South Korea’s most treasured landmark structure, the Namdaemun gate collapsed in flames. The suspect, a 69 years old man was arrested earlier on Monday, who claimed his actions were due to a land dispute with a company which resulted in unfair compensation. The man was also charged for setting a fire to the Changgyeong Palace back in 2006.
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Lida
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on Feb 13, 2008 - 2:25am
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wow, no way! That gate is a big deal. This incident is equivalent to someone burning down the…hmm…Jefferson or Lincoln Memorial!!
Well, at least it looks like all the yummy street food-stalls are intact :-) ok, that’s not funny. But really, the street food near the gate is great. And 10-15 years ago, they used to sell all kinds of knock-off stuff there. LV bags, Burberry wallets, you name it, and they had it there – I suppose all that stuff has gone south to China along with the manufacturing plants