The Death of Kim Jung-Il and the Current State of Seoul
When it was reported on Tuesday that Kim Jung-Il had died, Koreans all over Seoul stopped what they were doing and ran out of their offices in joyous celebration that this terrible dictator had finally died. There was rejoicing in the streets, confetti falling from the sky and fireworks going off from the roof tops and unicorns jumping of the. . . Coverage of Jong-Il's Death in an office building Just Kidding. . . Nothing happened. You would have thought the top news story of the day in Seoul was that Kimchi is considered a popular food in Korea. People went about the day the same as ever, all plugged into their smart phones and watching Korean talk shows and K-pop videos. The Ajummas (old Korean women) still pushed their way through the crowded streets, the plasma screen TV's all over the city didn't even show the news, no high alert warning, no heightened police troops on the streets, nothing. Had I not seen the BBC news that morni...