Headline of the Week

by Robert Koehler on July 2, 2008

in South Korea

“Gay Riot Police Officer Accused of Sexual Assault“

{ 11 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Keyser Soze July 2, 2008 at 8:44 pm

Don’t entirely understand the hubbub. Korean males are always touching their buddie’s privates.

2 dogbert July 2, 2008 at 10:05 pm

Official admission there are gays in Korea?? Quick, someone bring the candles!

3 CactusMcHarris July 3, 2008 at 4:27 am

Isn’t this an opportunity for him to be the founding member of a Hankooked Village People tribute band? Something like Shigol Min?

4 jtb-in-texas July 3, 2008 at 5:22 am

Seems like THIS will bring protests against the US-ROK SOFA too…

5 Acropolis7 July 3, 2008 at 6:00 am

I’m Mausalus9 over at Korea Times and I wrote that it seemed fishy that he is accused of insulting 13 over his fellow colleagues including seniors and juniors of himself. Looks like they want to get rid of the guy for being gay. Brave of him to come out in a country I have heard swears that there are no gay people. Good thing he was born south of the DMZ at least.

6 Acropolis7 July 3, 2008 at 6:06 am

I meant molesting, not insulting.

7 NES July 3, 2008 at 9:25 am

His name is “Gay Duck.” What did they expect?! :P

8 WangKon936 July 3, 2008 at 9:33 am

Ugh…

9 cmm July 3, 2008 at 9:55 am

@2 No gays in Korea. In this headline, gay means happy. Duh.

10 David July 3, 2008 at 11:18 am

He probably caught it from foreigners, because Koreans are not that way…

11 hoju_saram July 3, 2008 at 2:03 pm

Acropolis,

He’d probably get more play north of the border. I read an interview with a defector in Under The Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader, and he said that at least 50% of NK soldiers get off with each other (but he did say they weren’t gay the way American gays are gay – !) In ay case, I guess 10 year tours of duty without a girlfriend will do that to a man…

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