AI Peppers’ Taylor Fricano: A Season of Growth and Unfinished Business

By Zhang Jiuzhou (Julius) After a challenging yet rewarding season, AI Peppers’ star foreign player Taylor Fricano has returned to her home in Switzerland for the off-season break. Despite not … Read More

Upcoming Events – June 2025

MUSICAL                                             The Goddess Is Watching ACC Brunch Concert “Immortal Beloved” by Pianist Han Jiho  THEATER                                          Concerned Others  CONCERTS                                        Kim Ki Su Percussion Recital  EXHIBITION                                      Byeolbam Art Museum’s Small Park Exhibitions … Read More

From the Editor – May 2025

Last month, this space began with “April showers bring May flowers.” This month, blossoms and flowers are everywhere, bringing the joy of spring out of the drabness of winter. Beautiful … Read More

Gwangju City News – May 2025

President of South Korea Impeached At 11:22 a.m. on April 4, 2025, the Constitutional Court of Korea announced that President Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from office. Acting Chief Justice … Read More

5·18: More Than Just a Number

By Julienne Mei Magbanua It was in high school when I saw the movie A Taxi Driver. It was about a taxi driver who drove a German reporter to Gwangju … Read More

Martial Law Crisis in South Korea: Does the Past Help the Present? – May 2025

By Shin Gyeonggu In December 2024, as South Korea faced a political crisis with the declaration of martial law by President Yoon Seok Yeol, the nation was confronted with a … Read More

Peace and Solidarity: Human Rights Cities Acting for Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding

By the WHRCF Secretariat Gwangju Hosts WHRCF 2025 The 2025 World Human Rights Cities Forum (WHRCF 2025) will be held on May 15 to 17 at the Kim Daejung Convention … Read More

Survivor of South Korea’s Gulag: Interview with Suh Sung – May 2025

By Shin Gyeonggu I first met Suh Sung nearly 20 years ago, expecting to encounter a man marked by anger and resolution after enduring nearly two decades of imprisonment and … Read More