Footage emerges of wife of Belgian Ambo to Korea accused of assaulting shop staff. After trying on clothes for 1 hour and not purchasing anything, staff mistook that she had shoplifted. They apologised, but she came back angry and . Diplomats & family hold diplomatic immunity.

Regardless of the accusations, racism swirling around online now because of the alleged Chinese ethnicity of the perpetrator.

The story of the wife of the Belgian Ambassador to S. Korea accused of assaulting a shop staff just won't dissappear from headlines.

But also interesting how almost every news report just *has* to mention that she was "reportedly born in China".

I mean sure, this violence is pretty ugly... but xenophobia and racism too are ugly. Needless to say, almost all the comments on news articles on Korean portal websites are focussing on her "Chinese" ethnicity as evidence of her violence. It's really disturbing.

Update: Belgian Ambassador to Seoul Peter Lescouhier has apologised over the assault incident involving his wife, promising to cooperate with an ongoing police probe as soon as his wife recovers from an illness. http://yna.kr/AEN20210422006200325

Oh dear, now this...