Comments on: Ansan Murder Investigation Focusing on Foreigners?

By: Exposing the Myth of Foreigner Crime in Korea at ROK Drop

Exposing the Myth of Foreigner Crime in Korea at ROK Drop — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:00:14 +0000

[...] The murders that I have seen in the Korean news by foreigners against Koreans are coming from Chinese and third country national workers. Just for clarity once again I repeat that in 2006 not one English teacher or GI murdered [...]

By: dogbert

dogbert — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:02:06 +0000

One article I read said witnesses (I believe at the stores where he purchased the bags) claimed the suspect spoke Korean, but not fluently. Thus the suspicion that he is Chinese or Chinese-Korean.

By: GI Korea

GI Korea — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:33:02 +0000

I saw the picture of the guy in the Chosun and you can't tell what Asian nationality he is yet the Chosun throws in that paragraph at the end implying it is a foreigner. Maybe every time a crime is committed in a Korean neighborhood the Chosun should note there is a high concentration of Korean people in the neighborhood.

By: usinkorea

usinkorea — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:08:15 +0000

If it were a Chinese immigrant, he might not have been viewed by the witnesses as a non-Korean —- the East Asians tend to have similar features and are often hard to tell apart (by other East Asians, I mean…), and the quote specifically references the Chinese in the area.

Still — a prejudice is exposed here since there is nothing pointing to a foreigner doing it is the fact foreigners live in the area.

If the place is like China Town in NY or SF, that would be one thing. But, unless the percentage of foreigners is so high, it greatly exceeds the Koreans in the area (or who travel in and out of the area), it is another thing…

By: Sonagi

Sonagi — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:54:02 +0000

The man was seen in person by subway workers, and his image was captured on CCTV. Apparently, he didn't look foreign, or that fact surely would have made the press. Looks like it's just another slippery attempt to associate foreigners with crime. Maybe the torso and arms belong to a foreign woman hacked to death by a deranged Korean man. Without the head, the nationality would be uncertain.