Yellow Dust in the Age of Climate Change: What the Skies over Gwangju Tell Us

By Siddhant K. || The skies over Gwangju have always been a canvas of seasons: the crisp blue of autumn, the vibrant cherry blossoms of spring, the dramatic monsoon grays. … Read More

The Environment: More Nuclear Power Plants?

By Chung Hyunhwa || I technology is calling for massively higher electricity needs. The estimation for the electricity needed to run the data centers is skyrocketing in the statistics. Based … Read More

AI and the Future of Digital Browsing: When the Internet Begins to Operate Autonomously

By Muhammad Umar Tahir || A couple of weeks ago, on a fine Saturday morning, I was sitting with a regular cup of tea, enjoying a fresh start to the … Read More

Across Cultures and Canvases: Vincent Mcindoe’s Luminous Vision

By Reeti Roy || I met Vincent by sheer accident – the kind of serendipity that only travel seems able to organize. A taxi in Seoul had dropped me at … Read More

Movie Review: I Can Speak – A Survivor’s Testimony

By Farrukh Anique || During the Second World War, Japanese soldiers abducted large numbers of underage girls from Korea, China, the Philippines, Taiwan, and other places, forcing them to satisfy … Read More

Book Review: A Fine Balance

Reviewed by Michael Attard || The story takes place in India, beginning in the years immediately prior to Indian independence from Britain in 1947 and ends in 1984, shortly after … Read More

Ponderings & Contemplations: Thinking of My Hometown

By Park Nahm-Sheik || Let me start by saying that I happen to hail from Gwangju-Jeonnam. I am but an old geezer in love with my hometown. Homesickness may be … Read More

Essay: The Keeper of the Scars – Observing Light and Shadows

By Reeti Roy || The flight from Incheon to Changi was a slow-motion shedding. By the time the plane descended over the sprawl of salt marshes, banking into the thick, … Read More