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More Sungnyemun Comparisons

March 3, 2008 – 4:18 am

This time it’s the burning of Sungnyemun and Naksansa versus the Sampoong Department Store collapse, the Seongsu Bridge collapse, and the Daegu subway fire:
Korea is still in shock after seeing live pictures of Sungnyemun, widely known as Namdaemun, burning to the ground.
We have had our fair share of tragedy: the collapse of the Sampoong Department [...]

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Sungnyemun = Ground Zero, Auschwitz, the Killing Fields, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki

February 27, 2008 – 7:24 am

So sez the Joongang Ilbo:
다크 투어리즘(Dark Tourism)=휴양과 관광을 위한 일반 여행과 달리 재난과 참상지를 보며 반성과 교훈을 얻는 여행. ‘그라운드 제로(사진)’, 유대인 대학살 현장인 폴란드의 ‘아우슈비츠 수용소’, 수백만 명이 학살된 캄보디아 ‘킬링필드’, 원자폭탄이 투하됐던 일본의 히로시마와 나가사키가 이 여행의 대표적인 사례다.
 
Unlike trips made for recreation or tourism, these trips to the scene of a tragic [...]

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