First, some pictures of Namdaemun as it used to be:
In 1890
In 1904-6
In 1906-7
The YouTube Namdaemun Then and Now group contains loads of more recent, pre-fire, images. Here’s a couple of samples:
Next, a YouTube (maybe from YTN) of the fire itself
Some spectacular stills of the fire are on pwalks’ flickr page (HT to Seoul Man for the link). In fact pwalks has a load of excellent photos of Korea.
And a very moving video entitled 다시 되돌릴 수 있다면 (If we can go to the PAST), via Gusts of Popular Feeling:
And one or two of my own snaps, taken on 15 February, five days after the fire.
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