South Korean tourists tries to enter Presidential office to get allergy help
South Korean tourists tries to enter Presidential office to get allergy help
2026-08-27
The Presidential Office has many duties, but treating patients suffering from allergic reactions is not one of them. That’s what a South Korean tourist recently discovered, after getting an allergic reaction while visiting Taipei. The man rushed over to the Presidential Office Building, planning to go in to ask for help. But he didn’t make it inside. He was stopped by security guards on the street, who immediately called for medical help. But perhaps the tourist’s decision to go to the Presidential office is not that strange, if you consider how similar the building looks to the NTU Hospital, which is just a stone’s throw away. Let’s hear more.
- Maybe some fruit.
Fruit or sunny.
- Fruit and sunshine.
- Maybe, maybe.
- What’s wrong?
- It seems he can’t breathe.
He’s struggling to breathe,
so he lay down there.
- His face and hands are red,
- It’s an allergic reaction.
Huang Kuo-cheng
FTV reporter
A South Korean tourist apparently mistook the Presidential Office Building for NTU Hospital. It’s actually not unreasonable, as the building looks very similar to the NTU Hospital, built in red bricks and with white embellishments, in a style popular during the Japanese colonial period. So it’s no wonder that at first sight they might look the same.
Member of public
Finds buildings similar
The colors are very similar. But if you look at the details, they aren’t alike.
Member of public
Understands confusion
The tourist might have gotten confused, as both buildings are red, and they are in a similar style. They’re also very close to each other.
Both buildings date back to the Japanese colonial period, and feature ornate decorations that accentuates their grandeur. The Presidential Office Building was completed in 1919, and features red brick and white trim mimicking English Victorian architecture with baroque ornamentation. It’s very similar to the NTU Hospital Building, which was completed only two years later in 1921. To tourists unfamiliar with the area, they could easily be confused with each other.
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烏龍! 韓遊客急性熱過敏 "誤把總統府當醫院"急求救
2026-08-27
韓國觀光客來台旅遊，出現急性熱過敏，誤把總統府當作是醫院，打算入內求助，正在總統府執行勤務的員警，及時上前協助，將男子送醫，初步了解，總統府附近的台大醫院舊館，外觀跟總統府，都是紅磚灰白色系的建築外觀，不排除觀光客，無法分辨兩者差別，才會誤認。
- Maybe some fruit
Fruit or sunny
- 水果跟陽光
- Maybe maybe
- 他哪裡不舒服
- 好像是沒辦法喘
呼吸困難
躺在這邊這樣
- 他的臉跟手都紅紅的
- 他這邊都過敏
[[民視記者 黃國誠]]
“韓國觀光客誤把總統府，當作是醫院打算入內求助，而攤開地圖，附近的台大醫院外觀，還真的總統府有幾分神似，台大醫院舊館外觀，一樣是紅磚灰白色系，和總統府都是日治時期的建築物，這也難怪外國人來到台灣，第一時間可能會分不清楚”
[[民眾]]
“就都是顏色很像，如果有仔細看，是不太像”
[[民眾]]
“韓國人他可能以為是紅色的建築，相當類似這樣，而且(距離)滿近的，所以可能會有一點誤解”
日治時期建物，和總統府一樣，都有一座中央塔，突顯建築物雄偉。總統府1919年完工，屬於後文藝復興樣式，巴洛克裝飾風格，台大醫院舊館，則是1921年完工，一樣是後文藝復興樣式，維多利亞式紅磚風格，對於非熟門熟路的觀光客而言，看起來恐怕都差不多。
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