Hey guys. The title of my latest adventure may sound a bit ominous, but it is not as far from the truth as you might think. Surely, the profession of armed guard must number among the most popular in South Korea. Combined with 2-year obligatory military service for all men, I got the impression that there is neither back alley nor grand boulevard without a cop watching your back, or perhaps eyeing you suspiciously because of an ill-timed word or gesture. In fact, there is reason for such paranoiac behavior, although somewhat diminished with the passing of time: namely the presence of communist spies. In a page taken right out of the Cold War, there’s a bounty of $10,000 to $50,000 for the discovery of a commie from the North trying to wean state secrets from
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