Comments on: National Treasure No. 1 Burns http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/02/10/national-treasure-no-1-burns/ Korea... in Blog Format Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:29:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Sonagi http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/02/10/national-treasure-no-1-burns/#comment-134461 Sonagi Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:04:41 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/02/10/national-treasure-no-1-burns/#comment-134461 Out of curiosity, I checked out some Chinese BBSes to read Chinese netizen reactions to the burning of Sungnyemun. Lots of snickering, snide comments punctuated with 高丽棒子s. How mean and immature do you have to be to laugh at the loss of a cultural relic? Chinese netizens rival their Korean counterparts in meanspiritedness and classlessness. Out of curiosity, I checked out some Chinese BBSes to read Chinese netizen reactions to the burning of Sungnyemun. Lots of snickering, snide comments punctuated with 高丽棒子s. How mean and immature do you have to be to laugh at the loss of a cultural relic? Chinese netizens rival their Korean counterparts in meanspiritedness and classlessness.

]]> By: andy http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/02/10/national-treasure-no-1-burns/#comment-134448 andy Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:26:57 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/02/10/national-treasure-no-1-burns/#comment-134448 cm again graces the comment section of this blog with his hypocrisy. He accuses a certain poster of "poor research" and "distorting facts" and yet he himself delves into the same activities that he accuses others of doing. cm again graces the comment section of this blog with his hypocrisy. He accuses a certain poster of “poor research” and “distorting facts” and yet he himself delves into the same activities that he accuses others of doing.

]]> By: Curator & Collector » South Korean “National Treasure 1″ Torched http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/02/10/national-treasure-no-1-burns/#comment-134326 Curator & Collector » South Korean “National Treasure 1″ Torched Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:54:26 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/02/10/national-treasure-no-1-burns/#comment-134326 [...] The picture above was taken a few years ago with my first digital camera–an old, and not very good, webcam. Today, photographs of the destruction are all over the internet, but few can cover the Korean scene photographically better than Robert Koehler. For his own pre-fire pictures, see here. For his post with news pictures of the aftermath of the destroyed gate, see here. [...] [...] The picture above was taken a few years ago with my first digital camera–an old, and not very good, webcam. Today, photographs of the destruction are all over the internet, but few can cover the Korean scene photographically better than Robert Koehler. For his own pre-fire pictures, see here. For his post with news pictures of the aftermath of the destroyed gate, see here. [...]

]]> By: mcnut http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/02/10/national-treasure-no-1-burns/#comment-134242 mcnut Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:01:39 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/02/10/national-treasure-no-1-burns/#comment-134242 yeah after the events have transpired and details emerge comment #1 wasnt that far offbase yeah after the events have transpired and details emerge comment #1 wasnt that far offbase

]]> By: Linkd http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/02/10/national-treasure-no-1-burns/#comment-134238 Linkd Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:42:23 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/02/10/national-treasure-no-1-burns/#comment-134238 <blockquote>Anyone who wants to get a really heartbreaking overhead view, give me a call and make an appointment</blockquote> I'm going to stop by for a look around 2 pm. I'll call up to see if you're free. (And the door to the conference room stays <b>open</b>).

Anyone who wants to get a really heartbreaking overhead view, give me a call and make an appointment

I’m going to stop by for a look around 2 pm. I’ll call up to see if you’re free. (And the door to the conference room stays open).

]]> By: R. Elgin http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/02/10/national-treasure-no-1-burns/#comment-134234 R. Elgin Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:08:15 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/02/10/national-treasure-no-1-burns/#comment-134234 "CM", that troll at KT is coming from Korea according that IP address, not Australia. It does sound like parody though. “CM”, that troll at KT is coming from Korea according that IP address, not Australia. It does sound like parody though.

]]> By: JiMong http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/02/10/national-treasure-no-1-burns/#comment-134230 JiMong Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:16:40 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/02/10/national-treasure-no-1-burns/#comment-134230 "MSNBC is saying there is a man in custody with a history of arson. Back in 2006 he tried to torch the Changgyeong Palace in Seoul." He just admitted according to MBC radio news, surprisingly witness saying that there were always 2-4 homeless from Seoul Grand Station use Namdeamoon as overnight shelter, moreover there were a ladder used by these people “MSNBC is saying there is a man in custody with a history of arson. Back in 2006 he tried to torch the Changgyeong Palace in Seoul.”

He just admitted according to MBC radio news, surprisingly witness saying that there were always 2-4 homeless from Seoul Grand Station use Namdeamoon as overnight shelter, moreover there were a ladder used by these people

]]> By: Erick Lee http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/02/10/national-treasure-no-1-burns/#comment-134223 Erick Lee Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:01:30 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/02/10/national-treasure-no-1-burns/#comment-134223 I was crying when i saw this news because this was a big symbol of Korea. This building was also a memorial from my ancestors, the Yi Dynasty. The fire was said to be caused by a man that walked into the building with a plastic bag in hand. I was crying when i saw this news because this was a big symbol of Korea. This building was also a memorial from my ancestors, the Yi Dynasty. The fire was said to be caused by a man that walked into the building with a plastic bag in hand.

]]> By: Robert Koehler http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/02/10/national-treasure-no-1-burns/#comment-134218 Robert Koehler Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:06:19 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/02/10/national-treasure-no-1-burns/#comment-134218 <blockquote>MSNBC is saying there is a man in custody with a history of arson. Back in 2006 he tried to torch the Changgyeong Palace in Seoul.</blockquote> http://news.naver.com/main/hotissue/read.nhn?mid=hot&sid1=102&sid2=249&gid=60061&cid=60062&nt=20080212055945&iid=18007&oid=003&aid=0001957334 Apparently, he was in Ganghwa at the time of the fire. They didn't have anything on him, anyway, other than he matched witness descriptions (i.e., he was old and male) and with a history of torching national treasures. Honestly, I wonder if they'll ever catch the guy.

MSNBC is saying there is a man in custody with a history of arson. Back in 2006 he tried to torch the Changgyeong Palace in Seoul.

http://news.naver.com/main/hot.....0001957334

Apparently, he was in Ganghwa at the time of the fire. They didn’t have anything on him, anyway, other than he matched witness descriptions (i.e., he was old and male) and with a history of torching national treasures.

Honestly, I wonder if they’ll ever catch the guy.

]]> By: cm http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/02/10/national-treasure-no-1-burns/#comment-134217 cm Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:51:13 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/02/10/national-treasure-no-1-burns/#comment-134217 "It is ridiculous to think that Korean trolls are incapable of 1chris’ level of boorish and race-bating ugliness " I never said that. 1chris is not real though. “It is ridiculous to think that Korean trolls are incapable of 1chris’ level of boorish and race-bating ugliness ”

I never said that. 1chris is not real though.

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