Like. A. Boss.
Via Strait Times:
Mr Kim’s act has since been decried as an expression of arrogant self-entitlement and elitism by both South Korea’s political elite and older males in general in the patriarchal society.
“This shows… the way he treats his subordinates!… How does he act in private if he even acts like this in an airport?… This is the bare face of the Korean elite!” said one comment in Korean on Naver, Korea’s biggest Web portal.
Meanwhile, some cyber commentators have jokingly dubbed Mr Kim’s action a “no-look pass”, in reference to a basketball move, while others have made comparisons to the sport of curling, reported Quartz.
It is not the first time Mr Kim has attracted controversy over inappropriate behaviour; in 2015, he compared a Nigerian student’s skin colour to charcoal, causing a public uproar.