Fire destroys South Korean landmark

South Korea's No. 1 national treasure Namdaemun break down as firefighters extinguish a fire in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. About 80 firefighters were fighting to bring the blaze under control and it was not known whether there are any casualties, they said, adding that the cause of the fire has yet to be determined. Namdaemun, literally 'the great southern gate,' was the southern gate of the original walls surrounding Seoul during the Joseon Dynasty. The construction of this gate began in 1395.

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[yjun0125]

600 years old gate which hadn't been destroyed even in the war, was destroyed

by an old man..... go to hell u mother fucker

[arring00]

I was about to comment saying why should people be making fun of this incident, looking at some of the comments just boggles my mind on the future of mankind lol

[ytjr63]

焼失おめでとうございます。

[xXtakashiNloveeXx]

@TakeThisDetour hahaha...nice. awesome responses to these retards. " )

[xXtakashiNloveeXx]

@Hapafull wtf are you talking about? this video is not towards america, retard. and your the fag that talks about penises and korean dont hate...your the one that is hating. koreans are nice, sincere ppl...and we are much better looking than your ugly fucking skank ass...i know your jealous and you should be jealous.

@darkbat334 man, i guess some didnt graduated school...and here is another asian hater. must be the stupidest person on youtube. im not going to bs on your dumbass.

[shinohara777]

出た！お家芸！

[Hapafull]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!

[TakeThisDetour]

@darkbat334 Listen, I'm not a dumb person. I'm sure you're very smart, too, but what you said was just stupid. Why did you assume that I'm not an American? If you had paid any attention to Geography class in high school when they still offered it, you would have understood that the Dokdo Islands don't belong to Japan. Now, it's a disputed territory along with the Sea of Japan/East Sea. Oh, and please elaborate on how having small eyes makes one a hypocrite. Stereotypes leads one nowhere in life.

[darkbat334]

@TakeThisDetour That's because Dokdo islands belong to the Japanese, dumbfuck! Korea is Japan's and USA's slave whores and China's bitch. Always copying other countries cultures and claiming it as yours. Also, why u fuckin gooks gotta hate on Americans when we were the ones that made the penis country into what it is today? Not to mention you fuckin chinky eyed motherfuckers are nothing but a bunch of shithead hypocrites. Go ahead report me to UN. im sure theyll care about a user on youtube haha

[TakeThisDetour]

@darkbat334 Count the number of derogatory and racist comments you made and if it exceeds three, then you are a terrorist. Honestly, you should continue on like this so people can report you to the authorities or United Nations. All human beings do is fight amongst themselves, and if you're talking about Korean hating on Japan, you should pay attention more in history class. Japan invaded Korea and they're still pressuring Korea about the Dokdo Islands. World War II, smart one.

[koreapanese]

i saw this scene in Tokyo, I almost cried when the gate broke down...

i hope this kind of thing will never happen again as there are few historical places which was actually constructed in the ancient times...