Rough Night Out, Eh?

by Robert Koehler on October 16, 2007

in IT Korea, Korean Culture, Ministry of Barbarian Affairs, South Korea, Stupid Foreigner Tricks

And in local news, a 50-year-old civil servant at Gyeongsangnam-do Provincial Hall was arrested in Changwon on charges of fleeing the scene after he hit two parked cars while driving drunk.

The best part, though, is that after he was caught, he not only refused to take a Breathalyzer test, but he also allegedly assaulted — twice! — a 32-year-old American English teacher who tried to stop him from drunk driving and turned him in.*

*Translation edited.

See also here — video footage included! (HT to SweetLou)

{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

1 MrMao October 16, 2007 at 1:40 pm

What’s an American alcoholic to do?

2 SweetLou October 16, 2007 at 2:08 pm

Conflicting information?

http://news.kbs.co.kr/article/.....40730.html
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레오나르도(외국인 영어강사): “술을 많이 마셨으니까 위험하다고 운전을 하지 말라고 했습니다. 차라리 제가 주차장까지 운전을 하겠다고 하니, 저를 밀치면서 가라고 했습니다.”

레오나르도씨는 운전자를 붙잡아 경찰에 신고를 했습니다.
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3 Robert Koehler October 16, 2007 at 2:10 pm

Nope.. just a mistake in translation.

Thanks. And sorry.

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