Traffic on an eight-lane road through one of Seoul’s wealthiest districts was disrupted for half an hour by <%$Linker:2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 oLinkExternal two men sitting in chairs in the middle of the road Two Men Bring Seoul’s Traffic in Gangnam to a Standstill false http://www.koreabang.com/2012/stories/two-men-bring-seouls-traffic-in-gangnam-to-a-standstill.html false false %>.
It wasn’t a political protest but reportedly a dare agreed by the men, in their 20s, to see who could last the longest sitting in the road, the fashionable Gangnam Avenue.
The two men were sitting in the road for half an hour before police arrived to arrest them, Korean media reported.
A witness apparently said they didn’t appear afraid of getting hit. “They felt brave enough to wave to passing cars. When cars honked at them, they would just wave them by and laugh amongst each other,” the witness said. A man who may have been a friend went up to them to give them a bottle of water and encouragement.
Eventually some bystanders called the police, who took 20 minutes to arrive. They arrested of the men, a 23-year-old but the other escaped on foot.
The men reportedly faced fines of nearly US$13,300.
Although no motorists appeared to get angry or leave their vehicles to confront the men, the event went up on the Internet and attracted severe criticism from users. Many viewers said the men should face punishment including death.
It wasn’t a political protest but reportedly a dare agreed by the men, in their 20s, to see who could last the longest sitting in the road, the fashionable Gangnam Avenue.
The two men were sitting in the road for half an hour before police arrived to arrest them, Korean media reported.
A witness apparently said they didn’t appear afraid of getting hit. “They felt brave enough to wave to passing cars. When cars honked at them, they would just wave them by and laugh amongst each other,” the witness said. A man who may have been a friend went up to them to give them a bottle of water and encouragement.
Eventually some bystanders called the police, who took 20 minutes to arrive. They arrested of the men, a 23-year-old but the other escaped on foot.
The men reportedly faced fines of nearly US$13,300.
Although no motorists appeared to get angry or leave their vehicles to confront the men, the event went up on the Internet and attracted severe criticism from users. Many viewers said the men should face punishment including death.
