Ring of Fire to Protect Seoul Plaza

The city of Seoul announced this afternoon that it had come up with a creative new approach to stop the seemingly never-ending incursions of protestors into Seoul Plaza.  Starting in October, the much-loved circle of green grass in the heart of  the citywill be surrounded by high-tech gas-fired ring of fire.  The system, when activated during periods of impending protests, will shoot a scorching 3 meter wall of fire all around the plaza.

Pictured in an artist’s rendering, the ring of fire will be a great improvement over the previous scheme of surrounding the plaza with a solid wall of buses, also pictured above.  Many tourists to Seoul had previously complained about the unsightly bus circle.  One tourist, contacted via email, wrote, “I really enjoyed the protests, that’s what you expect to see in Seoul, but the ring of buses made the city feel just, so unwelcoming.  The Ring of Fire will be a great improvement.  I can picture trapped protesters standing across the wall of fire from riot police.  That will be really dramatic.  I’ll definitely return next Spring, hopefully the protesters will be pissed about something”