We’ve never been over-concerned about travelling overseas, but after the Bangkok temple bombing earlier this year, we wondered what changes we’d see. Seeing soldiers on the street is nothing new. In Thailand, most of the young soldiers are about the size of my thirteen year old grandson, although they adopt fierce expressions and try to swagger. The older men tend to be chunkier, their glances are sharper and they move more slowly – perhaps because they’re usually adorned with lots of gold braid and shiny leathers. In Seoul, there was plenty of evidence of law enforcement – airport police, tourist police, subway police, etc., but they didn’t appear uber-vigilant. In fact, there is a somewhat whimsical approach to making policing more friendly. The tourist…

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