South Korean woman fired from job over viral brawl at photo booth in Vietnam
Her employer apologised over the incident in Hanoi that has sparked outrage and diplomatic concerns
The incident went viral after surveillance footage circulated widely online. Last Friday, two South Korean women reportedly assaulted two Vietnamese women at a self-photo booth in Hanoi’s My Dinh district, a neighbourhood known for its sizeable Korean community.
The incident reportedly began when one of the South Koreans told the locals to hurry up before physically attacking them. Surveillance footage showed her slapping one of the Vietnamese women and knocking off her hat.
In YouTube videos covering the incident, South Korean commenters wrote, “You should be handed over to Vietnamese authorities and punished under their laws”, and “You’ve embarrassed Korea. I apologise as a fellow Korean.”
The company that employed one of the South Koreans said that it had fired her and apologised to the Vietnamese people and everyone affected by the incident.