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NamDaeMun Arsonist On Video
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JAWINSEOUL



Joined: 19 Nov 2005

PostPosted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:27 pm    Post subject: NamDaeMun Arsonist On Video Reply with quote

As is custom in Korea the perpetrator must return to the scene of the crime and reenact the crime. Although it was difficult to get a good shot of him wit hall the news crews around, he is the gray haired man with the white mask.

Near the beginning of the video you hear someone yell Yaaa, that�s me responding to a rude camera man attempting to push me out of the way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzEMzBowdlc

Not much to see, but they kept him well hidden
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matthews_world



Joined: 15 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There was nothing there worth seeing. What should I have looked for? The Korean girls rear-ends?
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JAWINSEOUL



Joined: 19 Nov 2005

PostPosted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

He is the grey haired man. He was well hidden by the police. When he's at the gate entrance you see him, but again only a glimpse.
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agoodmouse



Joined: 20 Dec 2007
Location: Anyang

PostPosted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think the court will show leniency toward him.
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Chris Kwon



Joined: 23 Jan 2008
Location: North Korea

PostPosted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

agoodmouse wrote:
I think the court will show leniency toward him.

for destroying the #1 treasure?
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agoodmouse



Joined: 20 Dec 2007
Location: Anyang

PostPosted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Chris Kwon wrote:
agoodmouse wrote:
I think the court will show leniency toward him.

for destroying the #1 treasure?


No. They'll be lenient because he is old and shows contrition for his crime. You have to read the newspapers in Korea. Chaebol, etc.
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bassexpander



Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

PostPosted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

They shouldn't seeing as they showed the same to him the last time he burned down a national treasure.

You'd think they'd pull their heads out of their butts this time and jail the guy.

Remember, they caught him because he'd already been caught burning down another ancient structure. They figured it was him, searched his home, and found the stuff he'd used to burn Namdemun.
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matthews_world



Joined: 15 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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They figured it was him, searched his home, and found the stuff he'd used to burn Namdemun.


So this makes the guy guilty of the Namdaemoon arson?

Any arsonist can have the same materials, simply researched on the internet. Mistaken identity?

I haven't been closely following this story. However,
didn't this guy give a confession? It could have been coerced.
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spliff



Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great video..of what I've no idea.
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laogaiguk



Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

matthews_world wrote:


I haven't been closely following this story. However,
didn't this guy give a confession? It could have been coerced.


True, it would make it much better for Korea if it was just some wacko who did this before, and it makes them look better when they caught the guy so quickly. I'm not saying the police coerced it out of him, but it is a thought.
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SeoulFinn



Joined: 27 Feb 2006
Location: 1h from Seoul

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

matthews_world wrote:
[...]What should I have looked for? The Korean girls rear-ends?


This got my attention!
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blaseblasphemener



Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think I'll go burn down a Korean National Treasure, so that I'll have a national forum to air all the grievances of Foreigners here. The news will put me on TV non-stop, ask me why I did it, and give me the soap box I wanted.

Seriously, get a f!cking clue, Korean news.
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Roch



Joined: 24 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

laogaiguk wrote:
matthews_world wrote:


I haven't been closely following this story. However,
didn't this guy give a confession? It could have been coerced.


True, it would make it much better for Korea if it was just some wacko who did this before, and it makes them look better when they caught the guy so quickly. I'm not saying the police coerced it out of him, but it is a thought.


Yeah, like Park Han Se and the Rutland, Vermont police.

Just a thought, eh,
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Kimchieluver



Joined: 02 Mar 2005

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Word!
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Roch



Joined: 24 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kimchieluver wrote:
Word!


Yes, K.L., the title of my post and scepticism of the Rutland police were excessive.

R
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