These are the lives of burnt, trampled and tumbling butts. A day before Independence Day, everyone’s busy preparing to put up flags at an apartment building where North Korean defectors are living. An old man, KIM, who is working as a guard of the building, was told off by the head of management saying there are many complaints of illegal parking then ended up sticking a parking ticket on a luxury car. Seeing him attaching the ticket, the owner of the car grabbed him by th...more

These are the lives of burnt, trampled and tumbling butts. A day before Independence Day, everyone’s busy preparing to put up flags at an apartment building where North Korean defectors are living. An old man, KIM, who is working as a guard of the building, was told off by the head of management saying there are many complaints of illegal parking then ended up sticking a parking ticket on a luxury car. Seeing him attaching the ticket, the owner of the car grabbed him by the collar. One North Korean defector came to stop him, but the situation got worse with the owner shouting at him and calling him a Commie. Independence day shows the worst part of the Korean society where North Korean defectors and old workers are tumbling. They slowly burn like a cigarette. Is it only the cigarette being burnt? (PARK Chi-young)less