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▲A man (center) pushing an individual who assaulted a Chinese couple in Seoul
Vietnam Attack
A video of a Korean woman assaulting a Vietnamese woman at a self-service photo booth in Hanoi has gone viral online, sparking outrage among local residents, according to news reports Wednesday.
The victim revealed the incident in her social media post on Tuesday, saying she and her friend were using the booth around 9 p.m. on July 11, after paying properly and within their allotted time.
A Korean woman approached them while they were taking photos, and according to the victim, she told them to hurry up and come out.
Security camera footage shows the Korean woman striking the victim on the arm, and a full-blown physical altercation began when she snatched her hat.
The two women then grabbed each other’s hair.
Despite attempts by their companions and staff to intervene, the fight lasted several minutes.
The footage showed the Korean woman kicking the Vietnamese woman after she fell to the ground and continued assaulting her after they exited the booth.
The Korean woman later claimed she had been intoxicated and told local media that she had settled the matter by promising to pay the victim 60 million Vietnamese dong ($2,300). However, according to the victim’s social media post on Tuesday, the money was never paid.
Chinese Attack in Seoul
On the evening of July 3, a Chinese international student, Xiaolin, and her boyfriend were chased and assaulted by a Korean man in the Hongdae Business District, Seoul.
Asked why he targeted the couple, the man said: "I just beat Chinese tourists."
After pretending to leave the scene, he sneaked behind the couple and threw a few more punches at them before bystanders intervened. He repeated the same assault two more times, targeting the same couple.
"He is specifically targeting Chinese nationals." Said Mr. Kim, a witness, and added that this was not the first time Chinese tourists have been targeted by a random individual in Seoul.
According to Seoul police records, the man had been reported three times for similar incidents in the past three months, but was only slapped with a light punishment for disrupting public order.
Mr. Lee, a policeman at Myeongdong Police Station in Seoul, said that the man is 28 years old and unemployed, and added that he was previously imprisoned for theft.
Lee told reporters that the man is targeting Chinese nationals because they usually don't fight back, and he is also driven by the hate speech against Chinese people on local social media, where posts encouraging people to beat Chinese nationals receive thousands of likes.
Mr. Wang, a consular protection officer of the Chinese Embassy in South Korea, said that the number of reports they received concerning violent incidents involving Chinese tourists from January to June 2025 increased by 67% year-on-year.
The number might be higher than reported, Wang said, since the majority of tourists choose neither to fight back nor report the incidents, fearing that it would affect their itinerary.
Xiaozhang, an international student in South Korea, advised people not to fight back, but to run to a nearby convenience store and call the police.
"When you encounter this kind of thing, run first! Run to the convenience store with a surveillance camera and call the police."
He showed reporters a "safety map" app on his mobile phone, which marked safety points in 20 areas frequented by Chinese people in Seoul.
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