On September 2, the YouTube channel “Jeju-do Kkukkujini” uploaded a video titled “Why Do I Feel So Anxious? A Jeju Resident Talks About the Real Safety Situation on Jeju.” In the video, the YouTuber shared what she described as an acquaintance’s experience, recounting a frightening incident involving a taxi passenger in the early hours of the morning.
She said, “A friend of someone I know had been drinking late at night and fell asleep after getting into a taxi. When the person woke up some time later, they found themselves in a reed field. The vehicle had stopped, and the taxi driver was outside talking to someone on the phone.” According to the YouTuber, the passenger managed to get out through the back seat and flee through the reeds while the driver was distracted by the phone call, before later reporting the incident to police.
She also claimed that Jeju’s visa-free entry system had been exploited for criminal purposes. “There have reportedly been cases where people arrived in Jeju on a late-night flight, robbed a jewelry store near the airport, and then escaped on the first flight out the following morning,” she said. “Some of them were arrested, but the whereabouts of a group that allegedly left the country on the same day after committing the crime remain unknown.”
The YouTuber also brought up an assault that allegedly took place in a public restroom near Jeju City Hall in the past. She recounted, “Someone went into a public restroom early in the morning before heading home after drinking. Suddenly, a man came out of the adjacent stall and strangled the person with a cellphone charging cable.” She said the victim screamed for help, prompting a young man who was in the nearby men’s restroom to rush in, resulting in the alleged attacker being caught.
She also shared an incident that she claimed to have experienced personally. “I was watching TV and talking about the country with the owner of a pajeon restaurant I know when a Chinese family who understood Korean suddenly started loudly swearing,” she said. “When I responded, ‘Is this your country? We were talking about Korea, so what does it have to do with you?’ the situation escalated to the point where they became agitated and started hitting the table.” However, most of the cases presented by the YouTuber were reportedly stories she heard from acquaintances rather than incidents she personally witnessed, and the specific circumstances of those accounts have not been independently confirmed.
Meanwhile, YouTuber What’s mean, who serves as an official promotional ambassador for Jeju Special Self-Governing Province and has around 400,000 subscribers, has reportedly suffered serious secondary harm from malicious comments following the recent disappearance of a woman in her 30s in the province.
Sources: Naver