A friend from South Africa just now stumbled upon a nude picture on the
Chemical and Biological Engineering website of
Seoul National University, and sent me the link by Skype. I went and look, clicked on the post and up popped a giant photo of a girl -- whom, according to the headline is a "만난 녀입니다"; i.e. a "complete whore", if my Korean translation is not too off the mark.
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My friend, of course, was completely confused about what type of chemical and biological engineering is going on at
Seoul National University. Having lived in Korea for some time now, I realised what this is merely another one of those infamous cyber bullying that occurs all the time in Korea; the type that leads to suicide. The post was probably posted by her ex-boyfriend or a jealous classmate. The post actually mentions something of her being a dancer (dance instructor?) and that has something to do with her figure. My Korean is not good enough to make out the details. The picture and write-up about this girl will probably be removed by tomorrow, but by then hundreds may have seen the photo and her name boldly displayed in the title of the post.
I wrote before about how "
Korean Internet Users Kill Celebrities," but naturally the problem of cyber bullying is not reserved only to celebrities. Anyone can fall victim. A quick search for "
cyberbullying in korea" will reveal many news reports like this one: "
Cyber Bullies Reign in South Korea."
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