According to asiancorrespondent.com that translated a news report in Korean, at least five gay men are known to have been attacked by a pair of men or a group of three men on separate occasions in late October and early November.

A man wrote about the attack that occurred on Nov 4 in the Jongro district of Seoul on what was described as nation's largest homosexual community website: "I was brutally beaten because of homophobia. It happened because I was out with my (homosexual) partner and we were acting like lovers."

"I was walking with my partner in an alley in Jongro when suddenly three men came over and called us gays and fags and hit us… I have bruises over my entire face from the beating." 

Another man and his partner were attacked in Jongro5-ga at approximately 1.20am on Oct 29 when three men came from across the street to assault them. Another gay man in his 20s was attacked by two men the same night.

The report noted that an increasing number of warnings of homophic attacks in Jongro – a busy shopping district and known meeting place for gays – have appeared on Twitter recently.

Only one incident has been reported to police and the Jongro Police is said to be investigating security camera recordings.

The report quoted a police officer as saying that "on the weekend there are often incidents of harassment and assaults of homosexuals across the country, but most avoid the investigation to avoid ther homosexuality becoming known... Those have not come out are much less likely to make a report to police."