Published by the Gwangju International Center since 2001
Following the successful completion of the 2021 Online Human Rights Education Training Program for Sustainable and Inclusive Communities in November last year, this year Gwangju Metropolitan City, represented through the Gwangju International Center (GIC), conducted another KOICA Fellowship Program: the CIAT (Capacity Improvement and Advancement for Tomorrow).
If you pass through Daein Market on a normal day, you may not notice anything special about it right away. You will see the usual vegetable stands, smell the salty air preserving dried fish and hear the friendly calls of elderly shop owners. However, upon closer examination of this archeological site, one can also feel the vibrations of new life pulsing through the veins of each alleyway.
GNO’s Media Editor, David Cowger, went to the Yeosu Expo on June 30. His group spent most of their time in the international pavilions, exploring what each country has to offer. This video gives an overview of what they saw.
Thankfully, The Vagina Monologues exists, because these monologues begin to push back the shadows surrounding the worn-out words.
Jaram has been diligently studying music since she was nearly four years old, and playing the violin since she was six.
On Sunday, March 11, the GIC hosted a dance workshop entitled “Interpretive Dance Does not Exist… Or does it?” Angie Hartley, a dancer who currently works as an English teacher with the EPIK program here in Gwangju, led the participants through a variety of movement-based exercises.
A Happy Valentine’s Day gift from Jjang Migukin to Gwangju, and Gwangju News Online.
Expat Kerri asked a group of nine students what they want to say to the rest of the world about South Korea, or more generally, about Asia. They address a variety of topics, such as being good at math, being asked if they are Japanese or Chinese, and also cosmetic surgery.
