[hiatus]

> According to a survey conducted by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea among foreign residents in South Korea in 2019, 68.4% of respondents declared they had experienced racial discrimination, and many of them said they experienced it due of their Korean language skills (62.3%), because they were not Korean (59.7%), or due to their race (44.7%).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_South_Korea

[OsrsNeedsf2P]

I've been or seen people denied entry to bars/restaurants/stores based on their skin color, but it's very rare and that's about as bad as it gets. It's not like Japan where you can't go into a sauna if you've got a tattoo.

[ssijak]

what is the explanation of not allowing tattooed people in a sauna

[mathverse]

Tattoos are associated with Yakuza.

[kristofferR]

Is there still a taboo towards tattoos on people obviously not associated with Yakuza, like tattooed foreigners?

[mathverse]

It's more of a dress code thing or they just dont want to serve foreigner. Not necessarily because they are racist but due to language barrier they dont want to stress about it.

[ssijak]

nice way to describe xenophobic behavior