An American tourist has been accused of spraying graffiti at 155 locations in Seoul's central Yongsan district, police said on Monday.
The Yongsan police department said it arrested an unnamed American man in his 30s who arrived in October as a tourist, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported.
The US citizen, detained on Saturday, has been charged with damaging both private and public property, including underpasses, trash cans, roads, electric poles, house gates, and store shutters, Chosun Ilbo reported.
He would graffiti the words "bruxism" or "brux" in English or Korean, and was identified and caught by police through surveillance cameras, per the outlet.
According to Yonhap, police said the arrested tourist claimed he was trying to spread awareness of bruxism, or a condition when people unconsciously grind or clench their teeth tightly.
