Published by the Gwangju International Center since 2001
Every Saturday, a group of volunters visit Seongbin Girls’ Orphanage to spend time with the kids. Gwangju Volunteers Youth Assistance Group (GVYAG), the official name of the group, has been spear-headed by Al Barnum.
In keeping with the style of the Gwangju News print column ‘Meet the Neighbors’ – for the first time here online – here are their thoughts and reflections on six divergent questions of life in Gwangju and beyond in 2012.
December 2011 marked four years since South Korea’s worst natural disaster, an oil spill on the west coast.
Over the past several months, the co-host from GFN’s environmental segment titled “Green Mondays” has been very green herself. Joseph Kim was kind enough to coach his new climate change expert, but radio amateur, into a weekly fifteen minutes of fame.
Even the most anti-winter, beach-loving, hot weather junkies can find something fun and enjoyable to do here. Take some ideas from Kerri Strothard, who entered her fourth Korean winter in 2011.
If you’re struggling to think of things to include in that Christmas parcel, here are some ideas to get you started.
On December 17, MDream Garden Children’s Home sponsored a Christmas concert to thank its volunteers and sponsors from 2011.
Have you ever wanted to change your life? Have you wanted to get fit, lose weight, or change a habit? What’s held you back? Did it seem too difficult? Maybe you couldn’t figure out where to start. Here’s Kristi Heyd’s story – a personal testimony that all is possible – even when living right here in the south west of South Korea.
