexual and say ignorant
things one time a guy followed me all the way to my dorm area just to say
give me your number and I said no.. He was like yes please and he wouldn’t
let it go for about 5 mins til an young lady grabbed me and walked away
with me. It freaked me out but I feel he was off his rocker so I tried to
be nice until he wouldn’t let it go.
I thank god for that girl, although my hallway has cameras I was still
afraid that’s the only instance I can ever say in Korea I was afraid.
Hi chelsea !
Love your videos !! especially the part from 4:05 til 4:12 hahaha
on the other hand i think the laws considering self defense in korea should
be modified because they’re basically saying get assaulted but don’t
assault the person harasing you ?? If i were you i wouldn’t have doubted
to throw in some punches and fists right to his teeth hahha but i’m a guy
…
Anyways u lok really beautiful . looking forward to your videos
see this. if foreigner and Korean fights, usually Korean will be the
victim. I don’t know about opposite case, but korean are nice to
foreigners. Know what you doing, act like gentleman, you will be fine. If
you’re offended try ask for help from other people. I’m not sure what it
means to ask for help in western country – may be westerners have taught to
protect themselves? – but it is really useful method. Don’t feel it shame,
whether you’re man or woman.
Thanks for making a video on this topic! I’ve seen so many videos of
foreigners talking about being followed, harassed, or elbowed by ahjummas
but it seemed to be a hopeless situation for them. I haven’t seen any
videos on the actual rules for self defense either. It’s good to know there
are little loopholes though. Thank you for this video!
Because i used a translator, the mean that i want to say can be a slightly
wrong.
I’m korean. I can’t understand your word well. But you seem to be
experienced not a good thing.
As a korean, i want to apolozize. I hope that your life in korea is always
filled with happieness
For the people who ask about korea being racist,
Koreans are not really racist but more like ethnically stupid. If you think
about, there really aren’t many foreigners in Korea (a lot of the
foreigners tend to still be some kind of Asian) so they really aren’t used
to seeing foreigners of non Asian descent. They are a very monogamous
society so when they see something strange, they become very curious and
often kind of confused. Foreigners will seem like strangers so that’s why
they can get pretty rude (who wouldn’t be weary of a stranger) older
generations tend to be the worst, but I think that stems from their great
sense of nationalism. They are afraid foreigners can’t do everything “the
korean way” and that they will ruin everything they have worked for.
But this is all just based on my observations and experiences from when I
lived in Korea
Self defense here in Korea is kind of ambiguous because of ‘The Laws’. We
need some kind of revise but no politicians here in Korea aren’t trying to
fix those. Do other countries have similar situations that Korea is having
right now?
This is super helpful to know!
I am still a new foreigner here in South Korea and I take the subways
everyday!
It’s good to know these things just incase I run into these situations
myself 😛
Great video!
I love how some people here think certain countries have more rights than
Korea. To many countries’ standards, Korea has a lot of freedom. Even
America’s supposedly awesome democracy, and power to the people, immigrants
have less rights, even for those who has been here for mroe than a decade.
First of all I love your videos because you don’t scare to exposes the
reality of Korean society not like others YouTubers ,,, last month I
complete 2 years in south Korea so far I went through a lot of situations
my ex was young korean with the korean beauty standards V face slim body
blah blah blah even she had more than 6 plastic surgery ,,, any time we
hangout we got in trouble always by old man or woman they basically start
staring at us and then yelling cursing on her saying you are a whore why
you with foreigner how much he paid you blah blah blah it the first I did
not understand what they talk about but after sometimes I had enough it’s
happened every where I remember one time we were in the subway and we
holding each other hand and that old man approach to us trying to divide us
I swear I were like wtf don’t touch me you piece of shit .
I’m not racial but most of old korean mans specifically offer 50th are
disgusting and racially maybe more than 80% of them take the advantage that
the values of Korean society forcing the younger to respect the elder and
not argue or get involved with them to be honest I respect korean values
but not in every thing anyway I prefer under 30th korean they more open to
the world they smart friendly and hope the will make a change in the future
^^
Very informative video and something that isn’t talked about enough in my
opinion. When I visit South Korea I don’t want to get deported for
accidentally breaking the law
Thank you! I’m moving to Korea in the winter and I am going to take self
defence classes first (mostly because my dad is making me since I’m a young
girl living in another country, they want some reassurance other than my
street wise knowledge shit) but wow. Korean laws are crazy shit! Like with
a man dragging you somewhere, they could be trying to rape you. I would
fucking go crazy if someone touched me!
It was a very interesting video. Although I never felt threatened when I
was in Korea, I think the escort and safe haven ideas are really good. I
would definitely use it if it was available where I live. The laws in my
country are closer to the Korean laws (no gun, no knife, no teaser, no
mace) but we can hit back. Usually, if you are a female and got attacked,
the law will always side with you, even if you broke the assailant’s nose.
well I like it, I live in Italy and sometimes people get drunk and became
annoying but sometimes they get beaten really hard just for being annoying.
I mean… I understand that someone is bothering you.. but that too much on
the other side.
Sadly the extortion bit can spread to other areas of society in Korea.
Many drivers in Seoul are on the look out to literally create a car
accident with female drivers in order to extort money from them. Be
careful…
Very interesting. I’d be interested to know what school security is like in
Korea. Locked doors and video cameras like in the US? Lockdown drills? I’m
assuming not.
Lots of great ideas! Since I’ve been here I haven’t had any serious issues
while out in public. Just lots stares and comments I cant understand. I
have had a couple of issues with Korean men that are under the impression
that foreigner girls are ‘looser’ in their morals that have made me more
cautious as far as dating goes. I do think it is harder to be a white
female here though because of the prostitution/Russian thing. I have seen
my friends get harassed on a regular basis, especially if they have blond
hair. I have also heard stories of my female friends getting pushed down
stairs and pushed on the subway. Its not the norm persay, but it happens.
And the longer your here the more likely you are to come across it.
I’m Korean, working abroad now, but when I was living there my cautious,
traditionally-Korean mother gave no fucks about the law. There are too many
crazies packed in that tiny country to care about “what ifs.” She provided
me with boxing lessons, a “pepper” (mace) spray, and a rape whistle. She
also taught me to yell out “Fire!” if there’s a perv following me.
Hello I met you like last year at the Korvia party. Anyway, thank you for
the video. I just recently had an incident this previous week. I was in
Jongno with a friend, and we were both helping out these tourist on how to
get to Anguk. I was wearing a dress that day, and some creepy guy felt to
need to look under it. Before I could say or do anything he was already
across the street. I was really upset and confused about it and again was
not sure what to do. I had no idea the rules were so strict on self defense
even though they are in the wrong. Thanks again for the info!
Another fact — some punks & common thieves would provoke you into punching
them, then try to negotiate for money (called “hyupsang” or 협상). In fact
that is the ONLY reason why they’d try to pick a fight for no reason. It’s
a byproduct of a Korean system/culture where people can financially
negotiate their way out of misdemeanors.
It’s bizarre how safe my wife and I feel in Korea, regardless of the time
it is that we are walking around. Probably the most unsafe we’ve felt is in
Itaewon, really late at night. But even then, we still feel way safer than
in the unsafe parts of our city back in America. Even when we visited Japan
a few weeks ago, we still didn’t feel as safe as we do in Korea. It’s
great.
Great information, just wanted to say your eyes are really stunning
(especially with the way you’ve done your eye makeup). You probably get
this a lot lol
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Although I’m not a foreigner this was a super helpful video! I must admit
I’m terrified with how “stiff” the self-defense laws are, but I guess
there’s always someone taking advantage of “holes” in the laws. I’m sorry
you had to experience such horrible incidents though! Take care!
WTF is with this govt that supports koreans who start physical agression on
foreigners aiming to extort money. What if you called the police? Wouldn’t
they do anything? I assume the subway has recorded everything.
how long r u staying in Korea?
True, if two people fight the person who has the least physical damage, is
at fault. REGARDLESS of who started it.
Korea is arguably the most racist developed country in the world. That
does not mean that every Korean is a racist, but racism is largely
tolerated and even encouraged to a certain degree.
So remember if you are going to punch a Korean, make sure you can make a
fast exit!
Can I propose to you?
Seriously such a good video! I SO appreciate this. I needed to know these
tips and this information as a hopeful future foreign teacher. Thank you!
I had aggression happened to me twice by males. I am also a foreigner
although I’m Korean American. The guys can be kinda sexual and say ignorant
things one time a guy followed me all the way to my dorm area just to say
give me your number and I said no.. He was like yes please and he wouldn’t
let it go for about 5 mins til an young lady grabbed me and walked away
with me. It freaked me out but I feel he was off his rocker so I tried to
be nice until he wouldn’t let it go.
I thank god for that girl, although my hallway has cameras I was still
afraid that’s the only instance I can ever say in Korea I was afraid.
Hi chelsea !
Love your videos !! especially the part from 4:05 til 4:12 hahaha
on the other hand i think the laws considering self defense in korea should
be modified because they’re basically saying get assaulted but don’t
assault the person harasing you ?? If i were you i wouldn’t have doubted
to throw in some punches and fists right to his teeth hahha but i’m a guy
…
Anyways u lok really beautiful . looking forward to your videos
http://youtu.be/Nyw1aCbgm8g
see this. if foreigner and Korean fights, usually Korean will be the
victim. I don’t know about opposite case, but korean are nice to
foreigners. Know what you doing, act like gentleman, you will be fine. If
you’re offended try ask for help from other people. I’m not sure what it
means to ask for help in western country – may be westerners have taught to
protect themselves? – but it is really useful method. Don’t feel it shame,
whether you’re man or woman.
Thanks for making a video on this topic! I’ve seen so many videos of
foreigners talking about being followed, harassed, or elbowed by ahjummas
but it seemed to be a hopeless situation for them. I haven’t seen any
videos on the actual rules for self defense either. It’s good to know there
are little loopholes though. Thank you for this video!
Be safe Chelsea! love you very much!
This is not a joke but can you get arrested or fined for showing someone
the middle finger? Just curious?
probably my biggest youtube crush :D
I love you and your videos!
Because i used a translator, the mean that i want to say can be a slightly
wrong.
I’m korean. I can’t understand your word well. But you seem to be
experienced not a good thing.
As a korean, i want to apolozize. I hope that your life in korea is always
filled with happieness
Please use your WordPress more! Or is it dead now? I need something to read
in class ahahha
For the people who ask about korea being racist,
Koreans are not really racist but more like ethnically stupid. If you think
about, there really aren’t many foreigners in Korea (a lot of the
foreigners tend to still be some kind of Asian) so they really aren’t used
to seeing foreigners of non Asian descent. They are a very monogamous
society so when they see something strange, they become very curious and
often kind of confused. Foreigners will seem like strangers so that’s why
they can get pretty rude (who wouldn’t be weary of a stranger) older
generations tend to be the worst, but I think that stems from their great
sense of nationalism. They are afraid foreigners can’t do everything “the
korean way” and that they will ruin everything they have worked for.
But this is all just based on my observations and experiences from when I
lived in Korea
Self defense here in Korea is kind of ambiguous because of ‘The Laws’. We
need some kind of revise but no politicians here in Korea aren’t trying to
fix those. Do other countries have similar situations that Korea is having
right now?
I love your hair!
This is super helpful to know!
I am still a new foreigner here in South Korea and I take the subways
everyday!
It’s good to know these things just incase I run into these situations
myself 😛
Great video!
So…until these laws change…SK can mellow in its injustice
alone…that’s some messed up shit u just explained…
I love how some people here think certain countries have more rights than
Korea. To many countries’ standards, Korea has a lot of freedom. Even
America’s supposedly awesome democracy, and power to the people, immigrants
have less rights, even for those who has been here for mroe than a decade.
First of all I love your videos because you don’t scare to exposes the
reality of Korean society not like others YouTubers ,,, last month I
complete 2 years in south Korea so far I went through a lot of situations
my ex was young korean with the korean beauty standards V face slim body
blah blah blah even she had more than 6 plastic surgery ,,, any time we
hangout we got in trouble always by old man or woman they basically start
staring at us and then yelling cursing on her saying you are a whore why
you with foreigner how much he paid you blah blah blah it the first I did
not understand what they talk about but after sometimes I had enough it’s
happened every where I remember one time we were in the subway and we
holding each other hand and that old man approach to us trying to divide us
I swear I were like wtf don’t touch me you piece of shit .
I’m not racial but most of old korean mans specifically offer 50th are
disgusting and racially maybe more than 80% of them take the advantage that
the values of Korean society forcing the younger to respect the elder and
not argue or get involved with them to be honest I respect korean values
but not in every thing anyway I prefer under 30th korean they more open to
the world they smart friendly and hope the will make a change in the future
^^
Very informative video and something that isn’t talked about enough in my
opinion. When I visit South Korea I don’t want to get deported for
accidentally breaking the law
Thank you! I’m moving to Korea in the winter and I am going to take self
defence classes first (mostly because my dad is making me since I’m a young
girl living in another country, they want some reassurance other than my
street wise knowledge shit) but wow. Korean laws are crazy shit! Like with
a man dragging you somewhere, they could be trying to rape you. I would
fucking go crazy if someone touched me!
It was a very interesting video. Although I never felt threatened when I
was in Korea, I think the escort and safe haven ideas are really good. I
would definitely use it if it was available where I live. The laws in my
country are closer to the Korean laws (no gun, no knife, no teaser, no
mace) but we can hit back. Usually, if you are a female and got attacked,
the law will always side with you, even if you broke the assailant’s nose.
This was super helpful. Thank you for explaining this. ^_^
well I like it, I live in Italy and sometimes people get drunk and became
annoying but sometimes they get beaten really hard just for being annoying.
I mean… I understand that someone is bothering you.. but that too much on
the other side.
Nice informative video, thanks.
Haha the #4 subtitle was hilarious. Interesting info, thanks!
Sadly the extortion bit can spread to other areas of society in Korea.
Many drivers in Seoul are on the look out to literally create a car
accident with female drivers in order to extort money from them. Be
careful…
Sorry to hear about those old 아줌마 and 아저씨…
I’m Korean but even I can’t understand some of the weird old korean people
Very interesting. I’d be interested to know what school security is like in
Korea. Locked doors and video cameras like in the US? Lockdown drills? I’m
assuming not.
this is a very good video to put out there! I appreciate it!
Twisted laws in Korea. No good.
Great info, thanks for sharing!
Im from New Orleans as well! I remember when you told us about that
encounter.I want to go to Korea! Maybe when i finish school.
Lots of great ideas! Since I’ve been here I haven’t had any serious issues
while out in public. Just lots stares and comments I cant understand. I
have had a couple of issues with Korean men that are under the impression
that foreigner girls are ‘looser’ in their morals that have made me more
cautious as far as dating goes. I do think it is harder to be a white
female here though because of the prostitution/Russian thing. I have seen
my friends get harassed on a regular basis, especially if they have blond
hair. I have also heard stories of my female friends getting pushed down
stairs and pushed on the subway. Its not the norm persay, but it happens.
And the longer your here the more likely you are to come across it.
Could you make a video about the changes in the EPIK program, I hear they
might cut the program all together
I’m Korean, working abroad now, but when I was living there my cautious,
traditionally-Korean mother gave no fucks about the law. There are too many
crazies packed in that tiny country to care about “what ifs.” She provided
me with boxing lessons, a “pepper” (mace) spray, and a rape whistle. She
also taught me to yell out “Fire!” if there’s a perv following me.
Really appreciate this video, I was really curious about this topic and
appreciate the article and solutions you gave. ^.^
Hello I met you like last year at the Korvia party. Anyway, thank you for
the video. I just recently had an incident this previous week. I was in
Jongno with a friend, and we were both helping out these tourist on how to
get to Anguk. I was wearing a dress that day, and some creepy guy felt to
need to look under it. Before I could say or do anything he was already
across the street. I was really upset and confused about it and again was
not sure what to do. I had no idea the rules were so strict on self defense
even though they are in the wrong. Thanks again for the info!
Another fact — some punks & common thieves would provoke you into punching
them, then try to negotiate for money (called “hyupsang” or 협상). In fact
that is the ONLY reason why they’d try to pick a fight for no reason. It’s
a byproduct of a Korean system/culture where people can financially
negotiate their way out of misdemeanors.
Sooo….pepper spraying the lady is out of the question? q.q
are u going back to the US next year? not comming back? ㅠㅠ
It’s bizarre how safe my wife and I feel in Korea, regardless of the time
it is that we are walking around. Probably the most unsafe we’ve felt is in
Itaewon, really late at night. But even then, we still feel way safer than
in the unsafe parts of our city back in America. Even when we visited Japan
a few weeks ago, we still didn’t feel as safe as we do in Korea. It’s
great.
Also I’ve got a tip from my korean friend. If something like “elevator”
story happends, need to record everything on the phone.
Great information, just wanted to say your eyes are really stunning
(especially with the way you’ve done your eye makeup). You probably get
this a lot lol