ACC: World Music Festival

Interview with Artistic Director Heo Yoon-jeong. The Asia Culture Center holds the World Music Festival annually at ACC Plaza; it is among the most important artistic events organized in Gwangju. … Read More

Korea-Consult: Bringing Continents Together

Interview with Anton Scholz. Anton Scholz is not only a successful businessman but also a model of how somebody who dreams big can find a home in one of the … Read More

This is GIST

Interview with President Kim Ki Seon. Interviewed by Jeong Jiyeon and Melline Galani. The Gwangju Institute of Science of Technology (GIST) not only has a proud history in Gwangju but … Read More

Cucumber Soup: Oi Naengguk

Written by Joe Wabe. The dog days of summer are here! Luckily this beautiful country has many delightful and healthy ways to keep us cool. Koreans have understood for centuries … Read More

Spanish in South Korea

A Language of New Opportunities Written by José Avila Peltroche and Elisabet Ramirez. Spanish, also called Castilian due to its origin in the Spanish Kingdom of Castile, is a romance … Read More

It Pays to Be Behind the Times

Is the compulsion to buy the best, fastest, and newest items a symptom of consumerism gone wild or is there something more subtle at play? Written by William Urbanski. One … Read More

Emergency Remote Teaching

A Whole New Ballgame Compiled by Dr. David E. Shaffer. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, public schools and universities throughout Korea have been forced to move their classes from their … Read More

Songsan Riding School

Gwangju’s Best-Hidden Treasure Written and photographed by Melline Galani. Before Children’s Day, I was in desperate need of ideas for what I could do to entertain my kids on that … Read More