When I was in South Korea, I was taking a walk up Namsan and had some Korean tourists approach me and ask if they could have their picture taken with me. I have no idea why or if perhaps they thought I was someone famous. Or maybe they were from a rural area and had never seen a caucasian woman in person before, who knows. I was with my boss and they didn't want his picture at all.
Now why would they want to have their picture taken of themselves standing next to a beautiful woman instead of a sourpuss male boss?