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[mindmetoo]

... that breathe fire. Actually the building doesn't have 8 heads. But the building seems to have 3 names. Back in 2000, it was called the Millennium Building. I've always called it that. But Koreans don't seem to have any idea what I'm talking about. Many seem to call it "the Samsung building" which is a poor name as -- despite the "Samsung" name hanging from the building in big, friendly letters -- there's another Samsung building near Namdaemoon, which I think is their actual HQ. You could well imagine both of you saying "let's meet in front of the Samsung building" and waiting in front of different buildings. Kind of like "'let's meet near exit 1 of the Shinch*n station" and you really have to listen if the person is saying "chun" or "chon". Or worse "let's go to Inchon, Ichon, Inchun. How anyone gets their mail delivered correctly is beyond me.

Anyway, Sunday I noticed the Millennium/Samsung Building actually has a third name. If you go in the place, it's called the Jongno Tower. Well. Crap.

[Pyongshin Sangja]

That's Jonggak, the bell tower across the street is a better landmark.