Becoming a Better Learner: Overlooked Tips and Tricks on Learning Effectively

By Scott Findlay || As the new semester begins this September and students return to the classroom, I am reminded of the aspects of learning that are often overlooked. Many … Read More

Tea with Activist Ohara Tsunaki of No-Nukes News

By Chung Hyunhwa || I first met Ms. Ohara Tsunaki several years ago at the No-Nukes News booth during an Environment Day event in front of the Asian Culture Center. … Read More

The Mountain We Are Wearing Down

By Siddhant K. || For many of us in Gwangju, Mudeung Mountain is not a destination so much as a habit. It is a green curtain at the end of … Read More

AI as the Sixth Sense: Could Brain–Computer Interfaces Make Human Memories Digitally Immortal?

By Muhammad Umar Tahir || Imagine, a few decades from now, using artificial intelligence may feel very different from today. There may be no need to unlock a phone, open … Read More

What Exists in Between? – Malta Asks at the Gwangju Biennale

By Vibhanshu Maurya || A growing global community of settled international residents continues to guide their fellow foreigners through everyday life in Gwangju. When I visited Horanggasy in Yangnim-dong in … Read More

From Pansori to Squid Game: Korean Storytelling Going Global

By Murdock O’Mooney || Korean storytelling is currently red hot. Squid Game, for example, is the most watched TV show in Netflix history, with Season 1 earning 265.2 million views … Read More

Memories of Murder: The Search for an Ordinary Face

By Farrukh Anique || On the night of September 15, 1986, a woman’s body was found in a field in Hwaseong, a quiet rural area south of Seoul. She had … Read More

The Anklet She Left Behind

By Tabbu Shaikh || Chapter 1: A Memory Frozen in Time The afternoon light in the café was thick with the scent of roasted coffee beans and rain, but when … Read More