Namdaemun destroyed

On a really tragic note, one of Korea's most famous structures was destroyed yesterday. Due to arson, of all horrible things. Namdaemun, or the Great South Gate, was about 700 years old. It stood in the middle of traffic, making it a popular picture of tradition standing amidst modernity. The Korean people are, naturally, pretty devastated.









And this is what it looked like before




These pictures are not mine--borrowed from flickr.com