A group of dancing policemen has become the latest pop sensation in Thailand with a YouTube video that shows them shimmying and swinging their hips as they impersonate a popular South Korean boy band. The video was posted Aug. 5 and had more than 280,000 views Tuesday when major newspaper front pages declared it “a major hit” and one tabloid exclaimed: “Police set the dance floor on fire.” “We never thought it would become this big,” said Lt. Col. Tanakorn Doltanakan, one of nine officers in the five-minute video spoof of “Sorry Sorry,” a considerably bigger hit by Korean boy band Super Junior. “It's something we did just for fun.” The policemen are part of the 4th Subdivision of Thailand's Tourist Police, set up for non-Thai speaking tourists who need police help, in the northern city of Chiang Mai. Ahead of a tourism-related police seminar earlier this month, attendees were asked to prepare for a police talent show. The 4th Subdivision, which went on to win the competition, sought inspiration from one of its more memorable assignments. “We took care of Super Junior when they toured in Chiang Mai and saw how popular the group is,” Tanakorn said. Super Junior is one of South Korea's most famous boy bands, known for their boyishly polished looks and synchronized dance routines that have earned them heartthrob status across Asia. Their version of the video has been viewed more than 6.5 million times on YouTube.
