The 2020 Michael Simning Community Builder Award

Written by Cami Ismanova. Every year, the Michael Simning Community Builder Award (MSCBA) is given to recognize members of society who contribute their time and effort to make Gwangju better. … Read More

Doing What We Can to Care for the Environment

Written by Michael Goonan. Climate change. A hole in the ozone layer. Mountains of plastic in our oceans. Acid rain. Microplastics. If you take an interest in environmental issues, you’ve … Read More

Crossword Puzzle – June’s Answers

ACROSS 1 BIOH5 TOP8 ZOOM12 EWHA13 HEO14 OLED15 GOON16 ERR17 REDS18 KIM20 KEB22 SQUIB25 TAMIL29 CUL30 KOREA34 ATA35 RES36 NOR37 HES38 USA39 HONAM41 AMI42 BONGO44 MINSK46 UFO48 HAN49 EVER52 EMO54 … Read More

Where Have All the Tulips Gone?

A couple’s reflections on the COVID-19 tulip massacre. Written by Jocelyn Wright. The beauty, the splendor, the glory of spring Brutally beheaded But why? Why attack voiceless Nature? What crime … Read More

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

By Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. Reviewed by Kristy Dolson. When I began writing this article, a mere three days before the deadline, the world was still deep into … Read More

COVID-19: An Australian Perspective

Written by David Foster. In the In 2015, after being invited to be a visiting professor at Chonnam National University, my wife and I spent the summer in Gwangju. This … Read More

Gwangju Writes: Prose

There and Here Written by Boipelo Seswane. The air was thick and sticky – the way only Korean summer air can be. The cab came to a stop as neon … Read More

Convenient Food Ordering with Help Me Emo!

Reviewed by Katy Clements. When I first arrived in Korea, I was very codependent on the variety of Western foods available back home and the ability to pick up the … Read More