Johnny Somali
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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I don't think he will learn much in 6 months. But it IS the labor camp, and not the nice prison they have for Americans...
I hope they have video of him demanding his constitutional rights.
Spilling noodles in a place of business is where he pushed his luck too far.
Who are we to criticize their culture? Right?
Someone told me, who was in a position to know these things, in South Korea a prisoner is responsible for feeding himself, more or less. You better have money, or family, or someone who cares about you, or it will be very unpleasant.
Aunt Bee is not going to arrive with a picnic basket full of fried chicken and cole slaw, put it that way.
This why the streets of Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo, etc... are clean and safe
100 years ago, no American metropolis, police or judge would have put up with such antics either.
Too bad it wasn’t Singapore, where he’d get a good caning.
Good to see some punk getting some much deserved justice.
Too bad we don’t have that here.
I guess the race card doesn’t work in S Korea.
It does. His card just wasn't the trump suit there.
He’s a professional a-hole
deport him to Somalia after he serves his sentence ,LOL
Youtube should fire him or whatever they do to these people
The ugly American is taking a different form.
Never heard of him but from this article I would agree.
Well we can’t all do silly food reviews like Dancing Bacons
https://youtu.be/zlP-tPF-cZ0?si=D5Vs_DMkeJ1pbnWq
With with more than 1000 subscribers he could be monetized but he probably barely makes enough money to charge his cellphone.
So, I would say that being an A-hole is more of a hobby.
PROFESSIONAL being the correct word.
He got paid for it by streaming services he used.
I hope!
I remember when Michael Fay was sentenced to be lashed with a cane in Singapore. The US media was outraged that a US teenager was being subjected to “barbaric” corporal punishment in a foreign country but - surprise surprise - most US citizens viewed Fay as a spoiled US kid breaking the rules who deserved what he got. It always amazes me that US citizens think that they can go overseas and act like idiots and not get punished. Professional lesbian Brittney Griner gets caught with drugs in Russia and then cries about being sentenced to prison and the press throws a fit about it. Disgusting skank Bonnie Blue attempts to have sex with 100 men in Bali and then cries to the press about being arrested and facing 10 years in jail. They are all idiots.
Marco Rubio should immediately terminate his American citizenship.
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