Published by the Gwangju International Center since 2001
By Park Nahm-Sheik || Place names often come with meanings not always apparent on the surface. Take, for example, a village known as Bae-bau (배바우), located on the outskirts of … Read More
By Luis Andrés || May returns to Gwangju each year not as a simple commemoration but as a confrontation. It reminds us of the May 18 Democratic Uprising of 1980, … Read More
By Siddhant K. || The legend of King Suro and Queen Suriratna is more than a royal romance; it is the earliest chapter in the long, largely untold story of … Read More
By Luis Andrés || March 1 marks one of the most significant national holidays in South Korea. Known as Samil-jeol, it commemorates the March 1st Movement of 1919: a nationwide, … Read More
By Young B. Choi || Many years have passed. Yet the stories my parents have told me about their wartime flight during the Korean War remain vivid in my mind, … Read More
By Murdock O’ Mooney || If you’ve visited South Korea, you’ve probably observed the ppalli-ppalli (Hurry, hurry) culture in action. Buses take off suddenly, tossing passengers down the aisle; taxi … Read More
By Siddhant Kumar || “Seollal is the rare moment when time slows enough for Koreans to remember that the present stands on borrowed ground”— Kim Young-ha, Author Every year, when … Read More
By Park Nahm-Sheik Gwangju has consistently been on the vanguard of freedom, justice, and sovereignty for Korea. It has eloquently demonstrated time and again that freedom is anything but free. We may cite the … Read More
