Foreign man kissing 'haenyeo' statue in Jeju sparks outrage

A foreign man sparked outrage online after a video of him hugging and kissing a statue honoring Jeju's haenyeo, or female divers, went viral, news reports said Friday.

The video shows the man climbing onto the statue near Hamdeok Beach in Jocheon-eup, Jeju City, and making lewd gestures toward it while his companions laugh nearby.

The man has reportedly lived on Jeju for about a year, while the person who filmed and uploaded the video is a Korean resident of the island, according to JTBC.

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