Comments on: CHA Chief You Hong-june Tenders Resignation and Protection Vs. Openess

By: frederick

frederick — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:42:15 +0000

#17, I agree, although graffiti in English and other languages are also present everywhere around the world, so I don’t think we can exactly pinpoint it on solely Koreans.

Anyways, we need to have more people like You Hong-june that actually care about Korean culture. Many of my younger cousins living in Korea actually said that all of the “old buildings in Seou” (aka, traditional wooden Korean buildings) were becoming an eyesore, and that they much prefer buildings of the more Western variety.

By: Konglick

Konglick — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:05:54 +0000

As for the graffiti…It’s not just in Korea. Korean graffiti can be found on many national monuments and public buildings around the world. The government should really think about educating people about that problem.

By: gbevers

gbevers — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:23:01 +0000

It was a joke, Mr. Charming. Pity you didn’t get it.

By: Robert Koehler

Robert Koehler — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:33:54 +0000

Frankly, Namdaemun looked better in photos when it was surrounded by traffic: those stereotypical night shots with streams of headlights and brake lights flowing around it were awesome.

You could get those shots post-plaza, too:

http://photo.naver.com/view/2008021313082270084

BTW, Naver.com is doing a pretty cool photo campaign for Sungnyemun:

http://photo.naver.com/mission/8

About Sanshinseon’s comment about the meaninglessness of that “National Treasure No. 1″ designation, there was a good deal of debate a while back about changing the order — or at least No. 1 — in order to make it more “value” representative… and to rid the system of a Japanese colonial legacy:

http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news.....ode=990304

By: slim

slim — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:30:16 +0000

Maybe the VANKers can go from chasing imaginary slights around the world to actually protecting something useful in Korea.

By: Railwaycharm

Railwaycharm — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:03:37 +0000

#11. Still stoking the Japan fire? My guess is your bait will be taken. Pity.

By: user-81

user-81 — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:22:34 +0000

#11, as long as they aren’t stored at Kinkakuji.

By: gbevers

gbevers — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:54:48 +0000

I think Korea should let Japanese come in and take Korea’s cultural assets to Japan for safekeeping.

By: sewing

sewing — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:12:25 +0000

I was thinking something along the lines of captbbq’s suggestion.

Frankly, Namdaemun looked better in photos when it was surrounded by traffic: those stereotypical night shots with streams of headlights and brake lights flowing around it were awesome. The prospect of sprinting across multiple lanes of Seoul traffic might have deterred the arsonist, but who knows what he might have done if Namdaemun didn’t present itself as such an opportunity?

By: R. Elgin

R. Elgin — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:06:21 +0000

This is also a very nice post.

I noted a new security system at two old places of interest in Kangjin last week. They are more afraid of theft than arson in these cases.