seoul is the largest city in south korea as well as the political and economic capital the city houses 11 8 million people and the metropolitan area has 25 6 million which is just over half of the population of south koreaby some measures it is the world s second largest urban agglomeration after tokyoeoul is the largest city in south korea as well as the political and economic capital the city houses 11 8 million people and the metropolitan area has 25 6 million which is just over half of the population of south korea
The Falling Soldier, 1936. The Falling Soldier became famous for the way it seems to capture, with terrifying immediacy, the moment when a bullet fatally strikes a Spanish Loyalist militiaman; later, it became famous for allegations that the photograph was âfaked,â or at least (though this was common practice at the time) staged.
Either way, the Falling Soldier remains one of the most famous war photographs of all time. It was first published in the September 23, 1936, issue of the French magazine âVuâ with the stirring text: âWith lively step, breasting the wind, clenching their rifles, they ran down the slope covered with thick stubble.