Been super busy with school and work and life, hence why you all haven't seen my pictures of China yet. Yeah, not going to make any promises as to how soon I will get to that because well, gotta take care of business, fun stuff later.
Just for those following, they DID find the arsonist who admitted to burning down the national treasure. A very disgruntled 70 year old Korean man, who felt that he was treated unfairly by the government and decided to take revenge by burning down Namdaemun. He said he would disclose fully his reasoning and the injustices that he's felt at his prosecution. Should be interesting to see what he has to say.
The Korean population is obviously upset over this and are looking for people within the government to blame over this. "Why wasn't Namdaemun protected better?" they demand to know, but everyone knows the real reason. When it comes down to all the government obligations, protecting historical monuments usually falls way below things like education, transportation, defense, and the like. There is talk about closing off all historic sites until security is improved on them, which would be a shame in a way. The best thing about visiting all the historic sites in Korea was the ability to actually walk in them and around them, to be apart of them. I really hate how our world is becoming more and more closed off to our cultural treasures.
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