KONA Storybook Experiences of 2021

KONA, the Korean Organization of the Natural Approach, is a UNESCO-sponsored initiative to help underprivileged children to learn English through storybooks. Volunteers assist children in orphanages, at community children centers, at day-care centers, and at the KONA Storybook Center in normal times, and online during pandemic times.

Top 21 Albums for ’21: Danno Picks His Top Albums of 2021

Danno Picks His Top Albums of 2021

Adopt-a-Child 2021:“Something That Has to Be Done”

Adopt-a-Child Gwangju was founded in 2010 by Al Barnum. Its main goal is to get Christmas gifts for children at the orphanages in Gwangju.

From the Editor: January 2022

Welcome to a new year – 2022. The entire staff of the Gwangju News joins me in wishing all of our magazine’s readers a meaningful, rewarding, and Covid-safe year.

Crossword Puzzle Answers for November 2021 Issue

Check out the answer for our November 2021 issue crossword puzzle!

Radio Is My Life! An Interview with GFN’s Chief Producer, Kim Mi-young

This issue marks one full year of collaboration with the Gwangju Foreign Language Network (GFN), as the Gwangju News offers an interview with Kim Mi-young (김미영), director of Programming and the Producing Department at GFN.

The Mungyeong-saejae Open Set: Feel the Sensation of Historical Korean Dramas

The Mungyeong-saejae Open Set is part of Mungyeong-saejae Provincial Park in North Gyeongsang.

How Starbucks Saved My Life, by Michael Gates Gill

“Throughout the book, Michael goes back years in time and pulls stories seemingly out of thin air and pops them into the present.”