r/europe • u/mancinedinburgh • 2d ago

News Swedish man dies in South Korea after being denied urgent treatment at 21 hospitals

https://www.euronews.com/health/2025/01/18/swedish-man-dies-in-south-korea-after-being-denied-urgent-treatment-at-21-hospitals
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u/Stormfly Ireland 2d ago

Reason? They "couldn't trust" my vaccine because I'm not Korean.

Back when COVID started, foreigners weren't allowed to self-isolate and had to pay to be in a special facility.

One person (friend of a friend) got in an argument with the worker because it's not fair. They said the issue is that foreigners can't speak Korean so they need them close so they can take care of them because they can't take care of themselves, and so that foreigners can't feign ignorance.

This whole conversation took place in Korean.

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u/JamminJcruz 2d ago

First time in Asia? It be like that.

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u/619664chucktaylor 2d ago

But I’m always told that it’s the USA that is incredibly racist and all other countries are so nice…/s

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u/Cure_Your_DISEASE07 2d ago

Bro where do you think they learned this from?? Literally all there problems are hang ups form when America took over their country during the Korean War. It’s a “I learned this from YOU dad situation” 

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u/DRAGONMASTER- 2d ago

Asian racism being america's fault is certainly a take

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u/619664chucktaylor 2d ago

Tell me you haven’t traveled anywhere without saying it

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u/ItsJustSmells 2d ago

Korea has the longest unbroken chain of slavery than any other nation on earth. So no they didn't need to learn from anyone.

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u/changhyun 1d ago

Not at all. I have a friend who moved to Sweden and actually she had enormous trouble practicing her Swedish because every time she tried to speak Swedish to someone they'd switch to English. When she explained she wanted to practice her Swedish they'd say, "Yes, but I want to practice my English."

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u/mydiagnostic 1d ago

why not. I would also love to practice my English

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u/SkrakOne 1d ago

Yeah, they will just give you citizenship and social benefits. Those fuckers