Shooting It Up in Naju
Written and photographed by Isaiah Winters It’s always good to step out of your comfort zone, especially when you find yourself worn thin by the daily grind. To relieve … Read More
Author: Isaiah Winters
Mudeung Park Land: The Little Amusement Park That Couldn’t
Written and photographed by Isaiah Winters If you’ve ever taken Gwangju’s pleasant ski lift or acrophobia-inspiring monorail, then you might have noticed a derelict clutch of buildings nestled along … Read More
Buying a Used Car in Gwangju
Written and photographed by Isaiah Winters Last month’s edition of Expat Living gave readers a detailed account of how to get a driver’s license here in Korea. Fittingly, in this … Read More
Strange Bedfellows at Punghyang Inn
Written and photographed by Isaiah Winters Stagnating somewhere in Gwangju’s Punghyang-dong is a time-warped dormitory with an odd twist. From the outside, the abandoned red brick inn with white-trimmed windows … Read More
The Yang-dong Bookmaker’s House
Written and photographed by Isaiah Winters Gwangju’s Yang-dong neighborhood is a lot like a time capsule. The market there provides a multisensory trip down memory lane (especially where they … Read More
Inside Honam University’s Ssangchon Campus
Written and photographed by Isaiah Winters If you’ve recently been to the immigration office in Gwangju’s Ssangchon-dong, then you may have had a moment (or if the clerks were … Read More
Recalling the Romanian Revolution of 1989
Written by Isaiah Winters Photograph from Wikipedia At first glance, the Romanian Revolution of 1989 and the Gwangju Uprising of 1980 may seem worlds apart, but in fact, a … Read More
Death of the Doctor’s Hanok
Written and photographed by Isaiah Winters In the decades-long scramble to modernize, much of South Korea’s recent past has been razed with incredible haste. Today, the bulldozing of history … Read More