WHEN many think of the British Museum in London and its collection of Asian artifacts, many tend to think of the millennia-old history of India, China and Japan or the ancient civilisations that emerged in Cambodia or Indonesia.
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Bosingak, the bell tower at Jongno, the main street through downtown Seoul, is a popular spot for ringing in the New Year. One of my most vivid memories of this event was on Dec. 31, 1999, when thousands upon thousands of people crowded the streets around the bell in anticipation and fear of the impending new millennium (among those fears was the Y2K bug). The atmosphere was unbelievable and for blocks, it was impossible to move more than a few inches as the crowd surged back and forth as the New Year was hammered by the bell s tolling.