A late, mid-winter morning and the sun was wakening. The sky was a soft shade of grey from dense clouds, but with dim patches of blue light gradually appearing. A light breeze blew through the quiet streets of Seoul, whistling through the shop signs and weaving between the blocks of flats. The temperature dropped well below zero and the moisture around froze into ice crystals. Crisp frost covered the gothic lampposts, dusting the dead trees and glazed the roads. Frequent flakes of snow had fa