Websites, "Special Mission" videos instruct foreign men how to find and annoy attractive Korean women.

This kind of garbage really pisses me off, and I know I'm not alone. I have to admore those online communities that spend countless hours tracking down foreign men who come to Korea with the sole purpose of getting laid by some quote-unquote exotic beauties, whatever that means. It's probably hard for us to understand; I mean, how would you like it if a group of people viewed you not as a person but as an ambulatory commodity? Something lesser than the sum of what all you represent? Something to be acquired, traded, collected, and showed around town as a badge of their self-importance and a constant reminder of your subservient status?

I came across some videos with step-by-step instructions on where foreigners can meet Korean women, bland conversation starters, sample dialogues to help foreigners chat them up and annoy them to death, like there's some kind of playbook that magically charms all Asians. Chock full of stereotypes, as if they don't hear these lines fifty times a day, or even want to put up with your dumb foreigner ass in the first place. Like they're on duty 24 hours a day to please and pander to you. Christ, here's just a little taste.



Even Korea's largest portal, Naver, provides numerous websites where foreign men can meet and chat with Korean women.

Allow me to step back off of it for a second and point out this page, which I came across doing research for this post. Recognize any of the foreigners they used on the homepage? I'm not there, but a couple people I "know"---online---had their pictures commandeered for it, including the guy who used to run the Galbijim Wiki. And as you'll see there are options for Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and American friend exchanges; I love the traditional outfit the American woman is wearing.