Korean TV show removes Thai monk satire from Facebook page
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South Korean TV show ‘Comedy Big League TV’ has removed a short parody depicting two Thai monks from its Facebook page after netizens in the Southeast Asian nation voiced their outrage online this week.
The video, which can be seen below, depicts two buffoonish Thai monks, before taking a dig at Thailand’s love of K-Pop. The Facebook video clocked up 14 million ‘likes’ before it was removed.
Later in the video one of the monks, a woman, is seen slapping a man made to appear like the Buddha image over the head. It is strictly forbidden for women to make any contact with Buddhist monks in Thailand.
Many Thais expressed their outrage in the comments on the Facebook post, calling the skit “bad-mannered”, “stupid”, and other things we won’t republish here. While angry Thais argued that their, or any, religion should not be made fun of, Korean commenters hit back saying Thai people should respect their freedom of expression.
The Bangkok Post reported Wednesday: “One Thai commenter said he will petition the South Korean embassy to order the programme to delete a record of the show, said a report on Matichon Online.”
It seems like he got his way, as the original post was “unavailable”, Friday morning.
