Louis Vuitton fried chicken’ owner fined in South Korea

Tongdak' means whole chicken in Korean. - AFP

SEOUL (AFP) - A South Korean court has ordered a fried chicken restaurant owner to pay 14.5 million won ($12,500) for refusing to comply with a ban on using the luxury Louis Vuitton brand name for his outlet, a report said Tuesday.

The owner, identified only by his surname Kim, had called his restaurant in Seoul, “LOUIS VUITON DAK” -- a play on the word “tongdak” which means whole chicken in Korean.