Changing Perceptions on Dance: Couple Dance in General and Latin Dance in Particular

While many people seem curious about this, there also seems to be some resistance to and stereotypes about couple dance culture. To understand why this is so, and to raise awareness and possibly change perceptions about this social activity, we interviewed Prof. Hong Nam-son for the Gwangju News.

Gwangju Migrant Health Center: For the Healthy Lives of Migrants

The GMHC has more than 70 medical staff (volunteers) who are ready to lend a helping hand. They open their doors to all migrants: students, migrant women, migrant workers, and any who cannot go to medical institutions due to their legal documents or difficulty in communication. Their free medical treatment is offered every Sunday from 1–5 p.m. at their Center in Gwangsan-gu.

Goodbye, South Korea

You go on adventures, you talk to strangers like you have not done before, you hitchhike… The world is suddenly full of possibilities that you had not considered. They say that “the sky is the limit,” but one should add, “especially when you are abroad.” You are free and strangely bereft of the habits you had in your day-to-day life in your country of origin, which allows you to create a new “un-routinely” routine, full of exploration and discoveries.

Gwangju: Home of Hope and Climate Action

What causes our industrial greenhouse gas effect and what can we really do about it, especially if the largest cities and the national governments are full of industry-paid science deniers? In a mediascape so awash with false information, whom can we trust for a true-north sense of direction? What value is hope when so many speak of the ugly reality of our situation, even in and around the good city of Gwangju?

Top of The Drop

Daniel Springer of the Gwangju Foreign Language Network (GFN), “Danno” picks his favorite newly released tunes that you may have missed, along with some upcoming albums and EPs that you might want to keep on your radar.

Sharing Is Caring

“Sharing is caring” is probably the keystone in the architecture of the precept “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” It may indeed be the beacon-cum-cornerstone for peace on earth and good will all around. Coupled with generosity, charity will transform our surroundings into a paradise on earth. Thus, “sharing is caring” is a fitting call to action for humanitarian volunteers of all stripes.

The Choco Carbon Bomb Cake

This is the first in a series of delectable vegan recipes for all to enjoy while, at the same time, contributing to one’s own health and also to the healing of our environment. 

How to Be a Rainmaker

Now water seems to be all around and not as precious. It is difficult to feel like we are having a water shortage. However, the southern part of Korea is experiencing the most serious drought in 50 years, caused by insufficient rainfall in the summer that was as low as half that of other years.