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Play-by-play announcer Mike Breen captured the excitement of the moment as well, although with a slightly less epic delivery than his South Korean counterparts.

Michael Breen believes the price of fuel "could be lower again" and has noticed a big disparity in prices at filling stations.

"I think the opposition party's power in the assembly went to its head," says Mr Breen.

"Everyone's kind of scratching their heads a bit here," Michael Breen, a Seoul-based consultant and former journalist who covered the Koreas, tells the BBC.

Philip Breen, who is responsible for the adaptation, first approached Mullan a number of years ago about an eight-hour passion play he envisaged with a community chorus.