Video of Thai transgender woman suffering a beating on the streets of Korea goes viral

[breadstal2]

 

A video of a Thai transgender woman suffering a beating on the streets of Korea has gone viral. The Thai transgender woman named Kittikhun Sangtubtim was living in South Korea to study Korean. She recently wrote on her personal Facebook page warning fellow Thai women to be "very careful when traveling in Korea." 

 

The incident which led Sangtubtim to write this post on Facebook occurred this past February 29. Sangtubtim was standing outside a restaurant with her friend when allegedly, a drunk Korean man staggered toward her and tried to make moves on her by repeatedly telling her, "I love you." Sangtubtim firmly refused the man's advances, informing him that she has a boyfriend and that she was not interested. 

 

SEE ALSO: Media outlet criticized for using insensitive language to refer to sexual harassment victim

 

Sangtubtim wrote on her Facebook, "He thought I was a woman. He was really annoying. We started to insult each other."

 

Then the man allegedly started beating Sangtubtim. When you watch the video that was captured by a passerby, you see Sangtubtim sprawled on the floor and shrieking, "Mom!" over and over. Sangtubtim's friend jumped into the scuffle and started hitting the man, and another Korean man is seen trying to break off the fight. The person who is recording the scene can be overheard cursing "F*ck" repeatedly and explaining what happened to the other onlookers. 

 

 

That same night, Sangtubtim, her friend, and the Korean man who had beat Sangtubtim were all taken to the police station. Sangtubtim added, "When the man learned that I was a transgender woman, he laughed." 

 

 

The disabused Sangtubtim then concluded with, "The kind of Korean men you see on dramas don't exist. I really liked this country but now I feel afraid and paranoid. I want to warn the women who travel will be traveling without boyfriends. It's really dangerous." 

video: https://www.facebook.com/Biwieez/videos/1099711790048175/

source: http://www.allkpop.com/buzz/2016/03/video-of-thai-transgender-woman-suffering-a-beating-on-the-streets-of-korea-goes-viral

[Clay]

..

[Beenzino]

...damn

[valentinna]

....

[Alexâš¡Thunder]

wow,

 

at least he did not beat her FOR being a tran. But does not make it any less worse.

[SLUTTY SISTER]

The disabused Sangtubtim then concluded with, "The kind of Korean men you see on dramas don't exist. I really liked this country but now I feel afraid and paranoid. I want to warn the women who travel will be traveling without boyfriends. It's really dangerous." 

 

 

then maybe you shouldn't fetishize korean men? they are just like men from any other country except they're korean

[NELLO-HOPE]

 .....

[swiftswitchsurf]

What the literal fuck is with all these ellipses?

 

Anyways, this is just a terrible circumstance and reflects poorly on folks perception of korea.

[Aryu]

well shit

 

but tbh...drunk strange men often aren't safe for women to be around, it's not exactly just Korea..

[Mischo]

Damn I see the japanese getting a bit excited in the comment section ha!

 

Poor woman though :/

[☆ micah ☆]

god, that's awful. when i saw viral i was worried it was spreading a, like, comedic way, but i think it's more in the way that police shootings go viral. i hope she's okay.

[Mr_Disco]

A thing to note, he didn't beat her because she's transgender, he beat her because she turned him down after he approached her. Still a vile and distusting thing to do. But it seems kinda unneccesary to include the "transgender" when it doesn't have anything to do with her being trans.

 

EDIT: I pisses me off that it took so long for someone to jump and help her, also why was that asshole just filming instead of helping her? This kinda stuff gets my blood running.

[Jiyu]

wow,

 

at least he did not beat her FOR being a tran. But does not make it any less worse.

[Hyoyeonisnotfood]

Mess , But lets not act like Koreans are monsters... i have seen plenty other countries do this..

 

it still isn't ok tho , they deserve a punishment

[SheeraEtheral]

Wow. 

[Nestea Iced Tea]

a drunk Korean man staggered toward her and tried to make moves on her by repeatedly telling her, "I love you." Sangtubtim firmly refused the man's advances, informing him that she has a boyfriend and that she was not interested.

This guy sounds like the typical entitled asshole that thinks that every woman he hits on should give him the time of day and talk to him.

 

*Roll eyes*

[╯SHIwol╰]

I thought he beat her because she's transgender. But encountering a drunk person like that alone would be even scarier. Good thing she's with a friend.

[Shoihyun]

Ouch...

[Joga]

then maybe you shouldn't fetishize korean men? they are just like men from any other country except they're korean

What an ugly thing to say.

[hitthoselightz]

the fact that most people just stood there

 

disgusting

[unemployedblackman]

What an ugly thing to say.

 

No he/she speaking the truth. That's what happen when you fetishize something or someone. It's not going to be some beautiful rainbow at the end. Most people have the same beliefs as her on these forums. I know there will be some bad and some good. But expecting all of them to be prince charming is rofl. Reality has set in for her sadly.

[bluesclues]

I hope she's alright now, men who can't take no for an answer and resort to violence deserve to be locked up. Hopefully she'll realize that this isn't a reflection of all Korean men and neither are dramas for that matter. 

 

EDIT: I pisses me off that it took so long for someone to jump and help her, also why was that asshole just filming instead of helping her? This kinda stuff gets my blood running.

 

Right? The fact that their first response to a fight is "Lemme take out my phone and take a video of this man beating the shit out of her so I can upload it later!" is so idiotic. Go help her for god sake.

[SLUTTY SISTER]

What an ugly thing to say.

I am not talking about what happened to her, of course that was wrong and people should have helped i'm separating what she posted from the incident that happened. Why would she have to tell people that the guys in korea aren't like the ones in kdrama.. isn't that a given? are all the guys in the us going to be super nice and caring like the lead in titanic or that wallflower show? no. it's ridiculous to think that she went to korea because she thought korean men are like song joong ki and yoo ah in etc. it's just dumb. 

 

of course i feel remorse for what happened to her but I am responding directly to what I quoted only. 

[twicecrushed]

Lame conservative AF! Age status differentiate, social status differentiate, seniority status differentiate, colors differentiate, face sizes differentiate, gender treats differentiate.. What else? I can't with theirs social interactions system.

 

 

 

Edit: negs negs negs, let's be friend.

[♩ ♪ ♫ ♬]

romantic kdramas are written by women and for their fantasies so the men on there are not real..