back then, i was dragged around in naraki's tiny but powerful wake. that was a decade ago. i'm guessing nari's changed. and korea, korea has certainly changed. the korean war ended more than half a century ago, but in some ways it's still going. the north and south have been on per september you'll war footing ever since. it's a psychological and physical scar. korea is literally split in half. but that's not what this thousand is about. there aren't many comparisons to south korea's stratospheric rise in the last decade. one of the poorest countries as early as the '60s, today it claims one of the world's fastest growing economies. the government has been extremely shrewd and forward thinking about selling the world all things korean. underwriting, encouraging, financing and supporting the export of intangibles, things like music, movies, tv shows, food. the whole korean sensibility. and the world is responding, learning to love what koreans have always loved. the heart of korea is seoul, capital city, a bustling metropolis. futuristic in look and character, population, 25