Foreign man kissing 'haenyeo' statue in Jeju sparks outrage

A foreign man sparked outrage online after a video of him hugging and kissing a statue honoring Jeju's haenyeo, or female divers, went viral, news reports said Friday. The video shows the man climbing onto the statue near Hamdeok Beach in Jocheon-eup, Jeju City, and making lewd gestures toward it while his companions laugh nearby. The man has reportedly lived on Jeju for about a year, while the person who filmed and uploaded the video is a Korean resident of the island, according to JTBC. The vi

By The Korea Herald