Published by the Gwangju International Center since 2001
Artist Kim Chang-deok (김창덕), who goes by his artistic name Da-eum (다음), spends most of his time in his studio preparing for an upcoming exhibition about him, plum blossoms, beeswax, and tea.
This spring the Gwangju News carried a feature on The Bulldozed Future, a newborn webzine on urban exploration, as an interview with its Seoul-based urban exploring photographer and editor, Ryan Berkebile (March 2021 issue). Since then Ryan has done more exploring and has come out with the second issue of his webzine. His adventures include numerous explorations in the Gwangju area that make it into the zine’s latest issue.
One of Gwangju’s prestigious art events, the Gwangju Design Biennale (GDB) is back this year with the theme of d-Revolution. “d-Revolution” is a compound composed of “D’” for Design” and “Revolution,” which refers to the paradigm of a new era driven by design, not a revolution propelled by industrial inventions as in the past.
Another hot month starts off with another hot issue of the Gwangju News!
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The Afternoon Show with JD is a multilingual and multicultural show that airs daily at 12:10–2:00 p.m. on weekdays and at 12:00–2:00 p.m. on weekends on GFN, aiming to edutain listeners with pertinent information vital to their lives here in South Korea.
Whether you are new to South Korea or have been here for a few years, Pennington’s book will definitely give you a look into the lesser-seen Korea.
In the back of each were deep drill holes that likely would have been stuffed with dynamite and blasted away had WWII not ended. Apparently, fearing an American invasion, the Japanese forced local Koreans to make tunnels along coastal areas like Mokpo that could provide shelter, munitions storage, and surprise hideouts in case of enemy attack.
