http://www.asianpacificpost.com/news/article/353.html
Mar 22, 2005 Canadian English teachers are among the main targets after a TV show painted a picture of foreigners in South Korea
as an assortment of high-school dropouts, losers, drug peddlers and pedophiles.
A homegrown campaign urging foreigners to leave South Korea has prompted warnings for western visitors to stay away from certain parts of Seoul.
The Seoul Times reported that demonstrations against foreigners are planned and an online petition to keep foreigners out of South Korea has already received thousands of signatures.
*The US embassy, the paper said, has warned American citizens to stay away from certain parts of Seoul.
*The Canadian Embassy in Seoul on its website said that it is concerned at the rate of sexual assault against foreigners.
"The use of public transport after dark may be safer than using taxis when travelling alone," it states.
The Yonhap News Agency said that TV station SBS recently aired a program painting a picture of foreign teachers in South Korea
as an assortment of high-school dropouts, losers, drug peddlers and pedophiles.
The BBC car show Top Gear received criticism from Korean manufacturing groups after lampooning Korean cars as “fridge like“ in their design.
The popular US TV show Lost was also heavily criticized after it was accused of perpetrating negative stereotypes of Korean men.
Even Oprah Winfrey couldn‘t escape criticism after she accused Korean women of being obsessed with plastic surgery.
