Korean Tourist detained following bizarre incident in Naklua.

[LaaMok]

Thursday 24th September 2009

 

Korean Tourist detained following bizarre incident in Naklua.

 

Pattaya, September 24 [PATTAYA ONE NEWS] : On Thursday Morning Pattaya Police Officers received an urgent call to the Naklua Road close to the intersection with Soi Potisan following reports of a Korean Tourist who was walking in the center of the road and giving out his money to passing motorists. Fearing an accident, members of the public detained the man and called the Police. During this time, he collapsed and appeared to mentally break-down. For his own safety, Mr. Kim Sun Hee from South Korea who was carrying a substantial amount of Thai and Korean currency was taken to Hospital for a psychiatric assessment and Korean Embassy Officials were contacted so they could provide assistance to the man.

 

http://www.pattayaone.net/news/2009/september/news_24_09_52_4.shtml

[bocelli27]

Sad news. It's unusual though for Korean technology to go wrong like this. Usually, the computer programme that operates Korean tourists - so that they all dress the same, go out together, have the same(one)drink at the Muay Thai, say 'Oooo' at the same time and eat from the same dog - is considered fool-proof. A thorough investigation by the Korean Embassy goes without saying.

[Notdunrootenyet]

I wonder how much of that coin he got back !!

[Pheromone]

I wish I would've been there, could've financed some of my fun time in Pattaya for a few days!

[stayforever]

Sad news. It's unusual though for Korean technology to go wrong like this. Usually, the computer programme that operates Korean tourists - so that they all dress the same, go out together, have the same(one)drink at the Muay Thai, say 'Oooo' at the same time and eat from the same dog - is considered fool-proof. A thorough investigation by the Korean Embassy goes without saying.

[stayforever]

Sad news. It's unusual though for Korean technology to go wrong like this. Usually, the computer programme that operates Korean tourists - so that they all dress the same, go out together, have the same(one)drink at the Muay Thai, say 'Oooo' at the same time and eat from the same dog - is considered fool-proof. A thorough investigation by the Korean Embassy goes without saying.

 

 

 

What a racist rant. Ignorant and pathetic.

[bocelli27]

What a racist rant. Ignorant and pathetic.

 

I suppose I'd better not tell you the joke about the Irish potato famine then.

[bigguy]

What a racist rant. Ignorant and pathetic.

 

Me thinks it's rather funny. To each his/her/its own

[kbrainr]

A lot of people have a variety of "mind problems." This could have been someone from any country and could have been much more damaging than what that man did. I wish I had enough money to give it to more than just the ladies.

[irishstu007]

We Irish used to be known for having a sense of humour. Now I despair. More strength to your elbow, Bocelli27.

[noel2711]

I'm as sick as a parrot. Almost every morning I pass this junction on my way to buy my daily loaf but on Thursday I made do with the stale stuff from the previous day to save a few baht. Sod's law!!

[ra1nman]

Sad news. It's unusual though for Korean technology to go wrong like this. Usually, the computer programme that operates Korean tourists - so that they all dress the same, go out together, have the same(one)drink at the Muay Thai, say 'Oooo' at the same time and eat from the same dog - is considered fool-proof. A thorough investigation by the Korean Embassy goes without saying.

 

Pure gold. Same dog...I'll still be laughing hours later.

[Harry Brown]

Maybe he couldn't pull a root (fuck).... so I guess the money was no good to him.

[hardhead]

What a racist rant. Ignorant and pathetic.

 

 

 

I guess you never met a Korean in Thailand, Philippines, or even Korea? I still live in Korea for nearly 20 years and I try as hard as I can to get away from the bastards... they are everywhere like flees!!! Of course not all are bad - but the ones that are usually get what they deserve.

 

I can speak crap about Koreans cuz I was married to one and have two half-korean kids. My kids show respect to others unlike most Korean men that travel.

 

Yo-ba-say-O

[Robert 999]

What a racist rant. Ignorant and pathetic.

 

I suppose I'd better not tell you the joke about the Irish potato famine then.

 

Please, would like to hear this joke re the Irish potato famine!

[quenton79]

WOW....crazy story!!!

 

I hope the little fella is good to go now. I bet he doesn't even remember what happened!

 

He will once he check his bank account!

[bocelli27]

The joke?

 

It's a very old one, but first I'd better tell the historical facts (courtesy of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia):

 

The Great Famine (Irish: an Gorta Mór meaning "the great hunger"[1] or an Drochshaol meaning "the bad life") was a period of starvation, disease and mass emigration between 1845 and 1852[2] during which the population of Ireland was reduced by 20 to 25 percent.[3] Approximately one million of the population died and a million more emigrated from Ireland's shores.[4] The proximate cause of famine was a potato disease commonly known as potato blight.[5] Although blight ravaged potato crops throughout Europe during the 1840s, the impact and human cost in Ireland—where a third of the population was entirely dependent on the potato for food—was exacerbated by a host of political, social and economic factors which remain the subject of historical debate.[6][7]

 

The famine was a watershed in the history of Ireland.[8] Its effects permanently changed the island's demographic, political and cultural landscape. For both the native Irish and those in the resulting diaspora, the famine entered folk memory[9] and became a rallying point for various nationalist movements. Modern historians regard it as a dividing line in the Irish historical narrative, referring to the preceding period of Irish history as "pre-Famine."

 

The joke was a common play of the perceived simplicity of the Irish, as portrayed by many Brits and was simply based on denial:

 

There never was a potato famine in Ireland - they simply forgot where they planted them.