by CNNGo staff
The Korean government has leapt into action following nationwide media coverage condemning Korean vendors who rip off tourists.
The Chosun Ilbo ran an expos� earlier this month on scams at pojangmachas (covered street carts) which was then picked up and bandied about by scores of media outlets up and down the country.
One of the foreign victims was Japanese tourist Nakamura Haru, who ordered a single kimchi jeon and two bottles of beer, and was told to pay ?50,000 (US$44) at a Namdaemun pojangmacha. The standard cost for such fare at most pojangmacha is around ?16,000.
?I couldn?t communicate so I just paid and left, but I didn?t know Korea?s standards were so low,? Nakamura told Chosun Ilbo. He said that he had been ?nervous? about entering the pojangmacha, as its menu did not list any prices.
Chinese tourist Qu Fui Han, 31, was also being ripped off at a pojangmacha in Dongdaemun, according to the Korean daily. Qu, who speaks fluent Korean, said the owner yelled at him for complaining when he asked why he was paying four times as much as a Korean customer.
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