Xenophobic netizens attack Jasmine Lee

Filipino-Korean Jasmine Lee has yet to officially start her work as an elected representative in Korea’s National Assembly but some Koreans are already attacking her on various issues.

Days after she won a proportional representative seat following the majority victory of the Saenuri Party in the April 11 election, some xenophobic and racist netizens have again raised issues against Lee, some of them complaining about multiculturalism in Korea.

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Filipino Jasmine Lee makes history, wins in South Korea election

Call her Representative Jasmine Lee.

Filipino-Korean actress and civil servant Jasmine Bacurnay-Lee, 35, has been elected as a proportional representative in South Korea’s National Assembly election following her party’s majority victory in the polls held on April 11.

With her win, the Davao City native has made history in South Korea as the first Filipina and naturalized Korean to become a lawmaker.

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Filipina Candidate in Korea Criticized

With eight days to go before the National Assembly election in South Korea, a Filipino-Korean candidate for the proportional representative seat is getting flak for allegedly lying about her education in the Philippines.

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