Hello readers.

I'm not going to go into any great amount of detail as the following is extremely private... but I just want to post this up as a warning to any of the girls reading.

A little over a week ago, in the middle of the day, I was sexually assaulted in my apartment building elevator.

A month before my assault another girl was attacked in the building next to mine by a guy matching the description and using the same method of assault as the one who attacked me.

I went to the police and they've been doing the best they can with what they've got (a very crappy CCTV image capture).

Unfortunately, this weekend another girl was assaulted. It happened in the same buildings, in the same way, and probably by the same guy.

Girls, be on your guard. Korea is safer (crime percentage wise) than most of the western countries but that doesn't mean that bad things will never happen. WE'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL.

First of all, don't ever get on an elevator with a man that you don't know. I never thought about it before, but that's just plain stupidity. Would you walk in to a windowless closet with a strange man and then shut the door behind you? Uh... no. Elevators are no different. While it's traveling to a certain floor it's an exitless box.

Secondly, if something like this ever does happen to you... don't keep it quiet. GO TO THE POLICE!

Staying silent is just giving the man who hurt you another (and better) opportunity to hurt someone else.

Don't just keep those keys ready in your hand when you're walking down the street at night alone. Don't expect it to be some drunk man on a friday night that makes an attempt. If you're alone then you should always keep an eye out, day or night. You don't have to be paranoid, just be aware.

Also, if you do get attacked, FIGHT! Knock the crap out of the guy. Hit him with whatever you've got. I don't know the details of the last assault but I hope that the girl managed to at least give him quite a wallop.

I'm really hoping that the police will catch this guy soon. Hopefully they have enough (crappy) CCTV images to get a better idea of who they're looking for.

Well.

Just be careful ladies.

Until next post (one that will hopefully be a little less serious),

~A