Japanese tourist departs Korea after arrest for assaulting taxi driver

A Japanese tourist suspected of assaulting a taxi driver left South Korea a day after his arrest, raising the possibility the case could stall, police said Wednesday. According to Seoul’s Namdaemun Police Station, the man in his 20s was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of kicking a taxi driver over an unpaid fare. Police said the suspect refused to pay after claiming the driver, in his 50s, had failed to drop him off at his intended destination. He allegedly kicked the driver at around 10 p.m. ne

By The Korea Herald