{
  "id": 5876999,
  "title": "[LAUGHING THROUGH HISTORY 31] 'I'm the One Who Farted'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/laughing-through-history-31-im-the-one-who-farted",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-06T01:17:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/globalcommunity/20260906/laughing-through-history-31-im-the-one-who-farted"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In older Korean humor, a recurring theme involves women who pass gas. One well-known folk tale, \"The Farting Daughter-in-Law,\" has been recounted numerous times. The story revolves around a young girl who produces excessive flatulence. When she gets married, she struggles to control her natural bodily functions, fearing she will offend her in-laws. This leads to her becoming ill when she finally releases the gas, and it results in the house collapsing due to the force of her fart. However, there is a happy resolution to the tale. Throughout history, women's flatulence has been a common comedic device in Korean humor texts. I have not come across similar humor involving men, possibly because flatulence in men is perceived as normal or because for men, it doesn't violate social norms in the same way. The joke I am translating today involves a woman in a significant, formal social setting who inadvertently releases a fart. In an attempt to preserve her dignity, she falsely accuses her son of causing the incident. The humor arises from the irony of these two characters striving to adhere to social norms and maintain their pride, yet both ultimately fail in their efforts.",
  "summary": "A common subject in older Korean humor is women who fart. The humorous folk tale called “The Farting Daughter-in-Law” has been translated and retold many times: the gist is that a young girl who farts a lot gets married, then tries to hold her farts in order not to offend her in-laws, which makes her sick, and when she finally lets loose, the blast of flatus blows their whole house down. Luckily,…",
  "key_points": [
    "Korean humor tradition features women farting in folk tales",
    "\"The Farting Daughter-in-Law\" recounts excessive flatulence",
    "Modern joke involves woman falsely blaming son for fart"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The use of female flatulence as a comedic device in traditional Korean humor highlights the societal expectations placed on women to conform to certain norms of propriety and decorum.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "[LAUGHING THROUGH HISTORY 31] 'I'm the One Who Farted'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/laughing-through-history-31-im-the-one-who-farted-5878605",
        "published": "2026-09-06T01:22:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}