Makes it all the more amazing because that excuse was not given. It was clearly we (S.Koreans) dont do this sort of thing. The country is completely stunned.
Now I will say that when a US jeep ran over a couple of Korean girls on accident they wanted us completely out of the country and the uproar was just as bad if not worse. They considered this a National crisis. When some black military men raped a Japanese girl, it was pretty clear by the stuff that came out that Japan is far more prejudiced towards blacks than Americans. The Japanese made it very clear that the rape was far worse than if a man of Japanese origin had done this. And the fact the rapists were from the US AND black... they were quite upset.