Bathroom bust up: Thai man accused of sexual harassment at South Korea’s World Scout Jamboree

A scout group commander from the North Jeolla province of South Korea accused another Thai scout group leader of being a peeping tom intent of sexual harassment after the man ventured into a woman’s bathroom during the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea. The drama emerged yesterday August 6. A group of 80 scouts and their leaders departed the event, expressing concerns about inadequate safety measures for female scouts.

Kim Tae-yeon, the head of the North Jeolla Provincial Scout Association, claimed that a Thai scout leader followed a South Korean female commander into a women’s bathroom on August 2. The Thai man was discovered inside the bathroom, but he denied the accusation, stating he had mistakenly entered the women’s facility, believing it was the men’s bathroom. He adamantly denied any intent of sexual harassment,…