About half way to Monica´s dad´s condo, there was an air raid drill. The entire city (or maybe country) comes to a halt as all the lights are red and members of the volunteer corps stop traffic with flags. You tune your radio to a specific channel and listen to whether North Korea has just launched its nukes at Seoul. I was amazed how much attention was paid to these routine drills, but many pedestrians and bicyclists simply ignored the drill and went about their daily business. After the 15 minutes were up, traffic resumed its normal pattern and we drove to Monica´s dad´s condo.

Location

Korea → Busan, Korea

Photographer

John Hovell

Date taken

2009-10-14