‘Gangnam Style’ tourist police on duty
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South Korea unveiled its new tourist police force yesterday, with snappy uniforms from rapper Psy’s costume designer and a “Gangnam Style” launch in central Seoul.
Around 100 young policemen and women make up the first batch of the new force formed to protect tourists from being ripped off during their stay in the South Korean capital.
The officers were handpicked for their linguistic skills, and can speak a range of languages including English, Chinese and Japanese.
“Those who think they are overcharged by taxi drivers or street food vendors can come and talk to us. We will help settle the problem,” English-speaking recruit Park Jae-Hyoung said.
Each officer wears a badge denoting his or her language expertise on a special dark-blue uniform created by one of the costume designers for the “Gangnam Style” star Psy.
The singer’s global hit was played at yesterday’s launch event, with a police drill unit performing his signature horse-riding dance.
The number of foreign travellers to South Korea has steadily grown over the years and topped 10 million for the first time in 2012.
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