In Chiang Mai, Thailand, while celebrating Songkran (Songkran), a shocking theft occurred.
According to the Thai police, more than 2,000 tourists and locals celebrated the festival together along the moat of Chiang Mai. However, in this joyful atmosphere, four South Korean men, Zhu Doo-man, Shin Fu-guk, Hong Chengbok, and Lee Cheol-hyun, took advantage of the crew to steal.
The four men stole all the way from South Street to North Street, covering each other up with skillful techniques. When they found an elderly Thai man wearing a thick gold necklace around his neck, they decided to rob it. Two thieves stepped forward to block the view of passers-by, and the other two were cutting necklaces when they were spotted by sharp-eyed Thai men.
Seeing that the matter was revealed, a Korean thief actually pulled off the gold necklace, and the four of them immediately went their separate ways. However, the Thai police traced all the way according to the video from the scene and finally arrested all four people. At the hotel where they were staying, the police also found stolen belongings, including a valuable golden Buddha.
Depending on the amount of the stolen proceeds, these thieves face up to five years in prison. Ironically, inside police sources revealed that when the South Korean thieves were arrested, they claimed to be from China. It was not until the police found the passports of the four that their Korean nationality was determined.
During Songkran, Thai police have arrested more than 10 South Korean "tourists" on suspicion of theft, indecency and harassment. In this regard, some Japanese netizens commented: Koreans do bad things in foreign countries, not only like to pretend to be Chinese, but also like to pretend to be Japanese.
A few years ago, there was even a Korean man who specialized in blackening Japanese. He often appears next to world-famous monuments in Southeast Asian countries, wearing a T-shirt with the Japanese flag on it and "JPN" written on his chest, and committing all sorts of egregious acts of vandalism.
In 2017, he brazenly climbed and trampled on the ruins of the palace at the famous Hua Phu Temple in Laos, and despite repeated stops by the staff, he ignored them and kept shouting "from Japan".
It was then that a Japanese tourist who happened to be present took a photo, and as soon as the photo was exposed on the Internet, the man was identified by his fellow South Koreans as Korean.
Therefore, once the news about "Japanese people doing bad things abroad" comes out, Japanese netizens often suspect at the first time: Are you sure this person is not a Korean impersonator?
And once you hear that "Koreans are doing bad things abroad", you will ask: Are there any people who are pretending to be Japanese?
The incident of four South Koreans posing as Chinese this time made Japanese netizens breathe a sigh of relief.