A spokesperson for a Seoul prosecutors’ office told NBC News on Wednesday that Ramsey Khalid Ismael, popularly known as Johnny Somali, will face trial and is banned from leaving the country.

Summary

Ramsey Khalid Ismael, known online as Johnny Somali, faces trial in South Korea for disruptive behavior at a convenience store and is banned from leaving the country.

Somali, infamous for offensive stunts, has provoked outrage with actions like desecrating the Comfort Woman statue in Seoul and mocking historical tragedies in Japan.

South Korean authorities imposed a travel ban due to flight risk, though he remains at large.

Somali’s antics, often streamed on Rumble, have drawn widespread condemnation as part of a growing trend of “nuisance influencers” disrupting communities abroad.

    • TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.eeEnglish
      43·
      29 days ago

      I’ve been waiting for him to go to Korea. A lot of western people still think Chinese, Japanese, and Korean people are a homogeneous bunch of meek doormats.

      Korean culture is polite, but also very very angry if it’s not reciprocated. Plus, every dude grew up with a national sport that involves kicking people and then they have to go into the military.

      This dude got assaulted by random Korean dudes like 4 different times and streamers put out a bounty on his head. The hilarious part is that the news stations and police are protecting the identity of the people who assaulted him, but have made him public enemy number 1.

      • Entropywins@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        29 days ago

        I was so happy when some Korean ex military guy just fucking swung on him…heard the cops took the Korean guy but never filed charges.

        • TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.eeEnglish
          3·
          29 days ago

          There’s a better video of a guy who is pretty clearly involved in organized crime, front kicking him in the chest, and then beating the shit out of his two friends by himself.

      • Joelk111@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        29 days ago

        Man people are racist as hell. I hadn’t even heard the Asian doormat stereotype before, what the fuck?

        • TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          29 days ago

          It may be a holdover from an aging stereotype. Not sure how the kids nowadays perceive east Asians, but in the 90’s it was definitely the cause of a lot of the fights I got into as a kid.