Tourist practicing yoga at South Korean royal palace faces backlash
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Vietnamese tourist sparked a controversy after she posted pictures of herself doing yoga poses in front of South Korea’s Gyeongbokgung Palace, a national heritage site. Seo Kyoung-duk, a professor of Seoul’s Sungshin Women’s University, spoke about the potential damage to national cultural institutions, and wrote on his social media: “Vietnamese media pointed out that she acted inappropriately at a Korean historical site and South Korean netizens also criticised her. Her alleged assertion that such conduct would not be a problem is wrong.” “Gyeongbok Palace is a national treasure of South Korea and its people. “We’ll take action if we discover any behaviour that is not appropriate for the palace’s image,” the centre said, according to Yonhap.
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