Suji Alert

The poor, poor new girl. Today she came running into work panting from her run to school. A young Korean man had flashed her and follwed her and flashed again in the safe, baby laden streets of Suji. She was understandably shaken up.

I myself have never been assaulted in any way (unless you count the legless ajumma beggar in the subway who slapped my leg one time) but many foreigners have.

One of my coworkers has had a man cross a busy street to grab her breasts, and on another occassion a man followed her through a parking lot near her house, openly fondling himself until she had to push him out of her way.

Another coworker was assaulted in the dark alleyway near her house. She credits her boss at the time for finding her an apartment in a dark alleyway.

My male coworker was hit from behind by three guys one night and then kicked in the face resulting in a broken nose. He said he was drunkenly minding his own business at the time so who knows if this is a legitimate story.

Another crazy story I heard is that a foreigner guy (in sleepy Suji) was in bed when he heard a rustling in his room. Turned out a man was sitting right in his apartment!! Needless to say, I lock my doors.

What's all this about?

[update: what a surprise! Both my parents responded to this post within minutes of its writing]