Posted on 04/15/2026 5:58:00 AM PDT by Mr. K
A controversial American YouTuber was sentenced to half a year in a South Korean labor prison for his nuisance behavior, including posting a video of himself crudely dancing on a statue honoring World War II sex slaves.
Ramsey Khalid Ismael, a self-proclaimed internet “troll” known as Johnny Somali online, was tossed into the specialized prison on Wednesday, the Korea Herald reported.
Ismael, 25, had provoked citizens in South Korea by singing the North Korean national anthem, spilled noodles inside a convenience store, got into several heated arguments with strangers, and degraded the solemn “Statue of Peace,” all stunts he shared on YouTube.
“I am the Otto Warmbier of South Korea. A political prisoner wrongfully and falsely accused and made into a scapegoat by a tyrannical government. The truth will come to light soon,” Ismael wrote on X in January, referencing college student Otto Warmbier, who became a North Korean prisoner in 2016 before he was released in a vegetative state and later died.
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Got it. More of an avocation than a vocation. He can work on going pro after he’s released from the hoosegow. I believe in him. He obviously has what it takes to be a world class a-hole
ROK guards aren’t as restricted as US prisons. I hope he acts up. 6 months in a Korean prison isn’t going to be a short 6... but a long 6 months.
With a few more supporters like you I am sure he will go pro one day. He certainly has the raw talent to go all the way.
;)
Hopefully some Korean gangsters will beat him to a pulp in prison
Some people insist that Trump is a dictator. They then go to foreign countries and act in the same way they do in the U.S. and are surprised that the “superior culture” puts them in prison.
I remember that.
Did anyone hear anything from that kid after that? Maybe he learned him some manners.
I always wonder what the heck they did to Otto Warmbier...
Apparently, he had some more run-ins with the law in the US over minor drug charges in the 90s. There was a “where are they now” article that said he was a manager at a casino restaurant about 10 years ago but nothing since.
Since its in his name, I hope they return him to Somolia when he gets deported.
He’s also getting sex offender status tagged on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbto0N6PkIs&pp=ygUNbGVnYWwgbWluZHNldA%3D%3D
Perhaps some of that Somalii grift fraud mnoney is finding it way to him.
He is not a Japanese citizen, why not deport him if he is being a nuisance?
Maybe he is a US service man?
His real name is Ramsey Khalid Ismael, and he was born on September 26, 2000, in Phoenix, Arizona.
He holds American nationality and has been identified as a Somali-American with mixed heritage, including Ethiopian roots.
Despite his controversial activities in South Korea and other countries, he is consistently referred to in legal proceedings and media reports as an American citizen.
But is he really? It really depends upon the citizenship of his parents when he was born, and the ruling about birthright citizenship that the Supreme Court is ajudicating currently.
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