To Market, To Market …
Written by Douglas Baumwoll Photographed by Douglas Baumwoll and Park Tae-sang Interpretation by Park Tae-sang and Heo Suk-young About 100 years ago, A. A. Milne, of Winnie-the-Pooh fame, penned the … Read More
Author: Gwangju News
South Korea in the Doldrums: Going from Worse to Bad?
” I just thought politics and political decisions were like something beyond my pay grade, and all I did was shift blame on politicians and the president for any misery, tragedy, or unhappiness. I was merely skeptical and pessimistic about Korea’s political future. Then, something happened that made me realize now is as good a time as any to turn over a new leaf and do something.”
Are you curious about what happened with the author as much as we are? Read on!
English Education in Korea: From Whence It Came
Written by Dr. David Shaffer What do Imperial Japan, foreign missionaries, Peace Corps volunteers, and the USAID program have in common? Teaching English as a foreign language… in Korea. Many … Read More
Package Delivery
Written by GIC Staff * From Gwangju Guidebook, 3rd Edition General Parcel Delivery Korea’s infrastructure is already considered a developed one, which makes delivery and transportation very convenient. It generally … Read More
A Petal 꽃잎
Written by Cole Clouse The violence that occurred in Gwangju on May 18, 1980 is referred to in various ways: The Gwangju Uprising (in historical text), the May 18 Democratic … Read More
“Lolita” by Vladimir Nabokov
“When you read Vladimir Nabokov’s novel Lolita, you are guaranteed to experience a process of guilt as you uncover the sordid actions of the narrator Humbert Humbert as he forms an obsessive desire for his landlady’s 12-year-old daughter, Lolita.”
Let’s Keep Our Lungs Healthy!
“While this is generally attributed to the “yellow dust” phenomenon, in which sand and dust from the Gobi Desert in China are blown over to Korea, the hard truth is that only about 30 percent of the pollution we experience originates from there – the rest is homegrown (according to Greenpeace).”
Read on to explore the whole picture of a polluted Korea
Catching the Last Subway Home
Mr. Summers begin the story with the question “Why Korea?” which perhaps echoes in many of the minds of expats here. Do you see yourself in this story? Tell us what you think!