​Recently, a stabbing incident in Korea made national headlines after a policewoman failed to intervene. While this is not the first time the Korean police have been criticized for passive policing, the current government’s goal to boost the number of female officers from about 10% as of 2017 to 15% by 2022 seemed to have only escalated the frustration. Many have turned to online petitions and community forums to voice their opinions of wanting to ban all female police, calling them useless and incompetent, while some counter-argued that this is not a gender issue and simply a matter of the lack of proper training. So, what do ordinary Korean citizens really think of this whole issue? We hit the streets to find out!

由于一名女警察未能成功对犯罪行为进行干预,韩国最近发生的一起持刀伤人事件成为了全国的头条新闻。虽然这并不是韩国警察第一次因为消极警务受到批评,但是现政府的目标是,在2022年将女警官的人数从2017年的10%左右增加到15%左右,这一政策似乎加剧了群众的不满情绪。许多人通过网上请愿和互联网论坛发表了他们想要禁止所有女性从警的意见,他们称女性警察无用且无能。而一些人则反驳这个事件并不关乎性别问题,当事警察只是缺乏适当的培训。所以,普通的韩国人民究竟是如何看到这个问题的呢?让我们去街头一探究竟吧!