You\u2019ve heard the song, you\u2019ve seen the dance – now Gangnam Style, by South Korean pop star Psy, has become the inspiration for the country\u2019s tourist police.<\/p>\nYou\u2019ve heard the song, you\u2019ve seen the dance – now Gangnam Style, by South Korean pop star Psy, has become the inspiration for the country\u2019s tourist police.<\/p>\n
Psy\u2019s costume designer has created snappy uniforms for the new force, comprising bright blue jackets, dark trousers, grey shirts, sunglasses and black berets.<\/p>\n
And to add a twist to today\u2019s launch in Seoul, the hit song was played as the new recruits were unveiled – with a police drill unit performing Psy\u2019s signature horse-riding dance.<\/p>\n
Up to 100 young men and women have been fitted out and when they stepped out on parade they issued a warning that anyone who tries to rip off tourists will have to answer to them.<\/p>\n
Each officer will be wearing a badge to denote the languages he speaks, which include English, Japanese and Mandarin.<\/p>\n
\u2018Tourists who think they were overcharged by taxi drivers or street food vendors can come and talk to us,\u2019 said English-speaking recruit Park Jae-Hyoung.<\/p>\n
\u2018We will help settle the problem,\u2019 he told AFP. Mr Lee Charm, president of the Korea Tourism Organisation wanted to make it clear to the recruits that they weren\u2019t formed because the country was unsafe.<\/p>\n
\u2018You are ambassadors who promote how safe this country is,\u2019 he said. \u2018From now on, you guys will be very busy having pictures taken with tourists.\u2019<\/p>\n
While they will be chatty with tourists and will automatically smile whenever a camera is pointed at them, the tourist police have been told that because they will not be carrying weapons they must call in regular officers if they are confronted with a crime or a dangerous situation.<\/p>\n
South Korea has become an increasingly popular holiday destination and last year topped 10million visitors for the first time – partly thanks to interest sparked by the international Gangnam Style craze.<\/p>\n
The song, which was released last year, made Psy a global star and it is now the most popular video of all time on YouTube, with nearly 1.8billion views.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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