Seoul jails US YouTuber over 'comfort women' statue stunt
An American YouTuber, Johnny Somali (Ramsey Khalid Ismael), was sentenced by a Seoul court to six months in prison for public order violations tied to a 2024 video in which he kissed a statue memorializing Korea's wartime 'comfort women'; he had been indicted and banned from leaving Korea, apologized for not recognizing the statue's significance, and faced ongoing backlash from locals.