From MiG's Blog

26日(火)、MiG が Official Site に次のような書き込みをしています。長いので要約しますが、かなりシリアスな内容です。「2つの民族」と題されていて、 MiG は韓国滞在中に DMZ つまり北朝鮮との境にある非武装地帯を訪れたようで、そのときの印象を書いています。
冷戦状態であることは確かで戦争はまだ終わっていない！1953年からここにあったのは停戦だけだったと...。また、朝鮮半島の2つの国家は地理的な面だけではなく、経済的、宗教的、精神的、文化的にも分割されてきていて、国民は信じがたい区別を受けていることに MiG は驚きを隠さず同情もしています。
今回の韓国公演の打撃が大きかったことも述べています。韓国の人たちは Queen や WWRY のショーが好きなのに、会場の火災で公演期間が短くなったことや、交通機関への影響があったことなどで、不本意な結果に終わったとそのほろ苦さを振り返っています。
そして次の Singapore 公演にかける期待と、現在 New York に戻り家族と水入らずの時間を持てた喜びをかみしめているようです。無事に戻れて良かったです。 Singapore 公演も期待しましょう！


WHEN TWO TRIBES...

I visited the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone)
between South and North Korea. I was
amazed at the craziness of the situation.
If the stupidity and hopelessness of
conflict could be best exemplified, it
would have to be the tension that exists
in the DMZ. The Cold War here still exists. The war has
not ended. It is only a cease-fire that has been in place
since 1953. The Koreans are still suffering this incredible
division of their people. However, this line has lasted so
long, and has been so severe, that the two regions of
the Korean Peninsula have become divided not only
geographically, but ideologically, economically, religiously,
spiritually and culturally. The South Koreans almost don't
ever want to be unified with the North, as they do not
want to shoulder the economic responsibility to drag
them out of their quagmire.

The Korean leg of the WWRY International Tour has
been bittersweet. The burning down of the Seoul Arts
Centre was a serious blow to us, forcing us to play the
Seongnam Arts Centre for a short three week season
only. Seongnam is close enough for the people of Seoul
but far enough to discourage those who may find the
commute to difficult to manage with the traffic and
other common hazards. The Koreans love QUEEN and
love this show. I am sorry we couldn't give the season
its full potential.

I cannot wait for Singapore, our next leg of the tour.
It promises to be HUGE!!

I have just arrived back home in New York and am loving
being home with my family. Reunions make it all worth it.
I must sign off now to enjoy it...

Hope all is great in your world!

Always,

MiG
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