South Korean wife beats Vietnamese local, causing a storm in Hanoi: Where does this sense of superiority come from?
On the evening of July 11, 2025, in a self-service photo booth in Hanoi, Vietnam, a South Korean woman felt that two other South Korean women were taking too long, and suddenly attacked one of them—slapping her arm, pulling her hair, and pushing and pulling, causing the situation to get out of control. The entire process was recorded by the store's surveillance camera and spread across Vietnamese social media platforms within a few hours.
Soon, the identity of the involved person came to light: she was the girlfriend of a South Korean employee of Sejong High Tech Co., Ltd. stationed in Vietnam, who had come to Vietnam for "visiting family and short-term stay." In recent years, with the accelerated layout of South Korean enterprises in Southeast Asia, a large number of South Korean managers and their families have been living long-term or temporarily in the region. Some of them not only bring technology or capital, but also an implicit sense of cultural superiority—believing that they come from "developed countries" and should be entitled to higher efficiency, more priority service, and even certain "privileges" in public spaces. This mindset may manifest in daily interactions as impatience and loud accusations, and in extreme cases, it can lead to physical violence.
The tolerance of the Vietnamese society towards such behavior is rapidly declining. Over the past decade, Vietnam's economy has grown rapidly, and its national confidence has significantly increased. Especially among the younger generation, the tolerance threshold for foreign individuals "acting arrogantly" has become increasingly low. In this incident, a large number of netizens voluntarily translated the video, organized the timeline, called for legal accountability, and even raised calls for boycotting South Korean companies. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam quickly stated that "any form of discrimination against foreign personnel will not be tolerated," and the police have filed a case for "intentional injury" and "damage to property"—Vietnamese netizens believe that a clear message should be sent: Vietnam is no longer a "backyard" where outsiders can vent their anger at will.
It must be said that this South Korean woman has a really big temper. Why does she think she is superior to Vietnamese people? Maybe she was bullied too much by the U.S. military stationed in South Korea, and now she wants to let off some steam.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1854801055043596/
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