{"id":34436,"date":"2026-10-01T03:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T03:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/34436\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T03:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T03:34:09","slug":"chinese-customer-threatens-korea-eatery-over-anti-communism-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/34436\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese customer threatens Korea eatery over anti-communism sign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/KGQORLKE7RBKFBX35NSUULN2RY.png\" alt=\"Illustration = Chat GPT\" height=\"410\" width=\"616\" decoding=\"async\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/>Illustration = Chat GPT<\/p>\n<p class=\" article-body__content article-body__content-text | text--black text font--size-sm-18 font--size-md-18 font--primary\">After the Chinese restaurant &#8220;Xi Jinping&#8221; in Bundang District, Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, changed its name following a store vandalism incident by a group of Chinese nationals, it also became known that &#8220;Myeolgong Banjeom&#8221; in Hwaseong was asked by a Chinese customer in the past to change its name and was threatened.<\/p>\n<p class=\" article-body__content article-body__content-text | text--black text font--size-sm-18 font--size-md-18 font--primary\">According to Channel A, the Chinese restaurant &#8220;Myeolgong Banjeom&#8221; in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, was asked two years ago by a Chinese customer to change the store&#8217;s name.<\/p>\n<p class=\" article-body__content article-body__content-text | text--black text font--size-sm-18 font--size-md-18 font--primary\">The restaurant said the customer asked to take down the signboard, saying &#8220;I will pay.&#8221; When the owner refused, the customer reportedly returned to the restaurant later and made threatening remarks.<\/p>\n<p class=\" article-body__content article-body__content-text | text--black text font--size-sm-18 font--size-md-18 font--primary\">The restaurant said the customer said things like &#8220;Think of your family&#8221; and &#8220;A gun is always aiming at the bird in that forest, be careful.&#8221; The customer also reportedly said, &#8220;I am someone dispatched from over there. Even if I don&#8217;t come here, we can send as many people like me here as we want.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\" article-body__content article-body__content-text | text--black text font--size-sm-18 font--size-md-18 font--primary\">The restaurant reported the man to police. On Apr.  after mediation by investigators, the complaint was withdrawn on the condition of receiving 4.5 million won from the man.<\/p>\n<p class=\" article-body__content article-body__content-text | text--black text font--size-sm-18 font--size-md-18 font--primary\">The owner, after learning of the recent lacquer attack at a Chinese restaurant in Bundang, said the owner feels afraid whenever Chinese customers visit.<\/p>\n<p class=\" article-body__content article-body__content-text | text--black text font--size-sm-18 font--size-md-18 font--primary\">Prosecutors are reviewing whether to indict the man on a charge of intimidation.<\/p>\n<p>\u203b This article has been translated by AI. 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