ONLINE EVENT
GANDHI KATHA July 15, 2020 (Wednesday) 11:30 hrs IST / 15:00 hrs KST VIDEO CONFERENCE Indian Cultural Centre, Embassy of India, Seoul in collaboration with ACI, Asia Culture Centre, Gwangju organized Gandhi … Read More
Author: Gwangju News
A Date with Destiny
The Damyang Bamboo Forest Written and photographed by Fatemeh Khalili. When I look at the pictures I’ve taken in Korea, I find that instead of keeping and recording these precious … Read More
Visiting the Castle of Queen Maria in Bulgaria
Written by Melline Galani. The Balchik Palace is a former summer residence of Queen Maria of Romania, built in 1924–1927 by Italian architects Amerigo and Augustino, and also known as … Read More
Remembering Hak-dong’s Humanity
Written and photographed by Isaiah Winters. In 1946, on his second and last visit to Gwangju, Korean independence activist Kim Gu paid a special visit to Hak-dong that would leave … Read More
Come Rain or Shine
Rituals of Traditional Korea Original article by Shin Sang-soon. Supplemented by David Shaffer. For the agrarian economy of traditional Korea, rainfall during the growing season was critical: too much or … Read More
Korea’s Women’s Party
Towards a Model for Female Empowerment and Leadership Written by Cristina Murano. Tipping Point On International Women’s Day (March 8), members of South Korea’s Women’s Party gathered at Seoul Arts … Read More
Time to Buy Some Earplugs! Noise Pollution in Korea
Written by Cami Ismanova. Have you ever paid attention to the sounds that occur around you? Your neighbor playing alternative rock with open windows, bikes hastening through the maze of … Read More
Tattoos: “Why Not?”
Written and photographed by Yunkyoung Hillel Kim. What is your first thought when seeing someone covered with tattoos? Cool, or not? As I look back on my previous photography, there … Read More