Yes. I never wore any clothing or gear with US flags or nor was there anything about my appearance, other than my race, to suggest that I might be American. They made derogatory remarks about the US and Americans, so that was obviously the reason for the harassment in the Shinchon incident. On the campus of Kodae, they simply cussed me out in English without mentioning nationality. All I was doing was walking across campus while dressed in a blazer, blouse, knee-length skirt, and pumps. I’m inclined to think xenophobia was the motivation behind the impressive display of English skills.

So how did those Koreans find out that “she” was a Chinese? Chinese are an invisible minority, unlike say the Americans, Sonagi. It’s kind of far fetched that Koreans are beating up Chinese people on the streets simply because they look Chinese. So what if they got wangtta’ed for a while and called dirty names. It’ll pass after a week.

. . . This is a country where a mob out for American blood surrounded a couple of Swiss guys and nearly beat the heck out of them

That is not the same. Those were political leftists, not your average college student, thus not the same situation at all.

I still smell bs since it is obviously baiting a sympathetic response, not to mention the blatant denial of the events that happened during the relay.

I do not know if the Chinese student’s story is true, but it certainly is plausible to any American. Nearly every single incident of verbal harassment or physical intimidation on account of my nationality while in Korea occurred when a big GI crime story like the 1995 subway brawl or a bilateral issue like the opening of the rice market was making screaming headlines. This is a country where a mob out for American blood surrounded a couple of Swiss guys and nearly beat the heck out of them. That that incident happened on the subway makes it especially credible.

The only thing about the story that strikes me as odd is a Korean calling a woman a 개새끼.

I had a scan at the original message thread and a majority of the comments were critical of the Chinese students, but a few dissenters blamed the bangzi.

Well, all seems to be back to normal today. People are generally smart enough to recognize the good in others.